tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8314735218861716632024-03-13T02:00:09.783-04:00Lieber BrewsterOrganization, Productivity and Marketing StrategiesLieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-9883840860816779682017-10-29T13:02:00.000-04:002017-10-30T15:13:50.809-04:00Reduce. Reuse. Upcycle!<div dir="ltr" id="docs-internal-guid-3e456494-68ea-e74e-f0e2-80481fa1dfa0" style="line-height: 1.38; margin-bottom: 0pt; margin-top: 0pt;">
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Decluttering is all about ridding your home of useless items that are taking up space. But what if you could repurpose a few of these items to become use</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">ful</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> in your home? </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Before you let go of the heaps of wine corks or stacks of paint chips, try any of these 19 creative ways to upcycle those items you were just about to toss --- courtesy of MakeSpace</span><a href="https://makespace.com/nyc/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">,</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">a full-service Manhattan storage company</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> that also serves customers in </span><a href="https://makespace.com/los-angeles/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Los Angeles</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, </span><a href="https://makespace.com/chicago/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Chicago</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">, and </span><a href="https://makespace.com/dc/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Washington, DC</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">1. Jeans to Bib </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">(Simply Sewing Magazine)</span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxvgMzd9JDsVk3rMIlEqcRT4DT2Kp7CLKRS_aDsK5sGt38GSXQbP1LqcS5DpbbxJapHb9lzjPxVEIc5PGZROdlcov46FNfP9C-6LyWlrriJk9StL4lz1s9VUa4z_m3aS5hipfUw71-CFl/s1600/How-to-sew-denim-bibs.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="900" data-original-width="600" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTxvgMzd9JDsVk3rMIlEqcRT4DT2Kp7CLKRS_aDsK5sGt38GSXQbP1LqcS5DpbbxJapHb9lzjPxVEIc5PGZROdlcov46FNfP9C-6LyWlrriJk9StL4lz1s9VUa4z_m3aS5hipfUw71-CFl/s200/How-to-sew-denim-bibs.jpg" width="133" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">We’ve all got a pile of old jeans that are out of style, no longer fit, have been worn beyond repair, or are a mysterious combination of the three.If your first instinct is to throw your denim directly in the trash, stop right there: You’d be contributing to over </span><a href="http://lifestylemonitor.cottoninc.com/helping-denim-go-from-blue-to-green/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">13 million tons of textile waste</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> that gets discarded every year.</span><a href="http://lifestylemonitor.cottoninc.com/helping-denim-go-from-blue-to-green/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">http://lifestylemonitor.cottoninc.com/helping-denim-go-from-blue-to-green/</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instead, turn those jeans into </span><a href="http://www.simplysewingmag.com/free-projects/turn-jeans-baby-bibs/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">bibs for your baby</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (or for anyone else’s baby; they make great gifts or donation items). They’re durable, easy to clean, and give your jeans a second life while preventing a pureed pea disaster all over your child’s shirt. </span></div>
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<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoNBPADLrq0dwJ9Sqc3-xiCnaPEqGS8J2lmUD8VHJDeEnbAPL4DlZmeFDPZsk_kHRr9ZNmMDcGOdn0PiEnCeDX1Cjkqa7MYXW8Hq7fqBtyKrT4HfqecWb737ohuda3VPUpQsTSR2vxwRu/s1600/IMG_4073.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="283" data-original-width="377" height="150" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgzoNBPADLrq0dwJ9Sqc3-xiCnaPEqGS8J2lmUD8VHJDeEnbAPL4DlZmeFDPZsk_kHRr9ZNmMDcGOdn0PiEnCeDX1Cjkqa7MYXW8Hq7fqBtyKrT4HfqecWb737ohuda3VPUpQsTSR2vxwRu/s200/IMG_4073.jpg" width="200" /></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">The year 2004 came and went, but for some reason, you’re still holding on to that year’s wall calendar. Why not repurpose each month’s image into a colorful homemade envelope? </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><br class="kix-line-break" /></span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">All you need are scissors, tape, the calendar, and Simply Rebekah, who already did the homework for you: </span><a href="http://simplyrebekah.com/2010/12/12/how-to-make-envelopes-out-of-wall-calendars/" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">How to Make Envelopes Out of Wall Calendars</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">These large, sturdy envelopes are great for sending birthday cards, the dates of which you remembered even without the calendar. See? You didn’t need to be holding onto it, after all. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Discovering that your favorite sweater was the victim of moths can be a real bummer. But there’s no reason to trash it just yet.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">If you’re stocked with unwearable knits and low on cold-weather gear, </span><a href="http://abeautifulmess.com/2014/11/have-a-sweater-make-a-pom-pom-hat.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">turn those old sweaters into cozy hats</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. With the optional addition of a pom pom on top, you’ll be reusing them in the most adorable way possible. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Put the loveliness on display with a DIY that will relieve you of the clutter while sprucing up your bathroom decor. </span><a href="https://thediyplaybook.com/2015/04/patron-art-life-changing-hack.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">These Patron bottle soap dispensers</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> will look way better next to your sink than they did in the corner of your storage closet. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">5. Book Pages to Gift Tags</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"> </span>(POPSUGAR)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">There are so many options for giving books a new life that the idea of throwing them out should never even cross your mind. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Christmas gifts could feature tags made from </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A Christmas Carol</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. A child’s birthday present could feature well wishes written on a tag from a bookshelf staple like </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Charlotte’s Web</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For Valentine’s Day, you could create tags for your loved ones from pages of romantic classics like </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Pride & Prejudice</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> or </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Wuthering Heights</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. </span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: italic; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">While guest favors can be expensive, there is a solution: </span></div>
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<a href="https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/DIY-Upcycled-Wedding-Favor-Container-34625100" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">Create favor containers out of toilet paper tubes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. Yes, this sound ridiculous. But they’re also super easy to make, look fabulous (thanks to some sophisticated touches), and can be filled with whatever you choose. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Ever wonder why packs of plastic drinking straws seem to multiply on their own in a cabinet, yet are never readily available when you’d like to drink without ruining your lipstick?</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">You’ll be glad they do the next time you’re going on a quick weekend trip. Pack </span><a href="https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/DIY-Single-Use-Packets-31055733" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">single servings of your toiletries</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> (like toothpaste and moisturizer) into straws. Then safely seal them with pliers and a lighter. </span><br />
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 700; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">8. Paint Chips to Confetti</span><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"><span style="color: #1155cc;"> </span>(The Life of Jennifer Dawn)</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Raise your hand if you initially planned on painting your living room bright red. Then forest green. Then navy. Then finally settled on Benjamin Moore Rich Cream. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Totally decluttering your home is reason enough to party. And with the holidays fast approaching, you’ll have plenty of opportunities to sprinkle </span><a href="https://www.thelifeofjenniferdawn.com/2013/12/paint-chip-confetti.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">this homemade paint chip confetti</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> on every tabletop you can find. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Simply grab your paint chips and a hole puncher, and clip away at different colors until you have enough festive cheer to scatter around. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">A leftover roll of Kraft paper is the holy grail of “junk” finds when clearing out excess stuff. It can be used as a table runner, DIY lunch bags, decoratable placemats, and much more. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">For a decluttering double-whammy, clear out your extra office supplies and </span><a href="https://www.popsugar.com/smart-living/Kraft-Paper-Gift-Wrap-Ideas-33058899" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">decorate the Kraft paper with reinforcements and sticky notes</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. You can create original designs for way less than the cost of store-bought wrapping paper.</span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Maybe you’ve seen the hundreds of wine cork crafts blanketing the internet. Maybe you saved all of your corks over several months with the intention of making one of those crafts (specifically, the </span><a href="https://tatertotsandjello.com/2013/04/make-a-diy-cork-topped-coffee-table.html" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">cork-top coffee table</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">). </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Slay clutter, starting with the door knockers from your old home. </span></div>
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<span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">Instead of saving your old door knockers only to eventually toss them into a junk pile, </span><a href="http://www.hgtv.com/design/rooms/bathrooms/modern-bathroom-vanity-update" style="text-decoration: none;"><span style="background-color: transparent; color: #1155cc; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: underline; vertical-align: baseline;">convert them into vanity drawer pulls</span></a><span style="background-color: transparent; color: black; font-family: "arial"; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: 400; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;"> that make reaching for spare toiletries all the more interesting. And loud, definitely loud.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #212121;">5) Love what you have and buy only what you need. Big box stores encourage big shopping. That may not work if you </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #212121; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">have limited storage space and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #212121; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">don't use perishables quickly. Borrow movies and novels from the library. Consume once and return so you don't have to store them. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #212121; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">Track items online to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #212121; font-size: small; line-height: 24px;">renew or return to avoid late fees. </span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-87809560729663583992014-08-06T19:49:00.000-04:002014-08-20T09:35:45.236-04:00How Much is Enough?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 22px;">“The secret of contentment is knowing how to enjoy what you have, and to be able to lose all desire for things beyond your reach." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">– Yutang Lin </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">While working on two estate clear-outs recently, I became aware how different the households were. The contrast in how the residents maintained their homes and their possessions throughout their lives became painfully apparent. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The first home was packed with decades worth of family belongings: closets stuffed with old clothing, hundreds of musty books, outdated household items, and stacks of yellowing papers. Finding treasure beneath the 50-year accumulation </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">was daunting. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Clearly, not much had left this space once it entered.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The second home was neat, tidy and spare. Each item was treasured, cared for and clean. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Articles were placed where they were used. Collections were </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">artfully arranged and edited. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Objects had been treated like valuables. Because they were fresh and current, they retained value. Working in this home was a breath of fresh air. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Acquiring stuff is easy. Goods today can be inexpensive, so they pile up. Yet we rarely prioritize time for clearing out. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Many use shopping as entertainment, and feel there's never enough. It's easy to see why homes are exploding. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Does this item add value to my life? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Is there clothing in my closet sporting store tags? Return the items, have a clothing swap party or donate them. </span></span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• After you've cleared out, it's easy to maintain organization. When you buy a new shirt, donate or toss an old one. To thin out, donate two for each item you bring in. Keeping like items together </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">makes it easier to find what you own. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Keep a size larger and a size smaller but let go of clothes you'll never fit into again. You don't need a reminder of the size you were in college, and it's also hopelessly out of fashion. Even trends referencing the 60s, 70s and 80s have updated shapes and styles. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Containers create boundaries. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Add a recycling system to your kitchen with a bin for bottles and cans, one for garbage, and one for paper. It's helpful if they are all the same and sit next to each other, or find those that stack for small spaces. When the bins fill up, out the contents go. </span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Sort toiletry items on the shelves of a linen closet. Use baskets for games and toys. Store all media on shelves or in drawers near the DVD player. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Sock Locks are one of my favorite products. They keep socks paired </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">when you take them off. They </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">go from hamper to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">washing machine and back into the drawer holding socks together. No more time wasted pairing black socks or finding mates in the morning. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Memorial Day marks the start of summer, and warmer </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">weather requires some special organizing projects. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Here are a few thoughts for the season ahead. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Start by making a jar of icy fruit tea. Adding limes or fresh mint will energize you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Pack winter clothes into cotton garment bags or storage bins with cedar blocks or lavender sachets. Many dry cleaners store coats for the summer.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Lighten the ambience. Wash your windows, install screens and open the windows to allow fresh air inside. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Change the filters in your air conditioner and clean fans so you're not blowing dust around. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Plants also clean the air. Keep them vibrant with weekly watering and pruning.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Fresh flowers bring the summer in. Change the water frequently and toss when they become tired.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Pick up fresh sunscreen recommended by your dermatologist. Even if you're not on the beach it's required for walks outdoors, or even near a sunny window. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• When you leave the house, close the shades or curtains to prevent artwork and furniture from fading. It also keeps the house cool.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Outfit a travel toiletry kit with your favorite summer products. You'll be ready for an overnight at a moment's notice.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• For those who love outdoor activities in the city, concerts or simply enjoying a sunset picnic in the park, stock a basket with a blanket, wine tumblers and silverware. Just because you're having Beaujolais and Brie outdoors, doesn't mean you have to dine with plastic. An elegant picnic is fun and very European.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Or write to me at: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><a href="mailto:anna@lieberbrewster.com">anna@lieberbrewster.com</a></span></span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-79440717424985092522014-04-16T12:10:00.003-04:002014-04-18T11:35:45.901-04:00April: Spring Cleaning <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I'm catching up on past seasons of Downton Abbey. The romantic episodes cast a magical spell .... </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">historic grandeur,</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">epic love stories, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">sumptuous settings, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">great gardens, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">a lady's maid to lay out your clothes .... </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Ok. It's 2014</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Wake </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">up and smell the coffee!</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">So much to do, no household staff, and only one of me. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Now that taxes are filed, it's time for the annual ritual of spring cleaning and organizing for my home and for my clients.</span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Clea</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>n without chemicals</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">You don't have to be a home chemist. Just buy natural products. Read the ingredients: no dyes, fragrances, coloring agents or unpronounceable words. It's worth a few cents more to breathe easier, have a healthier home and save the planet, too.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Organize yo</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>ur closets </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Store winter clothing </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">in bins, suitcases or boxes </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">using sachets of natural cedar and lavender. Don't store heavy items on upper shelves as it's hazardous. Donate clothing that </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">is outdated, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">no longer fits </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">or </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">doesn't work in your </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">current lifestyle</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">. Toss anything stained, ripped or faded. Donate sale items </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">that never worked, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">still sporting price tags. Consign high-end, current designer clothing in perfect shape but which you no longer wear. Give your closet a good dusting and vacuuming. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Recycle wire hangars back to the dry cleaner, and treat yourself to a new set of huggable hangers. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">The seasonal change is a good time to purchase new baskets and organizers for accessories. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Be sure to measure your shelves before shopping. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Freshen the fridge </b>Toss moldy or expired foods lurking in the back and resolve to clean out the refrigerator periodically going forward. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Wash the interior with dish soap. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Keep meat and seafood separate from foods eaten raw. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Use see-through plastic baskets to separate and store like items or those used together. Store leftovers in lock-top </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">glass</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">containers</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">.</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Pantry pandemonium </b>Next clean out the pantry of expired foods. Glass jars work for open grains, crackers and pastas to prevent bugs. Nut and seed oils go rancid quickly so store them in the refrigerator. Nuts are best in air tight containers in the freezer for up to a year. Keep like items together in baskets and if you store canned goods, use a sharpie to mark them with the purchase date. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Stepped organizers allow you to see everything. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Place newer products in the back so you use older ones first. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Plastic pitfall </b>Since we're in the kitchen, let's toss that stash of take-out containers missing lids, which are just taking up space. Check the numbers at the bottom of plastics for recycling codes and avoid #3 PVC, #6 PS (Styrofoam) and especially #7 PC which contains BPA, an endocrine-disrupting compound. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><b>Bathroom basics</b> Even a small bathroom can be spa like. First, give it a deep cleaning. Next, sort through your make up and toiletries. Cosmetics expire, too. Inexpensive updates can help. Install a hook on the door for wet towels. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Roll small towels and store in baskets.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Place extra toilet tissue rolls into a large covered glass apothecary jar. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Set up easy access to items you use daily. In a small space, a second medicine cabinet works well or mount a shelf or two for attractive items you use regularly</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Increase ventilation</b> Wash the windows to let the sunshine in and open them to freshen the air. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">EPA), </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">indoor air is 2-5 times more polluted than outdoor air, and at times can be 100 times more polluted, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">so let the breezes blow. And while you're at it, put a few house plants on the windowsill to clean the air. Those mums and greens filter out benzene, commonly found in glue, paint, plastics and detergent.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Help is here </b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Need assistance with spring projects? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Email me at </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">anna@lieberbrewster.com or </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">call me at 718-930-8111. We'll get it done. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">No drama and no household staff needed.</span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-32739075651277157872014-03-14T14:03:00.000-04:002014-03-14T14:04:09.708-04:00Holy Taxes! Are Your Taxes Too Taxing?<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">• Half the battle is starting to gather information </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">early</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">in the game. If a document is missing or an issue arises, you won't have to scramble or worry about filing late. If you're due a refund, you'll receive it sooner if you file early.</span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">• </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Set up a good record-keeping system </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">create </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">peace of mind</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">, whether it's a computer program or a paper-based method. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Once you have a system, you can use it year after year to </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">simplify the tax process. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Designate a place to store tax-related correspondence, whether it's a file folder, accordion file or a clearly labeled box. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">• If your return is complex, hire a CPA so you don't overlook deductions.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Accountants are aware of the latest tax laws.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">In addition, a neat, organized computer-generated return helps to avoid an audit. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• If printing out from a computer program, ask your accountant what formats he would prefer to receive.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Organize support documents by category: income statements, investments, receipts for deductible expenses, and letters of charitable donations. </span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-21429559746141453202013-12-30T14:09:00.004-05:002013-12-30T14:09:45.905-05:00December / Organized Space Works - The Power of Habit<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 22px;">“Until one is committed, there is hesitancy, the chance to draw back, always ineffectiveness, concerning all acts of initiation and creation. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">There is one elementary truth, the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">. A whole stream of events issues from the decision.</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 22px;">”</span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 24px;"> </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">– Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">We are looking forward to a new year and as Oprah says another chance to get it right. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The end of the year is a time for celebration and a time for reflection. Did you accomplish everything you wanted to do? Are you happy with how the past year went? </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">What would you like to change?</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">L</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">arge bucket lists and overly </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">ambitious goals</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> are daunting</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">It's human nature to resist reordering the status quo</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The University of Scranton's "Journal of Clinical Psychology" cites </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">getting organized as the number two resolution in the top three. Yet, only a small percentage of people achieve their resolutions. It's a good time to consider how we can </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">inspire lasting positive change.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">In my organizing work, I see firsthand how small steps lead to big results. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">This is Kaizen, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">the Japanese system of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">continuous improvement in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">management</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">manufacturing. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Kaizen has been applied to healthcare, psychotherapy, life coaching, government, banking, and many other industries. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Wikipedia notes that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Kaizen literally means "good change," a daily process of productivity through small adaptations.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">We can apply it to organization as well. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Incremental improvement rather than innovation is the key. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Charles Duhig, author of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">"The Power of Habit"</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> says, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">"Small wins fuel transformative changes by leveraging tiny advantages into patterns that convince people that bigger achievements are within reach." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Organizing seems simple. Step one: Plan. Step 2: Organize. Step 3: Keep it up. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Organizing requires work and once achieved, it is not a static accomplishment. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">My clients are thrilled when they see their organized homes and offices a</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">fter each session. They soon realize if they want their spaces to stay organized, they need to focus attention on maintenance</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">. A large p</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">art of organizing is creating systems and building skills to support new habits. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">It's helpful to prioritize so you can focus on modifying one habit at a time. Small steps. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>The Power of Habit</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Duhig says, "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Each person's habits are driven by different cravings. Change might not be fast and it isn't always easy. But with time and effort, almost any habit can be reshaped." </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">He explains: </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">"MIT researchers ... discovered a simple neurological loop at the core of every habit: A cue, a routine and a reward. His strategy: Identify the routine, experiment with rewards, isolate the cue, have a plan. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The routine is the habit. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The cue is not as simple. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">For Duhig's habit of eating a cookie every afternoon in the cafeteria, he questioned whether the cue was hunger, boredom, low blood sugar or just needing a break before moving onto the next task? He experimented with rewards. He tried a break with coffee at his desk, an apple in the cafeteria, a cookie at his desk, or a chat with someone nearby. Then he analyzed how he felt after each reward. He discovered a fascinating fact. It wasn't the cookie he craved but social interaction. Now, he stops work </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">at 3:30 </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">to chat briefly with an office mate. He found a way to substitute a healthier habit for a less desirable one.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Duhig concludes: "Sometimes change takes a long time. Sometimes it requires repeated experiments and failures. But once you understand how a habit operates – once you diagnose the cue, the routine and the reward – you gain power over it." </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">How will you use the small steps of Kaizen and the power of habit to create a more organized life in the year to come? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The holidays bring up all sorts of emotions. Media leads us to have expectations that exceed what we can realistically hope to accomplish – more cooking, more entertaining, more shopping. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The challenge is to enjoy the holidays for their simple, seasonal pleasures. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">My personal wish is to get to the country to see icicles on real fir trees, eat homemade pie and smell fires burning. That sounds like an ideal holiday to me.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>A Collector's Tale</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I like to cook and years ago, I decided I would throw parties throughout the season and even </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">entertain </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">all year round. Being a collector of beautiful old objects, I found antique porcelain and silver, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">vintage</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">glassware and linens by scouring </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">flea markets, thrift shops, estate sales and country auctions. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I amassed a beautiful collection, worthy of an Edwardian country estate. The trouble is I live in a one-bedroom </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">apartment</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> in </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">New York City, and I have no servants. Working to build my design firm, I had little time to entertain and certainly didn't need more pressure. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I still love treasure hunting but years ago I reflected that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I hadn't yet acquired the country house, which I had spent so many years outfitting. It was a worthy goal and I may still get that country estate – okay, more likely a small cottage – but I realized my fantasy wasn't serving me. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">If you have to collect something, antiques are fine things but they still get dusty. I had far too much of a good thing to enjoy, care for or even get to see. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">We have three times the space we had 50 years ago – yet affluence, inexpensive goods and our impulse to shop, collect and save – keeps us drowning in stuff. We’re geared toward acquiring, not letting go. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I knew I had many goals and having all that stuff was getting in the way. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">My house was bulging with good things so </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I began to deaccession by selling at my local flea market. It's not for everyone and not certainly not easy but it has been great fun. I've met many fascinating people, tourists from all over the world as well as New Yorkers, and best of all, my treasures are finding new homes with people who cherish them as much as I do. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The irony is my objects are traveling to far-off places more frequently than I am but </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I'm enjoying my things far more than I ever did before. Who knew? </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">I still own a considerable collection, even after years of letting go and it's probably more cohesive due to my editing. It's also </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">rewarding to help young people see that there's more to furnishing a home than electronics and big-box furniture. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The idea to downsize, <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">or as we aptly call it now, rightsize, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">occurs to most of us at a certain age. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span">According to Forbes magazine, “baby boomers, long known as master acquirers, are now learning a new skill: getting rid of excess stuff.” The trend toward simplicity and quality evolved as we came to understand how much energy, physical, mental and emotional, it takes to navigate a complex lifestyle with too much. </span></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Young people are attracted to electronics, clothes, shoes and handbags, as expressions of </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">status</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> and </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">individuality. Older adults may be sentimental and accumulate inherited furnishings that crowd their spaces, keepsakes acquired over the years and craft supplies from hobbies they've left behind. Paper, books and piles mount as decisions become overwhelming.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">One of my clients had a bin full of toddlers' toys she just couldn't part with, purchased for her grandchildren. Her grandchildren are now in high school, yet the toys were still in her home – gifts </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">never given because they were </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">lost in the clutter.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Professional organizers often say that clutter signifies postponed decisions. It may also represent </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">unfulfilled dreams. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">We're all vulnerable because attachments to stuff is part of the human condition. Even cave people collected artifacts. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Cull Your Collections</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">The designer, William Morris said, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">"Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful, or </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">believe to be beautiful."</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Are your collections beautifully displayed and dust free? Do you keep items you no longer love or use? End of year is good time to clear out and contribute to charity, while earning a tax credit. Your environments will shine as you </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">make room for new interests by weeding out the old and creating space for the new year ahead.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">As you see, I'm all for a beautiful home and a bountiful table, especially during the holidays. I have a keen appreciation for fine things but interestingly research shows that experiences lead to happiness, not possessions. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Why then do most of us feel compelled to shop for shiny new toys when we ultimately get greater joy from watching the skaters, baking a pie, or a strolling by the park after a snowfall.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">This season, my inner voice tells me to take some time off, clean out my closets, ignore the shopping impulse, and simply find time for tea with my friends. Not an epic Downton Abby tea, maybe just Starbucks – in a paper cup.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Do you ever feel like screaming? Trying to do everything at once can make you angry. Many think multitasking is an asset and a skill to list on a resume. In actuality, the brain can't manage two intelligent activities at the same time. S</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">tudies show it slows us down, leads to errors, memory problems, and most important it puts us in constant high alert.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Multitasking is Perilous</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Multitasking "creates a perilous cocktail of brain problems, from severe stress and rage in adults to learning problems and autism-like behavior in children," says John Naish, author of "Enough." Ironically, multitasking makes us less efficient because the human brain can't juggle. Instead, the brain switches frantically from task to task and that just makes us feel crazy. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">It causes chemical changes in the brain due to chronically raised levels of cortisol</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Dr. Alan Keen, a behavioral scientist in Australia believes that </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">multitasking is a significant reason that we are witnessing epidemics of rage, aggression and cardiovascular disease. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>Multitasking is Not Smart</b></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">If tasks are simple multitasking can work. You can listen to music and fold laundry. When tasks are more complex, it becomes impossible. Overloaded circuits cause a logjam in your brain so multitasking actually makes you less intelligent. Scientific research shows it can lower your IQ by ten points and you become 40% slower in problem solving. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">We are just not built this way.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">The more you multitask, the harder it becomes to ever concentrate and focus on intellectual tasks. It weakens the neural circuitry and we go on autopilot. Manic attention switching robs us of creativity.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Tony Schwartz, founder of The Energy Project says, the way we're working isn't working. Rather than working longer hours, juggling more tasks and emails, research shows </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">we are meant to work in 90-minute intervals.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> "As every great athlete understands, the highest performance occurs when we balance work and effort with rest and renewal. H</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">uman beings aren't wired to be computers." After 90 minutes, we go into arousal state of fight or flight. His solution: focus single-mindedly on one high-priority task for 60 to 90 minutes preferably during the mornings. Then take a break</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">This idea from Phillip Bregman, strategic advisor to companies like GE and Nike, appears in the "Harvard Business Review Guide to Getting the Right Work Done</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">" </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Write everything on a piece of paper. Tackle all the fast and easy tasks in the first 15 minutes. Notice I didn't say the most important tasks. Just the ones you can finish fast. That should give you a burst of accomplishment. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Next, t</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">ake your most daunting task, the one that causes you the most stress or is the highest priority. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Work on that for the next 35 minutes, without any interruptions at all. T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">urn all notifications off.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">No email, phone, snacks, etc.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Forward movement should become possible. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Then, take a 10-minute break and get away from your desk. Start the hourly cycle all over again with 15 minutes of quick actions. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Let me know how it works for you.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">If you need help with organizing, time management or project management, call me at 718-930-8111.</span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-37285651532782824452013-09-30T21:04:00.002-04:002014-04-22T18:49:24.516-04:00September / Productivity: The Month That Got Away <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 19px; line-height: 28px;">Have you ever been so busy that the basics fall
away? That's what we experienced at OSW this month. This newsletter was
scheduled for the first week of September – but since clients come first, it
didn't happen. As I read the last of David Allen's three books on productivity,
I take comfort as this world-class guru admits he gets overwhelmed every so
often as well.</span><br />
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to clear your head of all your tasks, events, ideas, projects and commitments.
It's important to write them down or they'll create distracting thoughts that
prevent you from focusing on the task at hand. The mind can't release all these
thoughts until they are safely parked for retrieval at some point. Capturing,
defining and categorizing every item on your mind is a simple but profound
technique to free yourself for creativity.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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your projects and tasks in a notebook or a computer document or app. The key
word is all. Capture everything on your mind no matter how large or small the
item. This is not to be confused with a daily list which includes just a
few items for each day. Another method is to write each item on a
separate piece of paper and place them in your inbox so you can review them
later one at a time. You will organize and prioritize these items
later. Index cards work well for this. The important thing is to
capture everything going on your world, small and large, in a container or
bucket. The inbox or master list is the container for all items whether it's
writing a book or stocking up on cat food. I use both methods, capturing in my
inbox daily and logging into the master list weekly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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to run, batch them so you can get them all done quickly. When leaving a
voice mail, let the person know the best time to reach you and repeat your
phone number twice, at the start of the message and at the end. When doing
errands, plan your route strategically, with all errands in each neighborhood.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">A project is more than one step or task. Tasks can
be more easily completed. If a task takes two minutes or less, do it now and
cross it off your list. If there are many such two-minute tasks, schedule an
hour to do as many of them as you can. You'll get a burst of energy knowing how
much you've done, and you will be moving things forward as responses come in.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">If a project looms large, planning is
essential. Chunk each project into small steps, writing every thought
or idea, even the very smallest detail, without worrying about the order.
You can prioritize the steps later. This form of brainstorming uncovers
new ideas, challenges and steps that will come into play. Each project may be
more complex than originally anticipated so patience may be
required. Every minute in planning saves ten in doing. During the
discovery, you'll capture many of the tasks required and gain perspective on
what it takes to complete the project. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I need to have my desk chair fixed. Sounds simple,
right? It was anything but simple. First, I had to do research online to
find the maker (step 1) and then a call to the manufacturer, Herman Miller
(2). Once I had two recommendations, I made calls (3 & 4) and played phone
tag (multiple steps). I listened to voice mails and called again (5 &
6). Once I reached each and discussed the project (7 & 8), I was asked for
the name of the chair and photos of the label and missing part. I searched for
the chair online on the Herman Miller site (9), grabbed two photos from the
website that clearly showed my chair (10), took several photos on my IPhone of
the label and the area where the bolt was missing (11), uploaded the photos to my
computer (12). Then I emailed the photos to each vendor (13 &
14) and waited for estimates. Once I reviewed the estimates (15), and
called to ask a question (16) I make a decision on which vendor to hire (17),
and they order the parts. Then they call to let me know when the parts
arrive. More phone tag and voice mails. Next, I call back to
schedule a time (18) so they can come to the home office and finally repair the
chair. Eighteen steps later, my chair is whole again. Each step isn't difficult
but there are many actions and decisions involved in even a simple project.
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">Often it's challenging to start a project. We
procrastinate when it's difficult or overwhelming. If we simply start on one
step – any part of the project – we get a surge of confidence as we realize
step-by-step it's easier than anticipated. Most projects loom large until we
break them down into bite-size chunks. Once you begin, it's easier to attack it
next time. Inch by inch, it's a cinch. Sometimes once you start, you can even
move forward and get into the flow.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;">I recently spoke to a lovely group of residents at
the Lincoln House Outreach community. LHO is a NORC, a naturally occurring
retirement community. The first talk featured paper and how it seems to
multiply when we're not looking. The second talk focused on clutter, how it
comes in every day, and the benefits of decluttering to your stress level,
health, and productivity. Finally, we talked about the steps involved to
declutter any space. Like any large project, it needs to be planned, chunked
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who doesn't) I recorded a podcast called "Time is On Your Side" on a
site called "It's All About Women." (It's just as relevant to men.)
This site features therapists and other professionals giving support,
inspiration and guidance. Let me know how you like the podcast. Here's the
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-65961386168704179642013-08-21T10:21:00.001-04:002013-10-01T23:55:53.831-04:00August / Easy Decluttering: Low-Hanging Fruit <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Our feature today focuses on quick and easy clutter-busting ideas, the low-hanging fruit you can easily reach. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Take advantage of the respite from the heat by decluttering these obvious suspects</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">. Weeding out dysfunctional items is a cool way to begin organizing. </span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Let me know how you are doing.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• To be safe, toss any expired food and dented cans. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"><b>• </b>Match up your plastic ware. Recycle any missing tops or bottoms. When replacing, we recommend safer glass styles.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">• Chuck the gadgets you never use that clog your drawers: the garlic press, garlic peeler, avocado slicer, strawberry huller and corn kerneler. A</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> good multi-purpose knife is easier to use and clean.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;"> </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Toss old nonstick cookware. Teflon sends out toxic emissions that is known to kill birds. There are better alternatives out now.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Donate cookbooks you'll never use. Those with complicated recipes and obscure ingredients. Keep the classics and favorites. There are many excellent website resources for recipes.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Get rid of chipped dishes and cups. Food looks appealing on basic white sets from big box stores and they are an affordable commodity. Embellish for entertaining with pretty antique dishes from flea markets. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Ditch the tacky florist vases. A couple of classic glass vases, one large, one small are really all you need. Let the flowers be the star.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Donate paperbacks you'll never read again </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">to the nearest senior center</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">. Keep the books you love, hardcover classics and beautiful coffee table books.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Open and recycle old junk mail and charity solicitations you're not interested in. Shred confidential information and financial offers.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Recycle outdated or broken electronics, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">old printers, etc. Large electronics stores will take them but be sure your information has been cleared off or the item is clearly unusable. Talk to me about other options.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">* Ditch outdated media: Old programs, floppy disks, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">zip disks, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">cassette tapes, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">VHS, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">etc. These are just taking up space. Make sure sensitive information is not accessible.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Recycle manuals for products you no longer own.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Grocery store receipts are not tax deductible. Keep for one month to check against credit card statements and then recycle. Expired coupons, notices for past events, travel brochures. Recycle them all.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Shred old personal bills. Read up on what you need to retain, or contact me.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Toss stained or worn out clothes, fuzz ball sweaters and shoes that hurt. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Donate clothes that don't fit or purchasing mistakes you'll never wear.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Return wire hangers to cleaners. Joan Crawford was right. No wire hangers! Huggables save space and wooden hangars treat coats right.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Donate linens and towels you don't use. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">Animal shelters welcome worn towels or sheets.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;"> </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Toss toiletries you don't use and cosmetics older than a year, especially mascara which can grow harmful bacteria.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 18px; line-height: 24px;">• Safely dispose of dried up paint cans and old chemicals. Look at the guidelines online.</span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-27543452551260268762013-07-16T14:40:00.000-04:002013-10-01T23:57:16.315-04:00July / Organized Space Works: ADHD / ADD? <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">For those of you who have challenges with time (and who doesn't) I recently recorded a new podcast called "Time is On Your Side" on a site called "It's All About Women." It</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">'s just as relevant to men as well. This amazing site</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> features therapists and other professionals giving support, inspiration and guidance. Let me know how you like the podcast. Here's a link:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Our feature today focuses on an important topic that affects many people:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">A number of my clients have been diagnosed with ADHD/ADD </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">and many more say they have it but have not been diagnosed. In</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> this feature, I will call this condition ADD.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">ADD is a neurobiological disorder which affects the neurotransmitter activity of the brain. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">People with ADD display certain behaviors: distractibilty, impulsivity and sometimes hyperactivity. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Not to diminish the serious nature of this condition, many of us all feel as though we suffer from ADD – but it's not ADD at all. Actually only about 4-6% of the population has ADD. What many experience is actually a symptom of the unmanageable pace of modern life, combined with sleep deprivation, experience greed and technology overload. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">T</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">hese tips may also be helpful to anyone who suffers from perfectionism, procrastination and disorganization as well as those with ADD.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Some of you may recall a video I cited called "Age-Activated Attention Deficit Disorder." I'm sending this link again because it's worth watching again. This doesn't just happen with age. Often, it occurs because we have far too many demands on our attention. Here it is.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I've been fortunate recently to attend trainings offered by a number of noted experts in this field as part of my certifications at the Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD). I want to share some of the ideas I've garnered:</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">People with ADD are often creative but have challenges with executive function, the higher skills of self regulation that help close the gap between intention and action. This impacts the ability to plan, follow through, sequence, prioritize, manage emotions, and use their strengths in an organized way. It creates problems with time and space management as well as struggles with distractibility, detail management and multiple task coordination. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">These issues may result in negative feelings because of their high expectations and idealized sense of what they can accomplish. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Aside from treatment, there are many everyday strategies for productivity and routines for memory support to help fill in the gaps. Having good systems in place creates better outcomes. Being organized helps us stay on track to have a bigger life. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Life is messy. Imperfection is the natural state of things. We are always cleaning up. Once you get organized, focus on daily, weekly, monthly maintenance. Many tasks take only seconds during our day but save hours in the long run.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• People with ADD have trouble organizing time, things, thoughts and data. Building structure and simple systems into your environments and work will reduce stress and add productivity. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Create simple organization systems. A hook on the wall near the door or a bowl on a table makes a handy place to keep your keys as you enter. It takes 30 days to create a new habit so be patient with yourself. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Don't work, work, work until you are exhausted. Take a break or switch tasks. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Transitions are often difficult so you get stuck in doing or hyperfocusing, </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">hung up in the weeds, thinking</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> time, attention and energy are infinite resources.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Challenge your beliefs. They may not be based on hard evidence but on patterns of behavior played out for so long that they've become limiting ideas. In those cases, you may need to u</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">ntangle your thoughts and modify your thinking to move forward. A cognitive reframe helps to manage our emotions. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Don't rely on your memory. The brain is </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">a big-picture tool.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> It's </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">not good at remembering and reminding. Keep a notebook with you at all times to capture notes, tasks and reminders.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Slow down, simplify, eliminate. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Your brain may be turbo-charged and your biology may be wired for roller coaster rides – but slow and steady often wins the race.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Focus on what's essential and important. Underschedule: buffer time decreases stress. Create a game plan to avoid filling your time with trivial pursuits. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Create a simple bedtime routine so you can wind down. Regular sleep and waking hours promotes good sleep patterns. Working or eating just before bed do not support restful sleep.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">• Manufacture motivation. Don't just wait until you are in the mood to do all those unappealing jobs. It probably won't happen. It's ok to feel uncomfortable. Face the tasks with easier steps to warm up. Often just getting started primes us to get engaged. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Try setting a time limit. "I only have to do this for 30 minutes." Shrinking formidable tasks into tiny steps can help us reach even the most ambitious goals. </span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-57479243861443199612013-05-20T12:12:00.000-04:002013-10-01T23:56:27.129-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #696900; font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial; font-size: 29px;">May/June: Organizing Systems</span><br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">Due to popular demand, the <b>Organized Space Works </b>newsletter will go back </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 24px;">to a monthly format starting July. My fans say they miss it so we're getting back on track into a monthly system. </span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">And speaking of systems, this feature is about setting up systems. A few simple ideas and a little effort goes a long way. It helps make everyday life more enjoyable to see beautiful shelves and closets, and it's great to find items you need easily. What a concept!</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">I ask clients not to buy products until we determine their needs and create a custom plan for their spaces. Most people already own random organizing products and without a plan or system, they don't function effectively and often these become part of the clutter. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">The dictionary says a system is "</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole." As we sort like-with-like and weed out the excess, the next step is to create a system. It can be a collection of jars, baskets or boxes to contain items which have a common purpose </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">(kitchen supplies for cooking) </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">or live in one space </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">(office supplies near the desk)</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;"> or used together (sewing supplies). Now w</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">e know exactly where our things can be found.</span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">A collection of hardware, spices or buttons can be organized into a system using small food jars at little cost. Use an assortment of jars with good shapes and sizes and plain lids. Soak off the labels in a bowl of hot water. If any glue residue remains, use one of my go-to products GooGone. Wash and dry the jars thoroughly and organize your items inside. Once they are all filled, label them even if you can see what's inside. This last step is critical. Attractive uniform labels will help you create a system that functions well and looks great on a shelf.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Open shelves in an office can be beautiful if books are artfully arranged, and boxes for supplies are colorful and neat. Don't forget to label the boxes to indicate extra printer paper, tapes, staples, sticky notes and all those small supplies we all have. A box for receipts will save time and trouble when you need to return an item. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">With systems, you know exactly where to put things after each use. If you are creating a new system, avoid the dollar store or random purchases. It's best to buy quality items in a place which stocks the same things all the time so you can always add to your system. Bins from different manufacturers of varying quality and size can cause problems. They don't stack neatly and when they become separated, it's a real time-wasting chore to fit the right lid to the bin if each one is slightly different. If you need help creating systems in your home or office, email me to schedule an appointment.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">I was recently a guest speaker on a website called “It’s All About Women,” which features therapists and other mental health professionals talking about life challenges. It's actually relevant to both men and woman. “Why Can’t I Get Organized, Once and For All” runs about 18 minutes. Here is a shortcut link to the podcast. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">It's now also on YouTube, shortened to 15 minutes. </span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Hope you enjoy it!</span></span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-70282807055671273942013-03-28T14:58:00.003-04:002013-04-01T14:40:31.165-04:00What Does It Take to Get Organized? <br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">When you see that you own 12 scissors or 24 black tops, it’s a bit easier to purge the excess. Keep the treasure and toss the trash.</span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 16px; line-height: 24px;">Keeping like items together means you’ll always know where to find it and you won't overstock. Keep all office supplies together, all toiletries together, all make up together, all paper products, all cereals. You get the idea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 24px;">Stash items close to point of use. Store items you use often in the most accessible way. If you use everyday plates, store them in the easiest to reach cabinet. If you use a certain reference book daily, store it within arm’s reach of your desk. </span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Since flea market season is
approaching, I want to let you in on a little secret. While I'm a Professional
Organizer, I'm also a passionate collector. I have beautiful books on
interior design, from European villas to industrial salvage funk (see my Pinterest
boards). <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">I collect cookbooks with
pictures of savory stews styled in antique tureens, kitchen paraphernalia and
serving pieces, and many antique and vintage items. These fuel my passion for
interior design and cooking.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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My home is filled with
both antique and modern furniture, all functional, some of which I've had since
my first apartment. I love treasure hunting at thrift shops, estate sales and
flea markets. You get better quality and timeless design. As a designer, I
purchase rarely ... only when an object inspires my soul.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I'm not a minimalist and
I've never aspired to be one ... although I admire those beautiful spare
homes of polished concrete and steel, every object culled from the Museum
of Modern Art, and that one large vase, a stunner filled with exotic
leaves. The mundane items are hidden behind walls of storage. Love that –
but ordinary bare bones homes make me sad. I like a home to have
personality. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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William Morris is often
quoted as saying: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful
or believe to be beautiful.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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I've collected for decades
so I also love to simplify. In fact, de-acquisitioning is my new hobby. I've
been downsizing my collections for years, weeding down to the best and
offloading the rest. I help my clients do the same. I've come to
realize there's only so much I can use and enjoy. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Here’s the lowdown about
collections:</span><span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• If they could talk they
would tell you they want to be out in the open. That means clean, not dusty and
proudly displayed, not hidden. Only keep those you can care for. Like too many
cats, collectables easily get out of hand.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• They want to
be cherished. Even better they'd like to be used. Pull out that
lovely old silver set you inherited and enjoy it every day. Find a way to
organize your treasures so they are accessible.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• Books look beautiful
when artfully arranged on the shelves. There are many ways to do it if you have
the touch. If not, hire someone like me, so you can enjoy them forever.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• Like birds of a feather,
collections like to flock together, like with like, among their friends. Put
all that pretty pottery you've been collecting on the console, rather than
spreading it out one by one throughout the house. Miraculously, it becomes
a cohesive, thoughtfully displayed collection, rather than clutter.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• Use an organizing
principle whether it's shape, color, or contrasting sizes and textures. If you
like change, create a fresh tableau each season, storing others until it's
their turn.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• Dispose of broken bits
and pieces. Keep the treasure, toss the trash. Donate lesser pieces. Your
collection will be more precious and you'll feel good about doing good.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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• Be sure the items you
collect are worth acquiring. Not every tchotchke you see is worthy to be
in your home. Please refrain from collecting every dollar store owl in the
universe, or coins and plates advertised as “newly-minted collectables.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">• Don't forget the cost of
owning is not just the cash. It's time to take care of your collection which
can entail carting it home, finding a space, getting rid of something
else (real estate is expensive), repairing, washing, dusting (repeatedly),
polishing, packing and paying for a move, maybe even storing someday. So
be sure the item is worth it.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Treasure those vintage,
antique or collectable items of beauty and function which can be had for a
pittance. I predict you will love them for years to come. The search is half
the fun. Happy hunting!</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>A Time for
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">It's a new year, a good time to reassess your goals
and kickstart all those organization projects jumping around in your
head. Getting them done will enhance your life while you enjoy the
benefits of productivity, serenity and reduced expense. Here are some
projects we recently completed. The names have been changed for confidentiality
but the projects are typical, and may resonate with you.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Holly's apartment never felt right to her, despite
new appliances and nicely painted walls. Her furniture arrangement didn't fit,
there was clutter everywhere, and she could barely function. We came in for
several days to rearrange the spaces, redesign and accessorize with her own
belongings. Now it looks fantastic, the storage works, and Holly can finally
relax in her own home.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Bill needed to institute a more efficient system
for his finances. We set up his checkbook and accounting in a computer
bookkeeping program so he can manage his finances, both business and personal.
Now, at tax time he can give his accountant a general ledger, expenses and
income without spending days on calculations. As his business grows, we can
refer a trusted bookkeeper to visit monthly to pay bills, invoice clients and
reconcile accounts. Bill's finances are in order and he has time to focus on
growing his business.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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everywhere: junk mail she hadn't read, medical paperwork, investment reports,
unfinished projects and old papers. She spent a lot of time looking for things
in order to manage her work and personal affairs. First we set up her home
office in a more efficient arrangement. Then we sorted and filed into a system
of current files. We packed away past years' archives. Now taking advantage of
our winter sale for coaching, Marion's on track to more organized habits. <span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Peggy needed to keep up with the demanding projects
and quick deadlines at work. We helped her institute a simple Japanese
follow-up system, a hot file setup, computerized calendar and two important
lists to keep her on track. We are training her in new time management
methodologies for ongoing maintenance.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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so long to get dressed that she was continually late to work and appointments.
We reworked her closet so her clothing, jewelry and shoes are all beautifully
organized. Claudia can find everything and best of all, she's shopping in her
closet rediscovering clothing with the tags still attached. Who knew?<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 200%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><b>Bills
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Beth asked us to eliminate the pileup of bills and
receipts she has collected in many bags and boxes. We set up a simple to
maintain system to streamline bill paying and data collection for taxes.
We moved her bills into online or automatic payments. Once a year, after taxes
financial files are archived.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Small changes lead to big results. Feel the
power to make a shift. When you see a problem that needs fixing,
acknowledge that change begins with your willingness. With a new system in
place, you can work on new habits for 30 days until they become part of you.
January is the perfect time to get started. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12pt; line-height: 200%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Ask about our Winter Specials to sweeten
clutter clearing and organizing in January and February. And remember, you get
a free hour at your next session any time you refer a friend who completes a
4-hour session.<span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #565800;"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<!--EndFragment--></b></span>Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-87605352207306676582012-12-26T10:35:00.000-05:002012-12-26T10:42:19.535-05:00ID Theft - Don’t Let It Spoil Your Holidays!<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><b><br /></b></span>
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial; font-size: 15px;"><b>View this video for a hilarious response to identity theft. Then read the article. Seriously!</b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><br /></span></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 2px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 2px; font-family: Verdana, Geneva, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"><b>http://tinyurl.com/cgdy24j</b></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><u><br /></u><br />Yes, it does happen. Especially at this time of year you can’t be too careful. People fall for email scams and more often, their private information is compromised. <br /><br />Much as my clients protest, I insist you buy a good shredder. Situate it right next to your desk, plugged in and use it whenever you open the mail. Shred, shred, shred. <br /><br />Never give out credit card or bank account information to anyone in an email (or phone call unless you initiated the call).<br /><br /><b>Items you must shred:</b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><br /></b>• Address labels<br /><br />• Preapproved credit card offers<br /><br />• Any paper with a signature, social security numbers, account numbers, email, etc.<br /><br />• Documents with driver’s license, maiden name, passwords, pin numbers or other ID information<br /><br />• Utility bills (phone, internet, gas, electric, cable, etc.)<br /><br />• Financial offers, checks or new account solicitations<br /><br />• Bank statements, loan information, ATM receipts, old/void checks, receipts, deposit slips<br /><br />• Credit reports<br /><br />• Credit card statements or receipts, bills, carbon copies<br /><br />• Pay stubs, resumes or employment records, personnel information<br /><br />• Legal or insurance documents, leases<br /><br />• Investment or property transactions<br /><br />• Medical and dental records including x-rays which require special handling<br /><br />• Birth certificate copies<br /><br />• Expired passports or visas, military IDs, other IDs<br /><br />• Resumes, transcripts, school records<br /><br />• Tax forms, returns<br /><br />• Travel itineraries, airline tickets, luggage tags<br /><br />• For laminated items, cut up with scissors and place half in two different garbage bags<br /><br />• Digital data and media are especially important. There are secure companies that can shred these.<br /><br />• Erase all hard drives before getting rid of computers<br /><br /><br /><b>If you need help, call on me. I welcome your emails and calls!</b></span></span></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><b><br /></b><br />Happy Holidays! And don’t fall for any scams!<br /><br />Anna</span></span></span>Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-44585719295834135572012-12-26T10:03:00.002-05:002012-12-26T10:10:10.237-05:00End of Year Review<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">
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with holiday festivities, year end is the best time to consider and consolidate
our organizing systems – so we can finally relax with a cup of tea and a good
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">December offers the last
chance to reduce your tax bill. None of us like tax preparation. If there are
receipts, bills and papers scattered throughout your home and office, tax
preparation become an arduous project. Efficient capture systems make tax
season less onerous. If you didn't create a tax file at the beginning of the
year, start one now to corral tax-related papers.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Check medical expenses to
see whether you can take the medical deduction. If you are close to the amount
needed, you may elect to do annual tests now to reach that amount. Review
your flex spending plan. Some plans end on Dec 31 however others extend the period
until March 15. Check whether yours says "use it or lose it" by year
end. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">After Hurricane Sandy, it
should be obvious that home insurance and health insurance are essential.
Review your insurances to ensure yours is in place for your current needs. You
may want to do a photo inventory of your possessions to store
offsite. Review your portfolio allocations. Some IRAs require minimum
distributions by December 31 or you may face penalties.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Hurricane Sandy reminds us
that stuff happens, even in the city. Let us help you create a Go bag and
gather essential supplies so you are prepared for emergencies like extreme
weather, power outages, terrorist events, fire, illness and injury.
A family disaster plan gives you confidence that your family members know
what to do and where to meet up if disaster strikes. We can help if you are
facing caretaking challenges as well.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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calendar. Before January 1st, extend your repeated items into the next year. If
you go to the gym on weekday mornings, schedule it in as a recurring event,
reserving that time slot on your calendar. Enter important dates, birthdays
and events. It's essential to program in travel from one location to
another and transition times for different activities. Plan email for a
few times a day, and no more. The beauty of a digital calendar is you can
Block in your day and see exactly how it looks. Conflicts stand out so you
don't plan more than is possible in 24 hours. It helps you to be realistic
about time and make good choices. Another benefit is redundancy. No worry
if you lose your phone. It's synched to your computer, so you're back in business
without missing a beat. If you need time management help, call us.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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planner, buy one now for the best selection. Stores run out quickly as they
don't stock too many. You can customize a binder type calendar for your
particular needs. Use only one paper calendar and keep it close. It should
be as essential to your life as your cell phone or wallet. The trick is to
use it daily. More than one calendar is a sure recipe for errors. </span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Take advantage of holiday
sales to purchase upgrades for your business which you can use as business
expenses. With up-to-date technology work is more efficient. Now is a
good time to do a digital cleanup. Your computer will be happier and run more
efficiently. We can help you with digital organization and a tech plan.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Revamp your home office,
whether it's a spot to do bills or a fully functional home office for business.
We help with space planning and set up. Being organized makes work so much
more fun when you are not drowning in paper and searching for supplies. We can
transform your desk into a place where you want to work. If you run a business,
now is the time to purchase a shredder, ergonomic chair or supplies you need to
work efficiently. Don't agonize, organize – for a happier, more productive year
and a more successful business. Cha-ching!</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Finish old projects, clear
clutter and make way for the new year. Write a plan for 2013, not a to-do list
but a list of goals. What do you want to accomplish in 2013? What do you need
to let go of to simplify your life? Organizing is not a project – it's a
process where we set up systems that work for your lifestyle and how to
maintain them. Let go of perfectionism. Magazine photos are created by
stylists and photographers. Apply the principles and ideas but understand those
pictures are not replicas of real life. Still, it's fun to look at them so
gather those books and magazines together in one spot, and dream. Simplicity is
the goal, not perfection. Let us help you get to a more organized life.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Ask about our winter deals
to sweeten clutter clearing and organizing in December and January. And
remember, you get a free hour at your next session any time you refer a friend
who books a four-hour session.</span><span style="font-family: Times; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Times; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-57360938702042633312012-10-30T11:38:00.002-04:002012-12-26T10:11:59.243-05:00After Hurricane Sandy<br />
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this devastating storm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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communicate with family and friends, there is a Red Cross website where you can
list yourself as safe and well.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">We all think it can't
happen here. I was a bit skeptical too. After all, NY usually doesn't have
these severe natural disasters. Well, never say never!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 150%; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-size: 16.0pt;">Some were affected more
than others. According to a friend on First Avenue, there was a river on her
street from East River surges. Some of the the streets in
Chelsea were flooded too as the Hudson River breached. With the subway system
dark, no buses running and few cars on the road, NY was eerily quiet. Many
trees were down and power lines were affected. Power was out in many
neighborhoods. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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those whose power was cut off but I now advise all my clients to put together a
Go Bag. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-87114947019621799512012-08-31T08:56:00.000-04:002013-03-10T18:16:56.776-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: #696900;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: 20pt;">End of Summer Organizing</span></span><span style="font-size: xx-small;"><span style="font-size: 8pt;"><br />
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</span></span></span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“I’m fascinated by the mystery surrounding ‘getting organized.’ ” ~ David Allen<br />
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End of summer last licks<br />
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m probably the only one you know who is happy to see the end of summer, and I’ve been using the last few days of this month to work on my own organization. <br />
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Yes, Organizers also need to organize. Clutter comes into our lives daily. I anticipate the brisk cool days of Fall when we can put away the summer gear and focus on our indoor spaces.<br />
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As we get ready to spend more time indoors, ask yourself: Is my home a soothing haven or a stressful mess? Which gets me thinking ... what does it actually mean to be truly organized? Organization is simply having what you need, when you need it. Too much stuff gets in the way of that; even too much of a good thing can be overwhelming.<br />
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Here are some ideas about organization: <br />
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</span><span style="color: #7f7f00;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Organization is not products <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Often new clients ask me what to buy for the first session. They are surprised when I say nothing. Organizing products are great but most of the time, they end up as clutter because one has purchased something that looks great in the store but doesn’t function for our needs. Most of us already have all the stuff we need, or we can repurpose what we do have. It’s critical to sort and purge first; then determine the space, and only then think about what storage products to buy.<br />
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</span><span style="color: #7f7f00;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Disorganization is not deciding <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Organizers say clutter is postponed decisions ...which is why it takes time to get organized. A room filled with stuff without a home might mean 5000 decisions. Should I keep it? Do I love it? Is it functional? Does it contribute to my life? How many do I have? How many do I need? Where should it live? What would happen if I give it up? Who do I give it to? Stuff seems to take over our time. Yet humans are collectors so we need to make good decisions.<br />
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<span style="color: #7f7f00;"><b>Paper multiplication is a dilemma <br />
</b></span>Paper seems to multiply. If a room full objects is 5000 decisions, a box of paper can be 5000 decisions. That’s why it’s important to minimize paper. Convert to online bill paying. Contain necessary paper in an effective file system. Toss obsolete newspapers. Shred financial offers and get off the mailing lists. Minimize mail through one of the unsubscribe services. Make decisions a few minutes daily before you have that backlog which takes over your space.<br />
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</span><span style="color: #7f7f00;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Organization is having a place <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">You’ve heard the wise adage ... “a place for everything and everything in its place.” Where is the place your mail resides until you can read and process it? What about your current action papers? Do they have a home or are they scattered about? Your extra paper towels, office supplies, photos, shampoos, boxes of tea, sweaters ... Does every item have a proper place so you can find it when you need it? Or do you waste precious time looking, get stressed or spend money to buy items you know you already own, leading to more clutter?</span></span><br />
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</span></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #7f7f00; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;"><b>What you keep adds meaning </b></span><br />
<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Figure out what adds meaning to your life and eliminate the rest. Here’s where an Organizer can help. We guide you to make the right decisions. We help you set up systems that work. We keep you accountable to the process until it gets done.<br />
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<span style="color: #7f7f00;"><b>Freebies & Specials<br />
</b></span>Is there an end of summer organizing project you want to accomplish? Call for a <b>Complimentary Phone Consultation</b> to discuss your projects. Our rates go up in January. Take advantage of the last quarter of the year to get organized once and for all.<br />
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Have an organized day,<br />
Anna<br />
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Save time and money.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span style="color: black; line-height: 150%;">• </span><span style="line-height: 150%;">Never lose keys or glasses again, or anything else.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Organize bills and important
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<span style="line-height: 150%;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">• Clear your mind while you control
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Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-117767370503840122012-07-24T11:03:00.002-04:002013-03-10T14:55:14.282-04:00<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="color: #6a6a00; font-size: 27px;">Living Large in Small Spaces</span></span><br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“The secret of happiness, you see, is not found in seeking more, but in developing the capacity to enjoy less.” ~ Socrates<br />
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</span></span></span><span style="color: #7f7f00;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Shoebox Living <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Mayor Bloomberg is waiving current guidelines to create apartments in Kips Bay measuring 275-300 square feet. That’s half a subway car. I’m not sure people who work in cubicles all day want to live in one.<span style="color: #7f7f00;"><b> <br />
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</b></span>At 23, I moved from the East Village to what is now Soho. It was Little Italy then. No art galleries or shops. No markets or laundries. There was a bocce ball court at the end of my street. <br />
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My first apartment there was a shoebox: teeny-weeny tiny. Soon I charmed the landlord into giving me a bigger apartment with a sleeping loft and it’s own private entrance in an inner courtyard (very European). Still a studio but with four times the space, it seemed capacious.<br />
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</span><span style="color: olive;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Small vs. Big <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">We all want more space and more storage. But we live in New York – no attics, no basements, no barns, no garages, no sheds. No guest rooms, just sofabeds and no offices, just nooks. Storage is costly. What to do with all that stuff? <br />
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</span><span style="color: olive;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Keep or Toss? <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Many of us have too much. It a problem of affluence. It’s especially true of Boomers and Seniors. Gen Xers and Millennials have a lot to teach us. They don’t save or collect. They shop carefully and say no often. They’re just not into consumption. Gen Y with fewer jobs and higher student loan debt, grew up wired, 100% computer savvy. They prize green living and simplicity over luxury and status.<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-size: 15pt;"><b>“Millennials in particular seem to be embracing the concept of ‘traveling light’ as a way of life. Whether by necessity or choice, minimalism appears to be the new ‘chic’.” </b><br />
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<span style="color: blue;"><u><a href="http://millennialmarketing.com/2010/05/millennials-becoming-minimalists/">http://millennialmarketing.com/2010/05/millennials-becoming-minimalists/</a></u></span> <br />
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</span><span style="color: olive;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><b>Small & Beautiful <br />
</b></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;">I’m not advocating living in a teeny-tiny spaces or chucking everything but it’s interesting to see how some live in just 300 square-feet called home. How do they do it? Check out these YouTube videos for a glimpse of how a few creative people live large in small spaces. No clutter. Great ideas. Built ins and double duty furniture. Now, don’t we all feel abundant and spacious?<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #313131;">Amazing NYC Apartment - Transformer Style..Storage in Disguise!<br />
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</span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style="color: #313131;">Amazing Unfolding Origami Apartment video - OffBeat Spaces<br />
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</span>Do you need more space and less clutter? Call for a <b>Complimentary Phone Consultation</b> to discuss your projects and find out about our </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Summer Specials.</span></b></span><span style="font-family: Arial;"><br /></span>Lieber Brewster Design, Inc. / Organized Space Workshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03118666484457549434noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-831473521886171663.post-53754420385631829622012-07-11T17:36:00.001-04:002012-07-11T17:36:25.244-04:00Electronics Cemetary<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: Arial;"><span style="font-size: 18pt;">“Whenever I go into a home or office, inevitably I find an electronics graveyard: obsolete or broken appliances, phones, computers, televisions, even unopened software still in boxes. Face it. We’re all guilty of this.” ~ Anna Lieber</span></span></span><span style="color: #686800;"><span style="font-size: x-small;"><span style="font-family: Verdana, Helvetica, Arial;"><span style="font-size: 10pt;"> <br />
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</b></span></span></span><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-family: Arial;">Recycle obsolete, broken, unwanted electronics at Best Buy. No matter where you bought it, you can drop off three items including TVs, DVD players, computer monitors, audio and video cables, cell phones, and more. No console TVs or large appliances. Go to this web address to check everything they accept and find locations.<br />
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">Donate working items to your favorite charity, thrift shop or shelter. They often welcome your items even if obsolete. It may take some research and travel as most do not pick up small items but you’ll feel good that you’ve found a second life for these objects, a good home, and you are contributing to others. Selling on Craigslist and listing items on Freecycle sometimes works. Be prepared to wait, wait, wait. If you need the space now, better to release it quickly.<br />
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">To some, this may sound appalling but as a last resort, trash it. If an item is broken, obsolete or useless to you, it may be to others, too. Do you want to trip over it, dust it and allow it take up valuable real estate? The trash doesn’t always mean the landfill. Some trash gets recycled as it is picked over for the gold: bottles to redeem, metals to scrap for cash, items to repair, and books to sell.<br />
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</b></span></span><span style="font-family: Arial;">If you need help to declutter your home or office, or any space filled with hoards of items, contact me. I welcome your emails and calls. I offer a <b>Complimentary Phone Consultation</b> to discuss your project. When you refer a friend who schedules a four-hour session, you earn a <b>Free Hour</b> added to your next four-hour organizing session. I look forward to hearing from you.<br />
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