Comments on: Designated spaces…. http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html clutter & chaos free...most of the time Thu, 09 Feb 2012 04:26:19 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: 52 Weeks: #10 Tips for cluttered surfaces : I'm an Organizing Junkie http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-60361 52 Weeks: #10 Tips for cluttered surfaces : I'm an Organizing Junkie Fri, 10 Jun 2011 03:57:13 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-60361 [...] cooking, I like to read the weekly flyers there, magazines, etc.  If I didn’t have a designated space for them off the table, they would just pile up and pile up and would eventually make it unusable [...] [...] cooking, I like to read the weekly flyers there, magazines, etc.  If I didn’t have a designated space for them off the table, they would just pile up and pile up and would eventually make it unusable [...]

]]> By: Letting go of stuff and clutter excuses… : I'm an Organizing Junkie http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-59528 Letting go of stuff and clutter excuses… : I'm an Organizing Junkie Thu, 19 May 2011 18:02:35 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-59528 [...] energy manifests itself into chaos, confusion, resentment, unhappiness, discontent, etc, etc, etc. Designate space for the things you love and use and get rid of the rest. It’s okay to give yourself [...] [...] energy manifests itself into chaos, confusion, resentment, unhappiness, discontent, etc, etc, etc. Designate space for the things you love and use and get rid of the rest. It’s okay to give yourself [...]

]]> By: Controlling the clutter and the power of the purge…. http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-36934 Controlling the clutter and the power of the purge…. Sun, 17 Jan 2010 03:52:44 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-36934 [...] energy manifests itself into chaos, confusion, resentment, unhappiness, discontent, etc, etc, etc. Designate space for the things you love and use and get rid of the rest. It’s okay to give yourself [...] [...] energy manifests itself into chaos, confusion, resentment, unhappiness, discontent, etc, etc, etc. Designate space for the things you love and use and get rid of the rest. It’s okay to give yourself [...]

]]> By: Laura Anderson http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-34993 Laura Anderson Thu, 29 Oct 2009 00:55:16 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-34993 I totally agree that everything needs a place, and if I can't find it I get very frustrated. When things are in order I can rest easy. I've use some great <a href="http://www.readymade.com/projects/categories/organize_it" rel="nofollow">home organization</a> ideas from ReadyMade, a client of mine. I totally agree that everything needs a place, and if I can’t find it I get very frustrated. When things are in order I can rest easy. I’ve use some great home organization
ideas from ReadyMade, a client of mine.

]]> By: mel http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-34794 mel Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:39:03 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-34794 i really like your website, and thanks for this great post. my family and i recently made a last-minute long-distance relocation for employment reasons. it was a rushed and extremely demanding process, and i let go of about half the stuff i was holding onto. it was extremely challenging b/c i wasn't quite ready for it, but i'd been wanting to do it for a long time. now i'm ready for the next phase...where i make an effort to acquire only what i can really use, and where i continue to let go of things i don't use or love. i really like your website, and thanks for this great post. my family and i recently made a last-minute long-distance relocation for employment reasons. it was a rushed and extremely demanding process, and i let go of about half the stuff i was holding onto. it was extremely challenging b/c i wasn’t quite ready for it, but i’d been wanting to do it for a long time. now i’m ready for the next phase…where i make an effort to acquire only what i can really use, and where i continue to let go of things i don’t use or love.

]]> By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » Works for Me Wednesday – Magazine article storage http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-33564 I’m an Organizing Junkie » Works for Me Wednesday – Magazine article storage Fri, 04 Sep 2009 01:47:35 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-33564 [...] This little container holds letter size hanging files and I’ve labelled them according to category…ie: crafts, kids stuff, health..etc. I keep it in my study on a bookshelf and it is quick and easy to drop articles into. Now whenever I need an article I know I’ve read, I don’t have to search very far because I have them all in one place. It really does work for me! The trick here though is that this is the only spot I have for miscellaneous articles so once its full I need to go through and purge some out. It is my designated space! [...] [...] This little container holds letter size hanging files and I’ve labelled them according to category…ie: crafts, kids stuff, health..etc. I keep it in my study on a bookshelf and it is quick and easy to drop articles into. Now whenever I need an article I know I’ve read, I don’t have to search very far because I have them all in one place. It really does work for me! The trick here though is that this is the only spot I have for miscellaneous articles so once its full I need to go through and purge some out. It is my designated space! [...]

]]> By: kerri http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-28538 kerri Fri, 20 Mar 2009 19:05:02 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-28538 I especially love the shopping advice. And it is motivating me to be harsher in my sorting of the kids' toy closet! (This one gets out of control because of all the grandparent & others gifts.) I especially love the shopping advice. And it is motivating me to be harsher in my sorting of the kids’ toy closet! (This one gets out of control because of all the grandparent & others gifts.)

]]> By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » 8 steps to less clutter and cleaning http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-28361 I’m an Organizing Junkie » 8 steps to less clutter and cleaning Fri, 13 Mar 2009 05:03:20 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-28361 [...] 5.  I do a 10 minute tidy each night before bed to return out of place items back to their designated spaces. [...] [...] 5.  I do a 10 minute tidy each night before bed to return out of place items back to their designated spaces. [...]

]]> By: Connie Case http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-19413 Connie Case Sun, 17 Aug 2008 13:05:16 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-19413 This is a powerful tool that can be used for those of us who might...buy on impluse.:( I do have to fight that, and I find if I make myself think about it a day or so before I do it I don't go back. This is a powerful tool that can be used for those of us who might…buy on impluse.:(

I do have to fight that, and I find if I make myself think about it a day or so before I do it I don’t go back.

]]> By: I’m an Organizing Junkie » We are not our children’s slaves…. http://orgjunkie.com/2006/08/designated-spaces.html/comment-page-1#comment-15596 I’m an Organizing Junkie » We are not our children’s slaves…. Thu, 24 Apr 2008 22:30:21 +0000 http://orgjunkie.com/?p=67#comment-15596 [...] for me to expect their spaces to be tidy 100% of the time but because we’ve created designated spaces in their rooms for their stuff it’s a relatively quick and painless process to get their [...] [...] for me to expect their spaces to be tidy 100% of the time but because we’ve created designated spaces in their rooms for their stuff it’s a relatively quick and painless process to get their [...]

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