Category Archives: Organizing Process

The one-size-fits-all Organizing Gift Certificate

December 15, 2009 – 3:15 pm

For friends, family or even coworkers, the Innovatively Organized Gift Certificate is an ideal gift for anyone who needs some special organizing attention.  It’s also a great way to show support for those New Year’s resolutions for being more productive and less stressed in 2010! Order an organizing Gift Certificate now! Or email us at [...]

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4 Purging Tips You Can Use

November 1, 2009 – 8:47 pm

There’s a saying, “The more things you own, the more they own you.”  This is so true!  Don’t be a prisoner to things.  Learn to let go and achieve more freedom and space.  Here are a few things to remember: If you’re not using it, you don’t know what to do with it, or if [...]

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Get Motivated and Get Organized

October 14, 2009 – 12:57 pm

Oftentimes, getting motivated to organize your home or office is a bigger challenge than the actual physical task of organizing.  It can take time!  Here are a few tips to get you started: Ditch the “all or nothing” mindset. Staring at a cluttered garage makes many think of hours of work ahead because they think cleaning up the whole [...]

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Streamlining 101 – Affordable workshops all about organizing

October 10, 2009 – 9:00 am

Streamlining 101: Paper, Time, & Money Management Is “Get Organized” one of your goals? If so, this is the workshop series for you. Join us after work to gain skills on improving your productivity and learn tips on mastering your money management. Session 1: Organizing Your Paper 101 Session 2: Tackling Your Finances 101 Session [...]

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A place for everything and everything in its place!

October 9, 2009 – 7:56 am

A friend forwarded me this Family Circus cartoon, and it reinforces one of my most important organizing rules - assign a storage space or a “home” for everything you own. This means you know where everything goes, and you eliminate wasted time searching for an item. It also helps you clean up faster because you’ll know exactly where [...]

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Career Search Seminar – August 11th!

August 6, 2009 – 11:27 pm

  “How to Network Effectively and Organize Your Job Search Efforts” Career Search Seminar Tuesday, August 11th 9 AM – 12 PM The Norton Building, 801 Second Ave, Seattle This will be a 3 hour, 3 topic job search seminar about networking and organizing your job search. Register now or call 206-399-8712  Sponsored by Woodland Recruiting, [...]

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Less Stress on Laundry Day

May 26, 2009 – 11:22 pm

Laundry adds up quickly these days with the various activities that require multiple outfit changes – work, exercise, gardening, date night, etc. so I thought I’d provide a few tips to help conquer the clothes piles. Multi-compartment hampers – if you have a lot of clothes or a lot of family members, sorting laundry as you [...]

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Innovatively Organized hits the airwaves with Sound Business Radio

May 7, 2009 – 1:29 pm

Seattle’s business radio station, KKOL 1300AM, interviewed me earlier this week about the importance of being organized and how busy professionals can benefit from adding processes to their day and eliminating clutter. It was great fun to have this opportunity to share tips and stories with such a broad listening audience. Click here to Listen [...]

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First step in organizing any space

October 23, 2008 – 11:45 am

One of the most common questions I get from my clients when it comes to organizing their space is… “Where do I start?” Here is my favorite tip to answer that question: Jump start your organizing efforts by SORTING your items into categories of like items.  Don’t worry about purging right from the start, just [...]

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