De-clutter to Create Space for a Life Well-Lived

Read Sally Allen's contribution to Calahan Solutions, Inc.'s Question of the Week: Business Productivity Tools. Click on "All in One Place" (#6 in the list!).

Unnecessary clutter can sabotage your dreams. A messy desk is the sign of a creative mind. Many of us have heard the old saying, but experts agree: often, that same desk may signal being overwhelmed, chaos and a life out-of-control. Often our external environment mirrors
our internal state -and if our homes, cars or desks scream disorganization, I'd hate to see
what that means inside our heads.

Whether or not you agree that environment mirrors internal state, one thing many can understand is the freeing nature of a freshly-cleaned home, a newly-organized filing
system or a picked-up kids' playroom. Somehow it's easier to think, to breathe, to
function in an environment devoid of chaos than one rampant with strife. ...read the
entire article written by Doni Luckutt and posted on the Denverpost.com website.

Put Your Home Office in Order

Whether you are self-employed, a telecommuter or just need a place to pay bills, these questions should be answered when setting up a home office:

  Are you using the best available workspace?
  Do you keep realistic office hours?
  Are there separate phone lines?
  Is there proper storage and lighting?
  Is your office laid out properly?
  Does your family "buy-in" to your office?
  Do you stumble over piles of files on the floor?
  Does technology control you, or do you control technology?

  

A Place For Everything® will help you set up a functional office space and systems to help you stay on track. We will:

Remove
Unnecessary papers
Unused equipment
Unproductive piles
Paper, products and equipment for recycling

Review
Your goals
Your systems
Your priorities
Your stumbling blocks

Restore Productivity By
Setting up systems customized for you
Creating a filing system that focuses on physical placement and eliminating paperwork

     

"A Place For Everything® was very professional and comprehensive from the initial evaluation and through the actual process. I felt completely confident in allowing Sally access to my files and records so that together we could determine how or if documents needed retaining. Actually having Sally here in my home was the most valuable part. It gave me someone to bounce thoughts and questions off and it ensured that I completed my "homework" between scheduled visits. I always felt Sally had a genuine desire to help and was never disparaging. I also felt that Sally was very personable and sympathetic to the unorganized dilemma. She immediately understood the magnitude of my dilemma and listened to my underlying needs. Sally also introduced methods of determining what to keep and made valuable suggestions as to how to keep it. I would recommend A Place For Everything® to others without hesitation."

--Meg C., Highlands Ranch, CO

When you’re accumulating, you can’t imagine throwing the stuff out;
when you’re throwing stuff out, you can’t imagine how you accumulated!

-- Real Simple Magazine

Remember... If it takes 10 minutes or less, do it now.