I often think my biggest barrier to tackling clutter is finding a home to put something. A friend of mine visited the other week. She had recently moved to a new place and ended up downsizing in the process. One…
Category: Spring Cleaning
Honoring Your Criteria
While cleaning out my filing cabinet I had taken the time to make things easy for my future self. The trick now was to honor and trust my decisions.
Spring has Sprung… Kind of
We cheered on Groundhog Day when the groundhog didn’t see her shadow. This signals the arrival of an early spring. Right around the time when we would have been expecting early signs of spring, we had snowfall instead. I dusted…
Working Through the Pain of Paper Clean ups
Last week’s post focused on the potential pain of cleaning up old, orphaned, and abandoned paper files. This week, I’ll break down some strategies to work through the process. First step is getting your supplies ready so there won’t be…
Painful Paper Clean ups
The instant change to virtual workplaces, accompanying the pandemic’s early days, left many abandoned, full filing cabinets. As the “stay home” order turned from months and eventually years, people discovered other paper-free ways of working. Methods to electronically sign documents…