Posted by Lisa on 06 Apr 2011 | Tagged as: Getting Organized, Organized Home, Organizing Books, Organizing Process
I was home on Wednesday afternoon, March 30th, working in my office when I saw the Fed Ex truck pull up. I went to the door and the delivery man handed me a package. I opened it and to my surprise and delight, I was holding an advance copy of my book, The Ultimate Life [...]
Posted by Lisa on 30 Mar 2011 | Tagged as: Getting Organized, Organized Home
Recently I was interviewed for www.homegoesstrong.com. Not only did Elana Frankel, the writer, do a fantastic job, but she is a high school classmate of mine, which makes it extra special! Read my tips about getting organized… and how to stay motivated in the article Organize, Organize, Organize: This is how you do it once [...]
Posted by Lisa on 15 Feb 2011 | Tagged as: Organized Home, Workshops
Lisa will be speaking about “Downsizing Your Home and Your Life” this Friday, February 18th from 10 AM – 12:30 PM at Glen Arden Retirement Community in Goshen, NY. Designed to help you prepare you and your home for moving in the near future, Lisa will provide helpful tips on how to take control of [...]
Posted by Lisa on 13 Jan 2011 | Tagged as: Organized Home
Thanks to Heidi Farmer of The Good Stuff Guide for printing my article on “Organizing Your Entry Way”. Depending on your home, your entry way can be an entire mud room with lots of space, a formal foyer at the front of your house, a breezeway from the garage, or a portion of a hall [...]
Posted by Lisa on 28 Dec 2010 | Tagged as: Organized Home, Productivity Tools, Time Management
Trying to coordinate your family’s schedule can seem like a monumental task. Work responsibilities for mom and dad, extracurricular activities for the kids, trying to fit in chores and family time – how can you possibly manage it with only 24 hours in the day? All it takes is a little advance planning!
Posted by Lisa on 16 Dec 2010 | Tagged as: Organized Home, Productivity Tools
My colleagues Alicia Rockmore and Sarah Welch of Buttoned Up have co-authored a fabulous book called Pretty Neat: The Buttoned-Up Way to Get Organized & Let Go of Perfection. The soft cover book is approximately 160 pages long, and nicely written. One thing I particularly like about it is that it gives readers permission to [...]
Posted by Lisa on 07 Dec 2010 | Tagged as: Organized Home, Organized Office, Organizing Process, Time Management
This is my most recent column for the Work-Life Balance page of the Poughkeepsie Journal online. This particular article discusses how organizing time is the same as organizing space. A schedule is simply a limited space into which you must fit a certain number of tasks. If your schedule is full, then you must delete [...]
Posted by Lisa on 29 Nov 2010 | Tagged as: Filing Systems, Organized Home, Organized Office, Paper Management, Productivity Tools
I love being organized. Yes, you would expect that from a Certified Professional Organizer, but let’s face it, not everyone practices what they preach. But I really do live my life and run my business in an organized way because I truly believe that being organized makes your life and business run more smoothly in [...]
Posted by Lisa on 24 Sep 2010 | Tagged as: Decision Making, Organized Home
This article is an excerpt from my upcoming book, The Ultimate Life Organizer: An Interactive Guide to a More Organized, Simpler, and Less Stressful Life, which will be published by Peter Pauper Press in November 2010. As you start the organizing journey, you may suffer from what I like to call, Temporary Organizing Paralysis. This [...]
Posted by Lisa on 31 Aug 2010 | Tagged as: Organized Home, Organized Office, Paper Management
It is really very simple: You want to get organized Smead wants to help you succeed All you need to do is like them on Facebook and the simple, bite sized tips and tricks will be coming your way. So here are 3 reasons to like Smead Organomics on Facebook 1. It’s a Zen Thing: [...]
