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Adobe Acrobat is required to open and view PDF articles. Media Coverage: Simplicity in the News Charlotte Observer: A Gift to Yourself: Order: Regain a sense of control and have a little more time for something you want to do.Charlotte Magazine Home and Garden Issue: Get It Together:

Getting organized isn't easy. But the sigh of relief once everything is

put in its place is worth the agony... Here are tips on creating a

space that works for your lifestyle. Charlotte Annual 40 Under 40: Carson Tate: Carson Tate is in the Charlotte Business Journal's 40 under 40. In Bloom: 30 Minutes to Clutter Free: Transform your hall closet into a clean, organized and structured space in 30 minutes. Urban Home: Playrooms:

Playrooms are friendly places for children to learn and grow. Sometimes

even the best playrooms can be your foe ... chaotic and cluttered. Want

to reclaim your playroom? Make it E.A.S.Y. Urban Home: Home Offices:

As the command center of a home, home offices are the hub of all

activity. With so many tasks take place in one space it's vital that

your home office work for you and not against you. Charlotte Observer: Space Race is On:

As homeowners recommit to their current house in the economic and

housing downturn, they're looking for ways to find more space to make

the most of what they have.If you’re a member of the media

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Helpful Hints & TipsSimplicity NewslettersJanuary 2009 Newsletter: Good Intentioned Resolutions - Reduce Paper Clutter - Win Organizational Home Makeover December 2008 Newsletter: Top 10 Best Organizational Tips - "...A Few of our Favorite Things". November 2008 Newsletter: Streamline Your Holidays. Learn from the Grinch! September 2008 Newsletter: Organization for Kids - Junk In Your Trunk? - Back To School.Closet OrganizationCloset Queen:

"If you can’t find an article of clothing you want, or get easily

dressed in the morning, your closet isn’t working for you—it’s working

against you,” asserts Carson Tate. Read more by downloading the full

article.Closet Purging 101:

Clothes purging can be fraught with emotion. Here are a few thoughts

and suggestions to help you keep your emotions in check and your closet

project on track. Read more by downloading the full article.Reclaim Your Closet: Reclaim your closet and your wardrobe with a few simple organizational solutions.Closet Efficiency:

If you can’t find an article of clothing you want, or get easily

dressed in the morning, your closet isn’t working for you—it’s working

against you. Effective organization is key to reducing stress and

simplifying your daily routine.Donation and Recycling Centers The Salvation Army of Greater Charlotte, NC:

Check out their website to find the address and hours of the Salvation

Army location nearest you. For free pick-ups for Thrift Store Donations

within 50 miles of Uptown Charlotte. Recycling Drop-Off Centers in Mecklenburg: All Recycling Centers Accept: Office

paper, Cardboard, Magazines, Newspapers , Phonebooks, Aluminum cans,

Steel cans, Tin cans, Plastic bottles and Glass bottles. Full Service Centers accept a wider variety of recyclables. Click on your closest Recycling Center's location link to view the specific items collected at that location. Recycle your cell phones with the Mecklenburg County Women's Commission.Donation Resources List: Find a listing of various organizations accepting donations. Financial OrganizationGet Financially Organized: Organizing your files is a step-by-step process of planning and preparation. It’s

not simple, but once you get a filing system together it should be easy

to maintain. To help get your financial records in order, follow the

important steps in this article.IRS.gov: What tax records to keep per the United States Department of the Treasury's Internal Revenue Service. Holidays SimplifiedHoliday Cards without Clutter: Creative ways to make the most of the cards you receive during the holidays. Good Gift Giving:

Does just thinking about your holiday gift list make your blood

pressure rise, your wallet constrict, and your body break out in a cold

sweat? Let’s simplify the whole gift giving by thinking about GIFTS a

little differently.Getting Organized for the Holidays:

The holidays do not have to be stressful and overwhelming. A few

simple organizational tips will help you make your holidays merry and

bright and save you some time and money – precious commodities during

the holiday season!How to Simplify in the New Year:

Let’s focus on simply living. Streamline your routine. What can you do

to reduce the number of steps you take each morning to get dressed? Can

you pack all of your children’s lunches for the week on Sunday evening?

Can you pay all of your bills on-line? Streamline. Make it easy.Resolutions:

We all do it. And we all make them. Resolutions. Particularly New

Year’s resolutions. January 1st arrives and we have a clean slate. It

is time to begin fulfilling our resolutions. We start down the road to

fulfilling our resolutions, but slowly the resolution fades into the

background. There is a way to keep your resolutions.Holiday Survival Tips:

The holidays seem more stressful than other times of the year. How

come? I am convinced that people allow themselves to be stressed by

their perceived expectations from others and the symbolic rush of

completing the year. Here are ten ways to take back control, time, and

maybe even part of your sanity.Home OrganizationTop 10 Organization Tips: Discover the 10 best organizational tips here. Tips from the Pros: 7 helpful steps to organizing your home.Is It Just Too Much:

How can you go from being overwhelmed by your possessions to creating a

home that reflects who you are and how you want to live? Start living

simply with these tips from organizing guru Peter Walsh.Got Junk in your Trunk:

From school to soccer to ballet to Scouts to play dates to the grocery

store- like it or not, your car is your second home. The average

family drives over 32 miles a day but it is easy for the busy family to

far exceed that average. You know all too well that the time spent in

your car adds up to hours each week. And with all your gear, your car

can start to look like a dumping ground and a messy one at that. Here

are some tips for conquering the junk in your trunk.Cash in the Attic:

During this time of growing economic stresses, the modern American

family faces the most severe financial belt-tightening in decades.

Along with many of my colleagues, I’ve been fielding a lot of questions

lately from curious friends about expenses and costs related to

organizing services. A Clutter Too Deep:

Getting organized is unquestionably good for both mind and body —

reducing risks for falls, helping eliminate germs and making it easier

to find things like medicine and exercise gear.Charlotte Observer: Get house in order or someone else will:

Slimming down your belongings to just what you really need and use

takes time and intention. You don't have to do it. But know that if you

don't, someone will. That someone may be your grief-stricken spouse,

your stressed-out adult children, an estate sale representative who will

reap a 25 percent commission, or a county worker assigned to your

“case.”Home Staging:

Staging as a house-selling concept started in 1972 on the West Coast.

Now, showcasing the so-called three C's: cleanliness, clutter reduction

and color. Staging has become a hot topic on HGTV shows. Its

practitioners include home-staging professionals, interior designers and

others.Make every foot count in a smaller home:

Whatever the specific catalyst, homeowners and first-time buyers are

rediscovering the charms of more modest digs. They're realizing that

square footage, like any number, cannot tell the whole story about that

complex environment we call home. They look for quality over quantity,

or even decide to stay put rather than upgrade to that larger place

they'd had on their wish list.Home Office OrganizationCost of a Messy Desk: See how an unorganized desk can cost you money. Can Your Personal Documents Be Found in an Emergency:

What would you do in an emergency? Are you prepared? Would you, a

friend, spouse or heir be able to locate your personal papers and

financial records? What can you do to be prepared for an emergency?Urban Home: Home Offices:

As the command center of a home, home offices are the hub of all

activity. With so many tasks take place in one space it's vital that

your home office work for you and not against you. Organization for ChildrenHelp your kids manage their clutter:

Parents battle the constant influx of stuff -- everything from school

art projects to gifts from grandparents, hand-me-downs from friends and

the plastic freebies that come with fast-food meals. Here are five ideas

for taming kids' clutter. Packing School Lunches: Discover the 3-Ps and you’ll have lunch boxes under control. Prepare for Back To School:

If you have more than one child and your schedule permits, it’s nice to

do back-to-school preparation with each child separately. This gives

you one-on-one time and reduces squabbles. Plan time for lunch or a

favorite treat while you’re out.Urban Home: Playrooms:

Playrooms are friendly places for children to learn and grow.

Sometimes even the best playrooms can be your foe ... chaotic and

cluttered. Want to reclaim your playroom? Make it E.A.S.Y.Party Perfect: How to celebrate and create memories while avoiding emotional and financial meltdown!Traveling with Tots:Paper and Time ManagementSTOP doing the Paper Shuffle and Save an Hour This Week:

Executives waste 6 weeks per year searching for lost documents. In the

office, many people "shuffle papers" instead of "handling the work".

Projects, clients, ideas are all lost in piles of paper. Why do we do

the paper shuffle?Taming the Email Monster:

How many e-mails are in your inbox right now? Opened? Unopened? Waiting

for something? When someone asks you if you have received their e-mail,

will you bend the truth to ‘cover’ for yourself because you won’t know?

FLOW - Time Management Strategies:

Tick, tick, tick… the hands of a clock turning. Time. As

professionals, time is our greatest opportunity AND our greatest

liability. How can we capitalize on this opportunity and minimize the

liability?Clear email inbox helps unclutter your time:

I get several hundred e-mails a day, so I laughed the first time I

heard the term “Inbox Zero.” It took me about a week to totally clear

out my inbox, but boy, did it feel good once I did.STOP the JUNK: Stop junk mail and phone solicitations. RightsizingRightsizing

is a process that will profoundly change the way you examine your life.

Rightsizing is not simply about organizing, containing and labeling

your things. Rightsizing is achieving a harmony between your physical

environment and your desired lifestyle.The Less is More Paradox:

You have decided to streamline your home, now you need some helpful

hints to get you started living simply. Here are our favorite tips from

organizing guru Peter Walsh. Getting Rid of Your Folks Belongings:

It's natural to be overwhelmed by emotion and your parents' lifetime

accumulation of things. Use these ideas to save time, your sanity and

your family relationships.Fewer Better Things: Advertisement with special message.Letting Go of Sentimental Attachments: Experiences and people make memories, and memories make us who we are. But wemust

realize that things are not memories--they only represent the memories.

We simply can't keep it all! Here are some options to help you let go.Organization Humor

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