My Top 10 Organizing Tools
My Top 10 Organizing Tools
Here are my top 10 organizing tools of the trade I believe everyone needs these to get and stay organized.
- A planner or calendar – It doesn’t matter whether you use a paper-based or electronic calendar, everyone needs one.
- A to-do list – Also, paper or electronic work well. Use what works for you.
- A file cabinet – Everyone needs to keep some paper. Make it simple.
- A bill-paying system – Stay on time and up to date.
- A timer – It will help you focus on the task at hand.
- Matching hangers – Keeps clothes oh-so organized in your closet.
- A hamper – Everyone needs a home for their dirty clothes.
- A grocery and menu plan – Make this daily task easier with a system customized for you.
- Cooperation from all family members – Get everyone on board!
- Advice from an expert – If you want to improve what you are doing now.
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Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.
Janet Schiesl
Janet has been organizing since 2005. She is a Certified Professional Organizer and the owner of Basic Organization.
She loves using her background as a space planner to challenge her clients to look at their space differently. She leads the team in large projects and works one-on-one with clients to help the process move quickly and comfortably. Call her crazy, but she loves to work with paper, to purge what is not needed and to create filing systems that work for each individual client.
Janet is a Past Board Member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals and a Past President of the Washington DC Chapter of NAPO were she has been named Organizer of the Year and Volunteer of the Year.