Best of Boston Home 2014
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3 Tips for Organized Packing
I will admit that packing for a trip is one of my least favorite things to do. A little strange as it seems like it would be one of those things that organized people love to do ā well, not this mostly organized person. I think it might be my perfectionist tendencies creeping through ā…
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6 Steps to Stay on Top of Your Taxes
Getting prepared to do your taxes can be overwhelming, especially if you havenāt been all that organized about keeping track of your tax-related documents throughout the year. Not only do you need to keep track of tax forms you get in the mail (or on-line), but also receipts for tax-related expenses and donations, and it…
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From Paper Madness to Paper Management in Six Easy Steps
Most of us are drowning in paper these days. It doesnāt seem to stop ā mail, school papers, magazines, and more. If you donāt have a good way to manage it, it will just keep piling up. To keep a handle on your papers, you need a good paper management system. A what?! Have no…
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Get Organized Challenge: Celebrate Your Successes
Last week, we wrapped up our Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You. Over the course of the challenge we focused on developing 5 healthy organizing habits that, when practiced regularly, can lead you down the path to happily organized. Just to recap, those 5 healthy habits are: 1: Buy less stuff.…
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Get Organized Challenge Week 5: One In, One Out
Wow ā time flies when youāre working on your organizing super powers! Over the last 4 weeks, weāve practiced buying less stuff, making sure the stuff you have passes the test, making a home for everything in your home, and cleaning up as you go. Weāve also reminded ourselves that itās not about being perfect…
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Get Organized Challenge Week 4: Clean Up As You Go
Here we are ā week 4 of our Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You! By now, youāre buying less stuff, making sure the stuff you have passes the test, and making a home for everything in your home. Or at least youāre working on it. Iām a realist ā itās not…
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Get Organized Challenge Week 3: Make a Home for Everything!
Itās hard to believe, but weāre already on Week 3 of our 2014 Get Organized Challenge. If youād like to catch up, you can check out the first two posts and brush up on the organizing skills weāve already started practicing: 1) Buy less stuff and 2) Give your stuff the āDo I need it,…
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Get Organized Challenge Week 2: Does it pass the test?
If youāve been following along with us, you know that last week we decided to kick off 2014 with our Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You. Our plan is to focus on one new organizing skill each week with the goal of getting ourselves into amazing organizational shape. Last weekās challenge/skill…
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Take the Get Organized Challenge: 5 Weeks to a More Organized You
We thought weād start off the year with a healthy little dose of organizing inspiration. No, not the āyou can makeover your house in a weekendā sort of inspiration, but rather the realistic and effective variety, which we think is a lot more useful. So the truth is, being organized is not about a specific…
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