My goal is to help people create a space that supports them, mentally, physically, and aesthetically. When you are free from the chaos you have the capacity to create more of what you want.
Get rid of unwanted documents and do your part for the environment just in time for Earth Day! The Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) semi-annual Secure Your ID Day is this Saturday. The BBB is hosting these free shred events across the country, so click here to find out if they have a location in your state or city.
As written on their website, “BBB Shred Day is an opportunity for local consumers and businesses to prevent identity theft and help the environment through free on-site document shredding, as well as paper, cell phone and computer recycling. BBB Shred Day is held in communities throughout BBB’s service area.”
In Austin/Round Rock, BBB’s Shred Day will be held:
On: Saturday, April 21st – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
At: Dell’s Round Rock Campus (Building #8 at 2401 Greenlawn Blvd)
For more Texas times and locations, check out the Central Texas portion of BBB’s website.
If you’re looking for a quick way to lose a few pounds of clutter, then get ready for the Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) Shred Day. The BBB is hosting these free shred events across the country, so click here to find out if they have a location in your state or city.
As written on their website, “BBB Shred Day is an opportunity for local consumers and businesses to prevent identity theft and help the environment through free on-site document shredding, as well as paper, cell phone and computer recycling. BBB Shred Day is held in communities throughout BBB’s service area.”
In Austin/Round Rock, BBB’s Shred Day will be held…
On: Saturday, April 21st – 9:00 AM to 1:00 PM
At: Dell’s Round Rock Campus (Building #8 at 2401 Greenlawn Blvd)
For more Texas times and locations, check out the Central Texas portion of BBB’s website.
AT the NAPO 2012 Conference I had the chance to see the new Staples ARC Customizable Notebooks and I love them! What makes these notebooks different than any other notebook you ask?
The system uses plastic discs to hold the notebook together rather than a spiral or the three rings found in a standard binder. Here's how the ARC system works. Imagine what the paper looks like when you tear out a sheet from a spiral notebook. You are left with a frayed edge that cannot be added back to the spiral. The ARC system has mushroom shaped "holes" that allow you to add and remove the paper easily without having to open and close a binder to move paper around.
It makes moving paper around SO easy. You can use it for ANY type of paper, magazine clipping, worksheet, or any kind of paper! I just love it!
Click below to see a video of me demoing the new ARC system from Staples.
Welcome to Part 4 of my series the 7 Essentials to an Organized Office. Today we are looking at what to do with all those magazines and catalogs. If you start to look around at your piles, you may start to realize that many are filled with magazines and catalogs. I love to peruse through the slick beauty filled pages of a glossy magazine just as much as the next person, but boy do all those magazines take up a lot of space! One of the biggest clutter offenders I see in offices, home offices, and in the home (okay so basically that’s everywhere) is magazines and catalogs. So what can you do to keep these items corralled?
To Read~
And so the cycle begins: 1. Mail comes in; 2. Move pile over to make room for new pile of mail; 3. Pile mail on a counter or desk; 4. Repeat.
First things first, give the incoming magazines a place to go. As soon as the mail comes in take out the magazines and catalogs and put them in a basket or container near where you will read them. This is your “To Read” basket. When the basket gets too full, it’s time to recycle or read. The picture above from The Container Store is one of my favorite boxes to hold magazines and catalogs. It’s large enough to hold two stacks of magazines side by side or the extra-large periodicals.
To Display~
If you like to keep a few magazines out for people to peruse at your home or office there are tons of ways to display them. Here are just a handful to jump start you creativity. Pictured above, Cory from Coy Conner Designs takes a garage sale find and re-purposed this ladder into a magazine holder.
To Keep for Reference~
Finally, when your magazine display needs a refresh it’s time to decide if you are keeping them or recycling them. If you decide to keep some magazines so you can refer to them in the future, try to keep them in an area where you can easily reach them. So what will you choose to hold your bevy of glossy inspiration?
Get rid of unwanted documents and do your part for the environment just in time for Earth Day! The Better Business Bureau’s (BBB) semi-annual Secure Your ID Day is this Saturday. The BBB is hosting these free shred events across the country, so click here to find out if they have a location in your state or city.
