Posts Tagged: processes

The 15-Minutes-A-Day Solution to Decluttering

15, Apr 2006

The 15-Minutes-A-Day Solution to Decluttering was written by Laura Thompson and originally published in The National Post. What do domestic gods and goddesses do to spruce up their surrounding in spring-time? Reporter Laura Thompson asked a few. Linda Chu Organizing consultant and president of Vancouver-based Out of Chaos. She started… Read more

Conquer Clutter in 15 Minutes

29, Mar 2006

Conquer Clutter in 15 Minutes was written by Lisa Jorgensen and originally published in North Shore News. While many people are overwhelmed with the prospect of organizing a cluttered space and rarely have the time to tackle clutter, a “quick start plan” is a way to slowly clean up around… Read more

Product vs Process

17, Mar 2006

I was at the BC Home and Garden Show last month among the throngs of do-it-yourselfers and idea-starved renovators. It occurred to me that these shoppers, similar to many of my clients, are hunting for a solution to their organizing problems. It could be a messy garage, a cluttered office,… Read more

Organizing and Streamlining

11, Oct 2005

Organizing and streamlining are similar yet different. When we think about organizing and the words that come to mind are: Sort out Arrange Classify Put in order To streamline, on the other hand, we think about: Create efficiency Restructure Simplify Declutter We complicate our lives with our possessions and the… Read more