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traillius
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I am looking for advice on organizing, saving money, decluttering, etc… Feel free to post or PM anything helpful.
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Cat
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The best is Peter Walsh. I love his book, It’s All Too Much. Even though he’s not a “Christian” writer/speaker, he has a wonderful spiritual approach to clutter. It’s not just “organizational” techniques. It’s a whole mental and spiritual approach to “too much stuff.”
He also talks in the book about how de-cluttering can save money.
His books are easy to read and entertaining, not boring.
Go buy this book, it’s worth it. My daughter borrowed my copy and it inspired her to deal with her clutter. Then she loaned it to one of her work associates. Within a few months, EVERYONE in her workplace (a ballet company) had read the book and was dealing with their cluttered lives.
Here is a link to his website: peterwalshdesign.com/5faq/1_5faq.html
Good luck with this.
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whatevergirl
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***On organizing…which I’m pretty bad at myself…there is a book called The FlyLady…it’s really been helpful to me.
There is one tip that does seem to work quickly. Set an oven timer, or egg timer…for one hour, and ONLY clean/organize for that amount of time. When the timer goes off, see where you are. Often times, you will just keep going and going until it’s done! That little trick really works!
On saving money…this is another quick thing that works…If you see something you ‘have to have’ at the store, say (whatever your indulgences might be)…DON’T BUY IT. Give it THREE weeks, go back to the store, and look at the item again. If you still want it after three weeks, then buy it. The theory is that three weeks is usually a good amount of time to see if we really really want something…and if not, then most likely it would have been an impulsive buy.
Hope those things help?
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happymommy
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The Flylady has a website that will send you e-mails everyday to help keep you organized…it was really helpful…then I just stopped reading the e-mails***On organizing…which I’m pretty bad at myself…there is a book called The FlyLady…it’s really been helpful to me.
There is one tip that does seem to work quickly. Set an oven timer, or egg timer…for one hour, and ONLY clean/organize for that amount of time. When the timer goes off, see where you are. Often times, you will just keep going and going until it’s done! That little trick really works!
On saving money…this is another quick thing that works…If you see something you ‘have to have’ at the store, say (whatever your indulgences might be)…DON’T BUY IT. Give it THREE weeks, go back to the store, and look at the item again. If you still want it after three weeks, then buy it. The theory is that three weeks is usually a good amount of time to see if we really really want something…and if not, then most likely it would have been an impulsive buy.
Hope those things help?
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whatevergirl
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hahahahaha!!!The Flylady has a website that will send you e-mails everyday to help keep you organized…it was really helpful…then I just stopped reading the e-mails
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yearofthelord
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Here are some random thoughts:
- Don’t carry cash unless it is for a specific purpose.
- Don’t eat out for convenience. Bring a lunch to work. Pack some snacks in the car. Carry a small person cooler with drinks. Don’t buy coffee from a shop.
- Don’t buy clothes without a specific reason or unless something must be replaced.
- Carry a bag or box around the house, open every drawer and give or throw something away from each drawer.
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pentecostbaby
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This book really bothered me, for one specific reason.
DH and I have been very, very lucky - our families both saved things. When we got married, we inherited an entire house of nice antique furniture. We didn’t register for china; we have my great-grandmother’s. People constantly tell us how gorgeous our stuff is.
This book recommends that you get rid of stuff - well, if our families had done that, we wouldn’t have any of our furniture, linens, etc. Seriously. And when I read the book, the approach seemed like a good idea … who needs Uncle Bob’s drafting tools?! Except that one of our kids might be thrilled to have them, the same way we were really happy to get a bust of FDR that no one wanted for three decades. When the family talks about chucking gramma’s wedding china, I was appalled. It’s a really nice philosophy if you’re interested in making things easier for you, and not for your descendants.
Want to declutter? Haul off your old clothes to St. Vincent DePaul. Donate your old linens that you don’t use; throw out the VHS tapes. Stop buying stuff. But don’t throw out gramma’s china.
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