http://www.vanillajoy.com/get-organized-step-4-analyze.html Family * Motherhood * Me Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:06:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.vanillajoy.com/get-organized-step-4-analyze.html#comment-72271 Kiersten Wed, 13 Jan 2010 03:38:46 +0000 http://www.vanillajoy.com/?p=5724#comment-72271 That is such a huge deal for me--I have to be honest with myself and make room for things where I know they will end up, if that made any sense. I have a little file organizer in my kitchen for bills and mail and things. I'd love to have it back in the office, but I know that when I walk in the door, the first thing I'm going to do is throw the mail down on the counter, not walk it clear to the back of my house. That is such a huge deal for me–I have to be honest with myself and make room for things where I know they will end up, if that made any sense. I have a little file organizer in my kitchen for bills and mail and things. I’d love to have it back in the office, but I know that when I walk in the door, the first thing I’m going to do is throw the mail down on the counter, not walk it clear to the back of my house.

]]> http://www.vanillajoy.com/get-organized-step-4-analyze.html#comment-72244 Deborah Tue, 12 Jan 2010 21:01:08 +0000 http://www.vanillajoy.com/?p=5724#comment-72244 This is a serious problem in our house. Any flat surface gets piled high with things that a person can bother to put where it goes at that moment. We'll be trying to get this under control this year. This is a serious problem in our house. Any flat surface gets piled high with things that a person can bother to put where it goes at that moment. We’ll be trying to get this under control this year.

]]> http://www.vanillajoy.com/get-organized-step-4-analyze.html#comment-72226 Kimberly R Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:59:31 +0000 http://www.vanillajoy.com/?p=5724#comment-72226 Thank you so much for sharing your organizational tips - I really related to #4 and the overlaod of mail. I will be taking this tip and using it to help declutter. Thank you so much for sharing your organizational tips – I really related to #4 and the overlaod of mail. I will be taking this tip and using it to help declutter.

]]> http://www.vanillajoy.com/get-organized-step-4-analyze.html#comment-72205 Julie Perez Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:28:43 +0000 http://www.vanillajoy.com/?p=5724#comment-72205 Love this post! Love this post!

]]> http://www.vanillajoy.com/get-organized-step-4-analyze.html#comment-72202 Julie Perez Tue, 12 Jan 2010 18:20:39 +0000 http://www.vanillajoy.com/?p=5724#comment-72202 I think that we often feel like failures if we can't make things work the way our mothers or friends do, but moving something to fit your needs is a great idea! Sure, someone may wonder why you don't keep the paper shredder next to the computer in hte den like everyone else in the world, but they will be admiring your sparkling clean abode at the same time! I think that we often feel like failures if we can’t make things work the way our mothers or friends do, but moving something to fit your needs is a great idea! Sure, someone may wonder why you don’t keep the paper shredder next to the computer in hte den like everyone else in the world, but they will be admiring your sparkling clean abode at the same time!

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