(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – My honeymoon was a life-changing event for my business. Before I left, my biz complained that I was going for 6 whole days. It worried that my email was on autorespond and my phone was off with an “I’ll call you back in 6 days” message on it. When I walked out the door with my bags, it was seriously fretting. My business moped around the whole time I was gone, waiting for me to get back so I could again pour into it my undivided attention and 110% of my time, energy, sweat, and tears. But when I returned, instead of automatically, unthinkingly stepping into the fray, I took a good look at how things had been before I left. It wasn’t pretty. In fact, when I considered how I would soon... [Read more]

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – Do you ever find yourself muttering inane things while you search for a file on your computer? “Now… where did I… put that… blasted thing…?” Your brows are furrowed and if you could just… remember, maybe you could actually get some work done. So often, when we’re working on something, we “save as” without giving a moment’s thought to how we’ll need to retreive it someday. We just give it any old name that makes sense – adding it to an old folder or creating new ones willy-nilly. I have a client who’s goal is to set up his virtual folders to be so logical that anyone could quickly find the information. I like that. In order to... [Read more]

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I want to extend a big thank you to the awesome bloggers who filled in while I was on my honeymoon. They did an awesome job and if you haven’t checked out their posts, I hightly recommend you take some time to do so! BIG thanks go to: Ann Espo at One Bag Nation shared practical ideas to give everything a place. Vicky White at Life Design Strategies wrote how to Position Your Desk for Power. Karen Henderson of Get Organized & More shared Feng Shui Tips that Energize Your Office. Coach Alison Marks of Inside Out Design Coaching asked Is Your Workspace Working Against You? Brandie Kajino, The Home Office Organizer wrote that Organization is a State of Mind. Coach Maggie McCauley of A New View wrote about... [Read more]

(www.myorganizedbiz.com) – I’ve been saving up miles for what seems like years and discovered today that I’m eligible for a free trip. Yahoo! The downside is that I’d like to use these miles a couple of weeks from now and United imposes a $75 penalty for scheduling so close to the departure date. I know I’m not the only one ticked off about the “creative” ways airlines are making ends meet lately. Checked bag fees, penalty fees, and racheting up miles requirements are more the norm than the exception. I also know I’m not the only one who laments the lost halcyon days of hot roast beef carved in-flight and Pucci-clad stewardesses. Flying used to be stylish. Today, it’s more like herding cattle... [Read more]

(myorganizedbiz.com) – Most people think that because this is a business organizing blog that it means we have to talk about file folders. There’s a time and place for that. In reality, though, the office extends beyond the desk… to the living room, the kitchen table and, yes, the car. I’ve been lugging around a frightful amount of crap in the trunk for at least 5 months. Last night, I lay in bed thinking those things that only come up in the wee hours. “What would I do,” I wondered to myself. “If I got a flat tire?” This led to me mentally disassembling the contents of my trunk onto the imaginary roadside in an effort to free the doughnut. When Triple A showed up, I realized I’d be mortified. So... [Read more]