Now is a good time to get down to business when it comes to decluttering, simplifying, and clearing out your house. Plenty of the items you own, but no longer need or use can be donated. If you donate before December 31st 2008, you can claim these deductions on your taxes. Wait to long to organize and you’ll have to wait until next year.
So hop to it. Need help? Read:
Organizing by Simplifying
How To Start Getting Rid of Stuff – Get Rid of “Maybe” Items
Clutter Confessions and Denial
The Case Against Deep Storage
What exactly is clutter?

“Deep storage” is a common term found in many an organizational book or article. If there’s no room, if you want to clear clutter, you move to the whole “deep storage” scenario. Deep storage means you put the stuff away where you can’t see it – an attic, under the bed, in the garage, at an actual storage center, and so on. Many organizing books I’ve read, and plenty of folks I know are totally obsessed with the deep storage method of clutter problem solving.
I’m not so much for deep storage. Basically because I can’t figure out why you’d deep …read more

With Spring coming up I bet many of you are thinking, “Spring cleaning!” Maybe not that excitedly, but still. In any case, I think that one of the best ways to organize is to simplify. That said we’re going to have a little spring simplifying along with our cleaning this year. Actually, I’ll likely talk about simplifying your life well past spring, but I like how “spring simplifying” sounds.
To clarify, when I talk about simplifying, I’m talking about ditching some of that stuff you own, or stuff you buy, or new stuff you think you need. This includes the entire …read more