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Tips to Help You Get Organized for October
 Are you an organized person? Are you able to clean your home with a blink of an eye, able to sort through life's daily clutter with a single polished nail? If you're not, don't fret! We're here to help :-).
From Maria Gracia, author of Finally Organized, Finally Free, we bring you some organizing tips to help get you through this month :-).
1. HALLOWEEN:
- Make a list of everything you want to do for
Halloween--such as making/getting costumes for
the kids, having a party, visiting a festival, carving
a pumpkin, getting some scary books at the
library, taking the kids trick-or-treating and safety
reminders.
- Search the Web and use your local newspaper to
find out what Halloween festivities are going on in
your area.
- Prioritize your list, and schedule time for each on
the family calendar.
- Once Halloween is over, Christmas is right around
the corner. Don't forget to pick up your Get Organized Now! Holiday Planner.
- Have a happy and safe Halloween!
2. YOUR WALLET:
- If your wallet is getting old and ragged, now is the
perfect time to get yourself a new one.
- Empty out your wallet completely. Do this on an
empty table, so you don't loose anything.
- Sort the contents into organized piles: credit
cards, photos, money, discount cards, driver's
license, and so on.
- Toss anything that is outdated. Cut up expired
credit cards before you toss. Look for expired
coupons and discount cards you never use. Then
get rid of them.
- Decide if your wallet contains anything that must
be kept, but you don't need to carry around with
you constantly. Store these items in your home or
office instead.
- Re-organize everything else back into your wallet,
keeping the items you use all the time, in
convenient, easily accessible slots.
3. YOUR KNICK KNACKS:
- Go through your knick knacks and decide what
items you really enjoy displaying, and which you
can do without.
- Give away or toss any knick knacks you no longer
enjoy. Many people build up tons of wedding
favors, trinkets and souvenirs over the years that
are doing nothing more than taking up space and
gathering dust.
- Keep the knick knacks that you really enjoy
displaying, but arrange them in an organized,
pleasant manner.
- You don't have to display all of your treasures at
once. Designate a Rotating Box. Store some of
your knick knacks away, and display some. When
the season or your mood changes, simply rotate
the ones on display into storage, and the ones in
storage on display.
- Knick knacks don't have to be taking up space on
a table or a desk. Install some shelves on the wall,
and display them there. You'll be freeing up lots of
space.
- Discover how you can quickly conquer clutter in
my book, Finally Organized, Finally Free!
4. YOUR BOOKS:
- Skim through your book titles, collecting any you
no longer want into a large box or shopping bag.
- Donate or sell unwanted books to your library, or
to a second hand book store. Sell textbooks back
to a school book store.
- Organize the books you are keeping on book
shelves, or in book cases, alphabetically by title
within genre.
- If some of your older books have covers that are
ripped, torn or loose, get them fixed. Expensive
books that you wish to preserve for a long time
should be brought to a book bindery. Less
expensive books can be wrapped in attractive
book covers. Purchase them, or make them
yourself.
5. YOUR GENERAL OFFICE AREA:
- Be sure your office floor is clear of loose files and
paper. If it isn't, plan to get those things off the
floor and into a filing cabinet or recycle bin this
month.
- Have a visitor chair in your office? Free it from any
paper piles sitting on top of it.
- Check out your desk top. Is it loaded with papers?
- Spend a few minutes each day clearing it off.
- Clear off the area around your computer, except
for the few things you need on a daily basis.
- Get photographs and other memorabilia off your
desk and credenza, and hang them up on the wall
instead. This will keep your workspace free.
- Read Chapter 39 in my book, Finally Organized,
Finally Free to discover a bunch of simple, but
effective, ways to organize your office, your home,
and your life!
Copyright © 2000 Maria Gracia. Reprinted with permission from Maria Gracia's Get Organized Now! Web Site. FREE Idea-Pak, Ezine, Slideshows, Articles, Tips, Inspiration and Ideas at the Get Organized Now! website.
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