I was teaching a class on organizing your paperwork, when one person raised the question: ‘If you have old magazines, can’t you just donate them to the public library?’ I decided to check into that and gave the library a call. The librarian paused at the other end. “We don’t take magazines … unless they [...]

Fox 5 TV special interview with Organizing Pro, Marcia Ramsland, and Erica Fox organized a Home Office and the daily mail with step-by-step instructions faster than you can blink! Fox 5 Facebook fan Tammy DeArmas was chosen to have a Home Office filming for suggestions from Marcia and got more! See video now. Marcia worked [...]

The single most important skill of your success depends on your ability to get things done on time. That ALWAYS begins with maintaining your personal space. So I ask you, Is your desk a mess or contributing to your success? Here are four “Organize Your Desk” steps you can do yourself in one day, just [...]

Five File Folders will clean up any mail piles from scattering across your kitchen countertop. A portable file holder is a key ingredient to set up a “Personal Organizing Center” along with a supply drawer. Every home needs one. Each day an average of fifteen pieces of mail arrive in your mailbox. If you flip [...]

Before you walk away from your desk, spend two minutes tying up loose ends such as: 1. Clear off the center of your desk and jot down your next three action items for your return. 2. Straighten the papers you were working on and put away any files. 3. Enter new information into your database [...]

The mail has been delivered. So what are you going to do once you’ve carried that mail from the mailbox? First, turn over the pile of mail and slit it open with a letter opener (unless it’s some junk mail, like another credit card come-on, that you can confidently toss right into the Recycle bin [...]

Put Your “To Do List” To Work For You! Put simply, a To-Do list is a list of actions you want to remember or need to accomplish in a given day or short time period. It solves the problem of “I forgot …” and relieves the worry that you won’t remember a need that comes [...]

Are you looking for an easy way to get your files cleaned out? One of my organizing rules is “Make your organizing memorable and fun.” I have lost 30 lb. of paper files in a week by doing just that. All you need to do is set a date (say by Memorial Day), get a [...]