Get Organized Now! Newsletter by Maria Gracia http://www.getorganizednow.com Issue: January 30-February 5, 2010 Number of Subscribers: 181,999 ====================================================== Hello {!firstname_fix} ====================================================== ====================================================== Organize Those Mountains of Paper Once and For All ====================================================== So many people have spoken of the so-called paperless society. There's no doubt that the world hasn't caught on to this concept yet. There's more paper than ever... bank statements, insurance paperwork, schedules, school-related reports, medical records, warranties-- and of course all the fun paper too, like memorabilia, articles, hobby-related stuff and more. This is not to mention all the email messages and computer documents that get printed and copied each day--even more paper! These papers start small, quickly turn into piles, and then grow into mountains. Sometimes, these mountains of paper get so high, that the thought of tackling them is just too overwhelming-- especially when you don't have a good filing system in place or much time to put one together. If you're sick and tired of the piles of paper taking over your home and your life and you just don't know where to start, I have a solution for you. The good news is, this solution will take no time at all, and the result will be stunning--a filing system that will allow you to dismantle those mountains and find whatever you're looking for in seconds. Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/filing.html P.S. I guarantee you'll be able to get all your paper organized, in an efficient, easy-as-pie to set up filing system that will be the envy of all your friends. Here's what a few of our customers had to say ... Your My Oh-So-Organized Filing System was just the ticket for me to finally get my files lean and mean! I started one Saturday afternoon with four file drawers and two boxes. A few hours, three bags of shredded material and one Pride and Prejudice miniseries on DVD later, I was down to just one two-drawer file cart with a handful of stackable trays, one grab-and-go file holder for my desk and an organized box of manuals and warranties for my husband's workbench. All I had to do was open the filing system, put labels on folders, and get to work. Besides having everything all planned and printed, the most helpful aspect of the system was the handy guide. I learned there were plenty of papers that needed to be shredded instead of filed and I gleaned some really useful tips for keeping information at my fingertips. I never realized how much information I kept scattered around the house. Now it's all in one place--easy to find and easy to use. The day after I finished setting up the system my husband needed a manual for one of our appliances. I was able to locate it within seconds. Boy, was he impressed! Thanks again for such a great product. --Cate Brizzell, Author of 'Real People Don't Diet' I wanted to thank you for putting together My Oh-So- Organized Filing System. It is such a simple idea, but worth every penny. I put your system to work immediately, and you should see my filing drawer--it's beautiful! I could not have achieved the level of success without your completely thought out system. It's wonderful. Everything is filed away and neat and organized. I can find anything. I showed my husband and he was so impressed, he was telling the neighbors! Excellent product--I highly recommend it! --Jennifer Thoden, Drapery Sewing Supplies I received the filing system today and have started to label and organize my files. I hesitated to get it, because, after all, why should I pay for file folder labels when I could just write out my own? After receiving the booklet and labels, I'm so grateful that so much of the organizing work has been done for me! This system seems very well thought-out and is a breeze to implement. Thank you so much for developing this system-- it is well worth the money and then some! --Lorri Nicolini ====================================================== No Time? No Problem: Organizing Ideas You Can Apply Lickety-Split ====================================================== Let's face it. Life can get very hectic. With work, meetings, kids activities, and daily household duties, it seems like there are never enough hours in the day. Spending hours trying to organize every room in the house is something few of us ever have time for, but organizing doesn't have to take hours. Set aside just 30 minutes to put these 6 quick tips in place and start to see the timesaving results. 1) Caddy your cleaning supplies How many times during your cleaning routine do your find yourself walking across the house to swap your glass cleaner for your all-purpose cleaner and then again for your dusting supplies? Although this may be good exercise, it isn't efficient use of your time. Simply put all of your cleaning supplies in a caddy or even just a basket with a handle. Don't forget to include a few dust rags or cut up old t-shirts. The next time you have to clean, just carry the entire thing with you to each room and rid yourself of those wasted steps. 2) Rid your laundry room of lost treasures Laundry rooms tend to accumulate money, gum, and lone socks. In many homes these items take up precious counter space or flood the top of the dryer. To tackle this common problem, keep a mug and a small basket in the laundry room. As you are loading laundry into the washing machine, place any small objects found in pockets into the mug so all family members know just where to look to find their forgotten items. After folding the laundry, place any unmatched socks into the small basket. As their mate is found, the socks can be retrieved from the basket and paired back up. 3) Wrangle your hats, mittens, and scarves If hats, mittens, and scarves tend to get lost or strewn around your mudroom, it's time to corral them. Keep them all in a decorative basket near the current drop-off point of the family. This way everyone can still quickly drop them off (this time in the basket rather than on the floor) and know exactly where they will be the next time they need them. ====================================================== Finally Organized, Finally Free -- for the HOME by Maria Gracia * HOT PRODUCT! Huge (405 Pages) HOME Edition! * Finally, a comprehensive resource to help you get organized once and for all! * Get 2,175 organizing tips, ideas and techniques to help you organize your home, your time and your life! Are you absolutely sick of all the clutter that seems to seep into every single room in your home? What about your overflowing email inbox? Do you wish the mountains of paper would magically vanish into thin air? Do you always feel like you can never catch up with your endless to do list? Is your family sabotaging your organizing efforts? In short, do you wish you can live a more organized, happy, less chaotic life? Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/foffhome.html P.S. Make 2010 your year to get organized! ====================================================== 4) Tame out-of-control cords Computer wires and entertainment system wires often become a tangled and unattractive mess. To tame this mess you can either buy some flexible plastic tubing, cut a slit up the side, and wrap it around all the cords, or you can use mailing labels. When using the mailing labels group like wires together, wrap the label around the cords, and fold the label back on itself so you have a small tab sticking out. On this tab make sure to write what the cords are so later you can quickly find any cords you need to access. 5) Number your leftovers To keep track of how fresh (or old) your leftovers are, use a simple numbering system. Inside a cabinet door that is close to the fridge, place pieces of tape that are each labeled with a number from 1 to 31. If you often have more than one container of leftovers in a day, you will want multiple sets of numbers. As you prepare leftovers for the fridge, simply take the number that corresponds to that day's date and put it on the container. This will allow you to quickly know if the food is a few days or a full week old. When you finish eating the leftovers in the container, just take the number off and put it back in the cabinet to use again the following month. 6) Divide and conquer your drawers Junk drawers and makeup drawers (and bags) especially tend to lack organization. We waste a lot of time shuffling through these drawers searching for things. By sorting the items and adding compartments, we can save ourselves a lot of time. There are many options when installing compartments into your drawers. Some people choose to buy kitchen utensil trays that already have compartments of various sizes for larger drawers. If you have a smaller drawer or don't want to spend much money, small baskets, plastic butter containers, baby food jars, and boxes could all work as inexpensive dividers. Sort the items so that like items are together. Each group should find a home together in a suitable compartment within the drawer. ====================================================== Finally Organized, Finally Free -- for the OFFICE * HOT PRODUCT! Huge (395 Pages) OFFICE Edition! * Finally, a comprehensive resource to help you get organized once and for all! * Get 1,875 organizing tips, ideas and techniques to help you organize your office, your files, your schedule and so much more! Your phone is ringing, your email inbox is bursting, your To File tray is spilling onto the floor. You can't find the paper you're looking for. Your To Do list is already so long, and growing by the second. You can never leave work on time, you're missing deadlines and you're up to your eyeballs in work. As they say, somethings gotta give! Are you ready to get organized at the office? Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/foffoffice.html ====================================================== New Stuff and Site Updates ====================================================== Everything below is accessible by visiting: http://www.getorganizednow.com Please note that we update our site on a weekly basis, so the new stuff and site updates below may only be available for one week. ** Get Organized Now! Blog: Department 2 Read my personal comments, stories tips and observations about getting and staying organized in today's hectic world. You don't want to miss it. Newest entries: 1) 01/26 The Memory Box 2) 01/20 Organized Spontaneity 3) 01/11 Designate a Day of Oosooji 4) 01/07 - What do you see? Visit: http://getorganizednow.typepad.com/get_organized_now_weblog/ ** NEW February Monthly Checklist: Department 1 Ahhhh, the month of love. Why not celebrate by loving your super organized life! Start today with our new February monthly organizing checklist. Go to the link below and look for the pink flowers. http://www.getorganizednow.com/#checklist ** NEW Weekly Organizing Challenge: Department 1 Each week, you'll get a new challenge. How fun knowing that lots of people are working on the same goal! Check out what this week's challenge is. We've just posted our Week of January 30th challenge. Go to the link below and look for the paint palette and model airplane. http://getorganizednow.com/#challenge ** NEW Reader Recipe: Department 7 Try making a yummy, new recipe today. This week's featured Reader Recipe is Low Fat Oatmeal and Blueberry Muffins, posted by tinytina. Go to the link below and look for the blueberry muffins. http://getorganizednow.com/#recipe ** Web Poll: Department 14 Our featured multiple choice question is, 'When it comes to most meals at dinner time, do you eat home-cooked meals, use a personal chef, order in or eat out?' Go to the following link and cast your vote. It only takes a second, and your opinion can be heard. Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/#webpoll ====================================================== Say Goodbye to Your Money Worries-- Pay Off Your Bills Without Pinching Pennies or Cutting Your Spending in Any Way ====================================================== Would you like to begin controlling your finances, once and for all? Did you know that you can pay off all your bills, including your mortgage, without having to pinch pennies, get a second job or cut back your spending in any way? It's easier than you think and you can do it. I highly encourage you to visit my friend Leo's web site to find out how. I've plowed through his product inside out. He, by far, offers the best program I've seen to help you say goodbye to your money worries--forever. When you are debt-free, you can ... * Enjoy happiness and peace of mind knowing you don't owe anybody one dime * INVEST your hard-earned money and get it working for YOU so you can retire early and comfortably * Worry less about losing your job. You NEED a lot less money when you are debt-free * Spend less time working and more time doing the things you want to do with those you love http://www.leoquinn.com/cmd.php?af=250440 P.S. I fully endorse Leo's program (it really does work) and I highly encourage you to learn more. -- Maria Gracia ====================================================== An Organizing Tip From One of Our Readers ====================================================== After losing power during our last earthquake, I chose not to use candles for light due to the possibility of further shakers spilling them on the floor and starting a fire. Fortunately, it was Christmas time and my decorations were still up. So I hit on the idea of using those inexpensive battery-powered candles that I put in the windows during the season. I'm now keeping them out for anytime we have a power outage. No worries about fire anymore. --Lynda Powell, Eureka, CA . * * * * * Submit your favorite organizing tip! Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/readertip.html ====================================================== Drowning in a Sea of Loose Papers and Sticky Notes? Here's Help! ====================================================== Movies you want to see someday, books you'd like to read, phone numbers, addresses, goals you wish to meet, recipes you want to try, wish lists, ideas, your cleaning checklist, your to do list... There's so much information you have to keep track of, but where do you put it all? Typically, it ends up on scraps of paper and sticky notes stuck to the refrigerator, bulletin boards and computer monitors, scattered on your kitchen table and your desk. Are you at your wit's end? If so, you'll be happy to know that I have the perfect solution to this problem. Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/ezorganizer.html ====================================================== An Organizing Tip From One of Our Readers ====================================================== I teach everyone in my home that their car keys get put in their right hand pocket of whatever they are wearing as soon as they take them out of the ignition. Then when they walk in the door they get hung on the hook by the door. This has saved the endless hassle of searching for keys in a purse or jacket. If the keys are not on the hook they must be in someone's right hand pocket. Whenever we are out and about and see someone frantically searching for their keys...someone in my family invariably says, 'right hand pocket, right hand pocket!' -- Misty Winkelman, Fond du Lac, WI Misty has a family of seven, 5 of who are driving now! * * * * * Submit your favorite organizing tip! Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/readertip.html ====================================================== Have a Sparkling, Clean House--With a Lot Less Effort! ====================================================== When you get home at the end of the day, the last thing that you want to do is clean your house, right? That isn't how you should be spending the free time you have over the weekend either. What if I told you that you could clean your house like a pro in half the time it takes you to clean it now? Visit: http://473ed6uiscmi-oeq16p8iimy28.hop.clickbank.net/ --Maria Gracia, Get Organized Now! P.S. This is the very best advice and information on speed cleaning that I've seen to date! ====================================================== Organizing Challenge Notes ====================================================== Week of January 3rd: Fill a box. I already have a box here waiting to be picked up Thursday. It has an electronic typewriter with instruction book and accessories, some small baskets I no longer/never used, some craft items, and a couple of curtain rods. --Kathy Carroll I had been putting items in a box for about 2 weeks and just sent it on to a charity. The best part of the Jan 23 challenge is that I am already doing it. I put old kid magazines, and coloring books, markers, Fax machine, clothes, scrapbook items, a few books, glasses, shelf and lots of craft items that we no longer needed or used. I am happy to say that the donation went to Good Will and my team 'Cosmo Chicks.' We have an online yard sale running on Facebook and are raising money for Cancer. (We are in the Relay for Life 2010.) It is a wonderful feeling when you can donate to worthy causes and great organizations! I love your website and have been an online reader for many years. 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