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Newsletter by Maria Gracia http://www.getorganizednow.com Issue: November 28-December 4, 2009 Number of Subscribers: 181,999 ====================================================== Hello {!firstname_fix} ====================================================== ====================================================== Discover Your True Purpose, Passions, and Path to Lasting Happiness and Fulfillment ====================================================== Discover . . . * The twenty specific areas of your life that can be slightly adjusted or dramatically changed to provide you with unending joy and happiness. * How measuring your reaction to these 66 words can open the door to dozens of goals proven to give you exactly what you want. * The six proven needs of every human being that must be met in order to mentally and emotionally experience pride, joy, and fulfillment. * A seven-step exercise that will show you exactly how you can improve every relationship in your life starting today. * 94 triggering questions that will tap into an endless stream of thoughts and ideas to make your life better than ever before. and much more! Visit . . . http://www.motivation123.com/cmd.php?ad=469050 ====================================================== The Paper Pileup and How to Banish It ====================================================== Paper is a part of everyone’s daily life. There is no way to avoid it. However, if you do not manage paper on a regularly scheduled basis, it will manage you and pile up fast! It is best to not let that happen. Banish the paper pile up now. Here’s how: 1. A sure way to keep paper from piling up is to go through your files and toss out all outdated and unused information. Be sure to do this on a regular basis-- preferably monthly. 2. Request that any statements you receive from various sources, such as cable, credit card companies, electric company, etc., be sent via online to your e-mail account instead of on paper through the post office. 3. Check out your financial institution’s online bill paying system. Setting up an account to pay your bills online through your bank eliminates the need for envelopes and postage. You can set up your account to pay each month or set it up to take out for bills automatically every month. It a safe and easy way to organize all your bills in one location. 4. Do you deal with a pile of receipts and statements? Consider investing in a financial management program, such as Quick Books. Financial management programs will turn that pile of receipts into something manageable. 5. Junk mail is out of control these days. You can eliminate receiving most of the junk mail by calling the 'Preapproved Credit Card Opt Line' for the three top credit unions at 1-888-567-8688. This will eliminate receiving all the credit card offers that are sent. You can also register online with the Direct Marketing Association and request to be removed from junk mail mailing lists. 6. Try to avoid getting your name put on mailing lists. Tell every company with which you do business not to sell your name. Never enter contests or fill out surveys with your name and address on them. Always keep in mind where your name and address is going. 7. Do you subscribe to many magazines and/or newspapers? Consider keeping only those subscriptions that are most important to you. Most major magazines now carry many of their articles, if not the entire issue, on their websites. Consider donating old magazines to doctors’ offices, shelters or senior centers after you read 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. Get organized before the end of 2009. You can do it! ====================================================== 7. Use a binder system, such as the Get Organized Now! Easy Organizer. This organizer is perfect for holding all of your important information in one handy location. Binders are a great way to organize many types of paperwork that you reference frequently. Tabs re used to organize the information in the binders so it is easier to locate. 8. Check with the IRS, in addition to your accountant and attorney, to find out how long to keep documents. Before you put documents into storage, mark them with an expiration date, if they have one. Some documents do need to be kept permanently. When you go through your files in the future, you will know which ones to purge. 9. Make a decision with each piece of paperwork that goes through your hands. Do not put papers into a pile and say you will deal with it later. Decide to do something with it right away and take some sort of action whether it is to read it, pay it, file it, do it or toss it. 10. Do not let your computer increase the amount of paper you collect. It is easy to print out a lot of things that do not have to be printed. If it is not critical, do not print it out. Keep in the back of your mind that the information will more than likely still be online to reference again later. 11. As part of your daily schedule, set aside a certain amount of time to process paperwork. Open and sort mail every day. Immediately recycle anything you do not need. Handle all important documents in one designated area. Divide the papers into main categories of action, such as 'Read,' 'Pay,' 'File' or 'Do.' 12. It is common to file papers that are never going to be looked at again. Before you file anything, ask yourself one question, 'Do I really need to keep this document?' 13. If you own a scanner, use it to its full potential to eliminate a good portion of the paper piled up in your home. You can scan a wide variety of items onto your computer or store onto CDs or DVDs. Scanners can scan most documents and pictures onto your computer for paper-free storage. 14. If you have a large amount of paper piled up, you do not have to tackle it all at once. Do it in sections taking baby steps. Once you start and continue to work on your piles, you will see results. It just takes that first step. Once you have the paper pile ups banished, regularly manage and act on all paperwork to maintain order. Make it a habit--then it will become second nature. ====================================================== 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) 11/24 - What's Holding You Back From Getting Organized? 2) 11/18 - National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Month 3) 11/11 - Don't Fall into the Non-Stop Trap 4) 11/02 - Define the Problem 5) 10/28 - Tricks for Treats Visit: http://getorganizednow.typepad.com/get_organized_now_weblog/ ** NEW December Monthly Checklist: Department 1 It's the last month of the year. Make it your most organized ever! Start today with our new December monthly checklist. Go to the link below and look for the seal pup. 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 November 28th challenge. Go to the link below and look for the calendar. http://getorganizednow.com/#challenge ** Web Poll Our featured multiple choice question is, 'When I walk into someone else's visibly cluttered house, I feel...' 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 ====================================================== 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 won't take hardly any 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 Maria Gracia Get Orgnaized Now! 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. ====================================================== An Organizing Tip From One of Our Readers ====================================================== Being in a small one bedroom apartment it's sometimes hard to find space for some of the items I use. One day I got tired of the dish drainer taking up what little counter space I have in the kitchen. So I got thumbtacks (allowed by management) and now when it's not in use, I just hang it on the wall out of the way. Martha Kinch Columbus, OH * * * * * 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! ====================================================== You have to remember a birthday, so that gets written on a calendar. You have to make a grocery list, so you scribble down a few items and stick the list on the fridge. Someone gives you a phone number, and it gets written in the address book. You're planning your garden, and that information is stored in a notebook. You want to keep track of the movies you want to see, or the books you want to read--another sheet of paper. A friend gives you an email address on a sticky note that is now attached to your computer monitor. Paper, paper and yet more paper--it's all over your home, 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 ====================================================== Can This Marriage Be Saved? ====================================================== For many wives, the very thought of their marriage coming undone is overwhelming. Why did the man that pursued her so vigorously during dating now seem so distant in marriage? The truth is that if you're married, those fears don't have to come true in your relationship. There is a way to rekindle lost passion and make your husband crave spending time with you. Every wife that learns the secrets of her husband's heart soon discovers the power to influence her husband on a profoundly deep level. Imagine what would happen in your marriage if you knew.... *The highest compliment you can give your husband, and no, it’s not praising his physical appearance * Why you should NEVER give your husband advice--unless he begs you to * How to make your husband willing to listen to you and try practically anything you suggest * The 15 words you can say to your husband when you're lonely and need reassurance -- These words will get you the positive and supportive response you want from him every time * How to make your husband feel powerful so that he'll always want to be with you *The one thing you can do in a split second to make your husband feel like he’s married the woman of his dreams * Yes, these insights are powerful and you can have them right now! I never promote anything that doesn't have a track record of success. I am passionate about these discoveries because they actually explain what works with your husband and why. If you want to improve your marriage forever, visit: http://280c8btdtbw9prchnbyonzakdu.hop.clickbank.net Enjoy! Maria Gracia Get Organized Now! ====================================================== An Organizing Tip from One of Our Readers ====================================================== I made a coffee/tea organizer. I used a cloth, square basket. I placed coffee filters, coffee creamers, and tea bags into it. Each morning I grab the basket and everything I need is in there. When I finish, I simply place the basket in an open cabinet. It makes a pretty and functional accent. You can even change baskets for the season--like old trick or treat pumpkin baskets or Easter egg baskets. Stacey Lickly Mena, Arkansas Mena is a mother of four boys under age 6. She enjoys sewing. * * * * * Submit your favorite organizing tip! Visit: http://www.getorganizednow.com/readertip.html ====================================================== 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 ====================================================== Organizing Challenge Notes ====================================================== Week of November 21st: Do 3 Fun Things For Yourself What? With everything I have to do? Well, OK. So yesterday, I spent 20 minutes reading a novel and sipping tea, I went for a refreshing walk outside (haven't done that in months) AND I even finished off a quilt I've been meaning to do for the past 3 years. I have to tell you, I feel so good. Thanks for giving me permission and the push to do some nice things for myself. I vow to do this at least once each week in the new year! --Paula Robinson ====================================================== Become Our Fan on Facebook ====================================================== http://www.facebook.com/home.php#/pages/Get-Organized-Now/50467098715?ref=ts * * * * * Follow Us on Twitter http://twitter.com/getorgnow ====================================================== In Closing ====================================================== Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire. It is the time for home. --Edith Sitwell And remember . . . there's no better time to get organized, than to Get Organized Now! 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