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Excellent resources if you need professional assistance with a hoarding conflict. There is a test and resources available to help.

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Oprah is looking for someone in Houston that needs a good de-cluttering. Would you like to be highlighted on her show? How serious are you about asking for help? If you don't ask you will never know!

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Excellent article to check off your Christmas Organizing list. Never is labelling more important than during the hectic holidays. Refer to this article after the decorations come down. Donate or barter the gifts and decorations that are not worth storing for next year.

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If you are struggling with how to begin to organize your closet, print this article and post in your closet and try to focus on one of the bulleted points at a time. If your closet structure is inconvenient the piles will return. Relocating the closet clutter is the absence of any decision making. Ouch, I know that sounds cruel but you will feel happier when you can locate instantly the wardrobe of choice.

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Quick article on how organizing for the holidays in these financially challenging times has a silver lining. These common sense approaches can help us get back to the quality versus quantity argument that we all face this time of year.

How much are you willing to pay to stop junk mail in your mailbox? http://www.41pounds.org/ charges $8.20 a year if you are serious about reducing unwanted solicitations. That is $.02 a day. This can also help reduce tempation to spend on items we don't really need that contribute to the clutter in our lives.


http://www.sustainliving.org/ is another site that can help you locate a current recycling location for any item that you are not sure if it can be recycled. Simply input your zip code and it will give you all options close to your location. They have a spreadsheet that is constantly being updated.

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Simply tips if you have a little down time over the holidays. Removing 2008 files to a secondary location will help you stay organized in 2009. Just remember to separate tax related documents so they will be ready at tax time. Simple and inexpensive banker boxes and a sharpie are the only office supplies you will need for this project. Storing these boxes in your attic helps to put 2008 in the past literally and physically.