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		<title>Organized life</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:47:07 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Organizing your life is key to achieve great goals. Order is essential to be in balance with yourself and with others and your surroundings. Extending the will and sense of order is always healthy. Knowing where everything is makes you not only save time, but is also pleasing to the mind that will feel in [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Organizing your life is key to achieve great goals. Order is essential to be in balance with yourself and with others and your surroundings. Extending the will and sense of order is always healthy. Knowing where everything is makes you not only save time, but is also pleasing to the mind that will feel in control of details. It is good to divide your life in different regions that involve several different activities and join them all together as a unity.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">An example division of life would be taking up a number and work according to it. You could part your life in 2 considering what you do with yourself and what you do with others to start. You can expand that idea by assigning more items in each division. Manage time for both. Make it depend on the basis of that which needs more attention on the moment, looking for a balance on your life. When you think in yourself, think in your mind and body, and the needs of both. Give them time, too. And when you think in what you do with others, separate others in groups, and give them time according to your priorities: family, relatives, friends, co workers, and so on.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">The key element to the control of an organized life is the control of time. You have to control time, and assign time to your activities. Make yourself a chronogram, and avoid being repetitive with what you do. Play with different chronograms as much as you can. Try controlling your time by switching activities on time. Get the best you can out of your free time, and maximize the time you have fixed on things such as work, sleeping, or daily exercise routines.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>How to get organized</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:22:33 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Before you begin sorting through your clutter, take a few moments to articulate the specific goal for the space. This step helps you define the desired function of the room and stay on track. Make sure your goal for the room is realistic and takes into consideration any features of the room that you can’t [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Before you begin sorting through your clutter, take a few moments to articulate the specific goal for the space. This step helps you define the desired function of the room and stay on track. Make sure your goal for the room is realistic and takes into consideration any features of the room that you can’t change, such as its size, layout, dual function, and so on. Don't make bad use of your space. Try to assign rooms for storage, others for resting, others for working, and keep things separated. The things you need to work shouldn't be where you rest.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Baskets are a perfect "tool" to use in organizing your home. They're often inexpensive, beautiful and functional items. And baskets are usually made of quite durable materials. Use them to organize and store everything from your kitchen utensils to your bathroom towels to your child's toys. Use wall hooks, peg racks, cubbies, over the door pocket organizers and more in your hall closet or foyer area where the items we use everyday first enter.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Purge items regularly from your home. If your bookcase is full, don't put another book on it without pulling some off to donate. If you have small appliances collecting dust for two years in the kitchen, donate them. Donate clothes you have not worn in one or two years with the exception of rarely worn special items such as suits you might wear to weddings, funerals and other events. And above all, learn to live simple. If you don't know what's in your home without doing some digging, you might just have too much stuff.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:22:08 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Your new home organizing solution or process doesn't work for you, it just doesn't work. There is always another method for rearranging things. Always rely above all in yourself to have everything well set in order. Organize areas in your home and your life that will help you first. Later, you can try some tactics [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Your new home organizing solution or process doesn't work for you, it just doesn't work. There is always another method for rearranging things. Always rely above all in yourself to have everything well set in order. Organize areas in your home and your life that will help you first. Later, you can try some tactics to get immediate family member buy-in on organizational processes in your shared home. There are lots of great organizing gadgets, containers, cabinets, shelves and more on the market that can help simplify getting organized.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">There is only one obstacle preventing you from getting organized and that's you. So move out of your own way if you want to get organized at home and get started organizing today. When in your home, consider the areas that need the most organizing help—those with storage issues and also those that are the most visible. Certain rooms should stand out immediately in your mind. Highly visible rooms usually seen or used for entertaining purposes include the kitchen, family/living rooms, bathroom and dining room. Some houses have a laundry or mud room located near the kitchen, so this might need to be addressed. Also, look at your foyer and the closet space available for guests' coats.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">
<p style="text-align: justify;">ORGANIZING PRODUCTS, even organizing containers, will NOT reduce your clutter, organize you, or simplify your life. In fact, a product (i.e. more stuff) can actually increase your clutter--even if it is a great storage idea, cleaning tool, or whatever. Choose carefully. Think before you buy: Will I use it? Can I make this part of my cleaning, clutter control, or home organizing routine?</p>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:21:39 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home organization tactics include sorting items now, or ongoing, to save you time later on tedious chores and mundane tasks. Sometimes you can't do it all for yourself. If you need help on that, it is not a bad idea to search on sites like this for tips, but always consider that more hands can [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Home organization tactics include sorting items now, or ongoing, to save you time later on tedious chores and mundane tasks. Sometimes you can't do it all for yourself. If you need help on that, it is not a bad idea to search on sites like this for tips, but always consider that more hands can do it all better. If you have kids, rely on them to put order on your home. If you and your couple live in separate places, try to arrange days where you both help each other in organizing your homes.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">And of course, if you are short on time, there is always people that you can hire to do the work for you. But consider that they won't have the same sense of order that you are thinking, so it will always be better if you organize the things for yourself before complaining about what others thought would be correct. The only obstacle stopping you from getting organized at home is you. Organizing your home is a lifelong process. You don't just get organized today and stop tomorrow. It's an ongoing task. Don't expect or even try to get organized at home in a day or a week.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Organizing is a solution to dilemmas in your home and life. Organize items or processes in your home when you know it will simplify your life, solve a problem or perhaps save you time. Take notice of other people's organizing methods in their homes and offices, read home organization books, watch home organization television shows and surf the web for home organizing ideas. Then apply some of these ideas and techniques to your situation. And if you need some hand-holding, hire a professional organizer for some consultation or to organize specific spots in your home for you.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Home organization means that you will always know where to find what you are looking for when you need it. From tools, to a specific book, a pencil, a condiment, bathroom supplies, etc. It also means having a regular habit of cleaning your home. It means you want your home cleaned and fresh. Cleaning is [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Home organization means that you will always know where to find what you are looking for when you need it. From tools, to a specific book, a pencil, a condiment, bathroom supplies, etc. It also means having a regular habit of cleaning your home. It means you want your home cleaned and fresh. Cleaning is essential. It means dusting off surfaces, making clean sweeps everywhere and doing it daily. It really doesn't take too much time. Apply no more than a half hour a day, and you will get an habit of doing it, that doesn't take much time, and in fact, that will take less time every day as you're house becomes cleaner and more organized.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">With our busy lives and hectic schedules organizing your home is no longer a luxury-it's a necessity! Organization means something to everyone. When dealing with any space, always try to get everything outside of the room and trying to put it back, discarding what is now unnecessary. Empty all drawers, cabinets, closets and even search for extra space. It is not only a matter or organizing, but also maximizing your space.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">When organizing a room it is important to group like items together. Then when you have piles of similar items decide what items you want to keep. Donate, sell, throw away or store any items you don't want or need anymore. Remove any items that don't belong in the room and can be stored somewhere else or discarded. These are a few ideas to get you started. You can use anything for storage as long as it works for you and your family. Remember the key is to make items easy to access and easy to put away. That is the formula for a clutter free spaces that everyone can enjoy.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are several tips you might well find useful when leading with disorder and chaos. Remember that time control will always be the main element of organization. Chronograms are always useful for this. Working early in the morning, assigning duties to everyone for cleaning the house. Set someone to walk the dog while the house [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">There are several tips you might well find useful when leading with disorder and chaos. Remember that time control will always be the main element of organization. Chronograms are always useful for this. Working early in the morning, assigning duties to everyone for cleaning the house. Set someone to walk the dog while the house is being cleaned. Assign a place to everyone. Let someone handle the kitchen, other to have the bathroom, other to bedrooms. If you have a family with few members, it will just take a little more effort, but its the same goal that can be achieved. On the other side, while there be more people, there will be more quantity of wastes around.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Make rotatory activities for everyone. For example, clean the bathroom one day, and the next day leave it to other person, and so on. Always work with checklists, and accumulate wastes in only one place. Try to use gloves when cleaning to avoid getting in touch with chemicals and contaminants, dust particles and bacteria. Avoid using too much decontaminating sprays and excessive cleaning products, and opt for having better organizing habits so next time you don't end up with a mess of a home.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">When we plan a house we should have a layout plan for every room considering the purpose and furniture requirements. Sometimes living rooms don't have too much activity and life, and people spend more time in their bedrooms. Try not only to clean, but also to arrange everything so your home looks more attractive and appealing especially to you. Disorganization can lead to confusion, wastage of time effort and money. It's always more beneficial to have fewer things, all of which you use and/or enjoy than having many that you won't use. Simplify your life and you will get and stay organized.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<description><![CDATA[Decluttering is the action of getting rid of the accumulation of junk and useless stuff that is taking away our living space. Cluttering can become a serious risk to your health and always devaluates the quality of your life. As with anything, getting rid of clutter can be made incredibly simple: just go through your [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Decluttering is the action of getting rid of the accumulation of junk and useless stuff that is taking away our living space. Cluttering can become a serious risk to your health and always devaluates the quality of your life. As with anything, getting rid of clutter can be made incredibly simple: just go through your stuff, one section, closet, drawer, or shelf at a time, and get rid of everything that isn’t absolutely essential, that you don’t love and use often.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;"></p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">There are several places you need to consider when deciding to declutter your home. It is always good to make some space in your yard or in wherever you have empty space to put everything you can before classifying it to put it again in order. Space on cupboards, bedroom closets, bookcases, desks, the garage and drawers often get cluttered really quick and easy. You have to empty them all, and have a big garbage can or bag next to you to start discarding what you don't need anymore and is taking up space.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">When you declutter you will end up with massive amounts of thrash. But think it over, because sometimes what you don't need may be useful to others. Consider selling stuff like functional artefacts, organize papers in one place to recycle, and if you are not really the antiquary kind of person, consider contacting an antiquary to search among your stuff, you may even get good bargains for items you didn't think were valuable. Take time to make an inventory of the things you have recovered and the things you want to discard to have everything controlled. Just keep to yourself what is essential, that is the key to successful decluttering.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:18:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Clutter is a way of saying contamination. It happens in a home when time passes and we have tended to accumulate useless stuff that we have usually replaced with new, more sophisticated items. There is nothing wrong with it, but with clutter you are only taking up space from your home, and as time passes, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Clutter is a way of saying contamination. It happens in a home when time passes and we have tended to accumulate useless stuff that we have usually replaced with new, more sophisticated items. There is nothing wrong with it, but with clutter you are only taking up space from your home, and as time passes, this problem gets bigger and bigger.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Clutter can clog the smooth workings of any home, imposing heavy costs on the household. Each day, time is lost searching for missing keys, phones or permission slips. A good way of getting rid of accumulated clutter is to have yard sales. They are great both for the seller and the buyer—it's so easy to make a transaction without any middlemen, and everyone goes home happy. You can also sell your stuff over the internet while storing it in an isolated place where it awaits its removal.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Actually, clutter can turn into a really nasty problem. If we become really aware of its consequences, we would be more proactive when rearranging our things at least a couple of times every month. Clutter can not only lead to an obsessive compulsive accumulating behaviour, but it attracts also insects, it holds dust and microbes and in time becomes a source for diseases.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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		<title>Family organization</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Jan 2011 21:16:34 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Family Organization is essential to have a healthy, balanced family. It consists mainly in the distribution of powers and duties for keeping everyone in harmony. Making a to do list is the most basic step. Once everyone has gathered and decided what is there to do, the next step is to assign activities for everyone, [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align: justify;">Family Organization is essential to have a healthy, balanced family. It consists mainly in the distribution of powers and duties for keeping everyone in harmony. Making a to do list is the most basic step. Once everyone has gathered and decided what is there to do, the next step is to assign activities for everyone, and to chronogram everyone to perform.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">It is good to use the morning time for cleaning. Try to have everyone wake up at the same time, dedicating an hour, previous to breakfast, where everybody dedicates to the cleaning of the home. Mopping, taking dust away, making the beds, preparing breakfast so everyone takes it together. Restrict the use of entertainment systems while cleaning and organizing. Have everyone share the time on breakfast as you do while sustaining this sense of order.</p>
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<p style="text-align: justify;">Among the first steps you have to design who will do what, and for how long will they be doing it. So change activities every month or so, this way no one can get bored of doing the same over and over. Work concentrated, this way you will achieve the better results. Work together, this way the family will have better ties one to each other.</p>]]></content:encoded>
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