Back in February, Richard Eisenberg wrote a piece for Next Avenue titled, “Sorry, Nobody Wants Your Parents’ Stuff.” While the post generated a mix of passionate responses, the message behind the article was still sadly…
A new home means new beginnings, new opportunities, and a chance for you to finally get and stay organized. After all, studies have shown that moving out is one of the best times to declutter. Naturally,…
If you want to give your home an eco-friendly edge but don’t know where to start, look to your stuff. The quality and volume of the things you buy — and the ways in which…
When you declutter or pack for a move, you’ll stir up a lot of dust. That’s why you need to take precautions to avoid inhaling thousands of dust mites, microscopic spider-like creatures that feed off dead…
We get it. The impulse to bring every possible thing from your old home when moving can be very strong. But you would actually be doing yourself a disservice in the long run. After all,…
You’ve taken that final exam and gone through rounds of job interviews. You’re excited to start the next chapter of your life. But throughout your four years in college, it’s possible you’ve accumulated just a…
If you’ve got kids who play sports, then you probably have lots of balls, pads, helmets, uniforms and other equipment that needs to be organized and stored. While you want to make sure that the…
Everybody has at least one dreaded junk drawer in their home. It’s where everything that you don’t know what to do with accumulates until it’s a heaping mess and you can’t find anything. However, it…
A few weeks ago, I binge-watched Alias Grace, the Netflix miniseries based on Margaret Atwood’s novel by the same name. I immediately wanted to re-read the book, one of my all-time favorites. I couldn’t do it,…
As technology provides more connections, it also creates the opportunity to tap in to work from any place, at anytime. Eighty-five percent of office workers expect their employers to provide technology that lets them work…
