Your Life. Organized.

All Aboard The Trouser Trolley

Your closet can make or break your morning. The more organized it is, the easier your morning is. You can see what you own, you can put your clothes together quicker, and get out of the house quicker too. At the International Housewares Show I met with Cindy Hubert from Woodlore and we chatted about their Trouser Trolley. You can see how it works in the video below.

PS: Follow me on Twitter and if you like this information, share it by clicking the social bookmarking links below.

Quote of the Week: Live!

"The aim of life is to live and to live means to be aware -- joyously, drunkenly, serenely, divinely aware."

Henry Miller
1891- 1980
American Novelist & Painter

PS: Follow me on Twitter and if you like this information, share it by clicking the social bookmarking links below.

Comfort Food

Mashed potatoes with gravy, macaroni and cheese, and pot roast. Warm, rich, and wonderfully aromatic, these are some of my comfort foods, and although yours may be different than mine, we all have them. What other things bring you comfort? Maybe it's a smell, or a song, or a memory of your childhood. You may be resistant to doing the basic tasks of life maintenance but if you begin to feel comforted by these behaviors, you'll be more likely to do them regularly and actually get enjoyment from them. I swear, I'm not crazy...

Quote of the Week: Your Incredible Brain

"Your incredible brain can take you from rags to riches, from loneliness to popularity, and from depression to happiness and joy - if you use it properly."

Brian Tracy
Canadian Author and Success Guru

                                                                                  

PS: Follow me on Twitter and if you like this information, share it by clicking the social bookmarking links below.

Book 'Em Danno!

Oh CBS... I appreciate how you value the old days and all, but a Hawaii Five-O redux? Alex O'Loughlin and Scott Caan -- handsome though they may be -- can't possibly fill the shoes of Jack Lord and James MacArthur as Steve McGarrett and Danny "Danno" Williams on the original Hawaii Five-O. Thank God you kept the show's theme song -- arguably one of the greatest of all time.

When Steve McGarrett says "Book 'em Danno" he isn't talking about books, but today we are. Danno may have been into throwing the book at a bad guy, but sometimes books ARE the bad guys. In your house, that is. Books are one of the most confounding causes of clutter because they evoke emotions, and for the bibliophile, they represent untold amounts of valuable information. 

Let's say you've already pared down all the books you possibly can by donating them to libraries (for their annual fund-raising book sales), local hospitals, homeless / womens' shelters, schools, prisons and soldiers, and you're left with the most important ones you just couldn't part with. How do you store them? Here are a few ideas...

Quote of the Week: Leadership

"Never tell people how to do things. Tell them what to do and they will surprise you with their ingenuity."

George S. Patton
United States Army General
1885 - 1945

PS: Follow me on Twitter and if you like this information, share it by clicking the social bookmarking links below.

Never Forget

As long as I have a blog to write, I will post this every September 11th. Please be aware the audio is disturbing, which is frankly, the reason I continue to post it.

 Si vis pacem, para bellum. May the innocent who perished be remembered in the hearts and minds of Americans forever and may the evildoers burn in an everlasting hell.

As a nation, and as a free people, we must never forget what was done to us, to our way of life, to our American Dream and to nearly 3,000 innocent citizens of this and many other nations around the world. Never forget.

 

PS: Follow me on Twitter and if you like this information, share it by clicking the social bookmarking links below.

Are You Keeping Someone Else's Memories?

You may have lost a parent, a grandparent, a sibling or a spouse; or perhaps you inherited items from someone who was downsizing. It may be furniture, clothing, jewelry, or household items. At various points in life, we will all have the task of making decisions about stuff that used to belong to someone else. And in those times, it's tempting to keep an item simply because...

Quote of the Week:

"You may have a fresh start any moment you choose, for this thing that we call 'failure' is not the falling down, but the staying down."

Mary Pickford
1893-1979, Actress and Producer

PS: Follow me on Twitter and if you like this information, share it by clicking the social bookmarking links below.

The Brain that Blocks The Pain

I watched most every episode of Hoarders on A&E and I also began following Hoarders: Buried Alive on TLC. In most of the cases profiled, the hoarding behavior seems to have been triggered by a past pain. I've seen episodes where people have lost children, spouses, and parents. I've seen episodes where the trigger was abuse, abandonment, or some other trauma.  Here's where it gets interesting...