 Fun Facts for Bibliophiles
1. When organizing your bookcases, think visual percentages. 75% books 20% decorative items 5% empty space. 2. www.Biblio.com is wonderful resource site for locating rare books and learning the value of books/ selling books in your collection. 3. The West Falmouth Library is hosting their annual library booksale this upcoming holiday weekend, July 1-4. Dates and times are ... Friday, July 1, 5 PM -7 PM Saturday, July 2 from 9 AM - 2 PM Sunday, July 3 from 12 Noon - 2 PM Monday, July 4 from 9 AM - 11 AM 4. The Falmouth Public Library is hosting their annual library booksale this upcoming holiday weekend extending into midweek, too! Dates and times are ... Friday, July 1, from 10 AM - 4 PM Saturday, July 2 from 10 AM - 4 PM Sunday, July 3 from 10 AM - 4 PM Monday, July 4 from 10 AM - 4 PM Tuesday, July 5 from 10 AM - 4 PM Wednesday, July 6 from 10 AM - Noon Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  It's helpful to standardize your hangers. It doesn't matter what type you prefer, just make them consistent and always hang clothes in the same direction. This will help reduce visual clutter and allow you to review your clothes at a glance. Wooden, padded or tube hangers, rather than wire ones, will keep your clothing in top-notch shape and avoid tangles.
© 2016 Posts on Demand Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  School's out for the summer and many parents/caregivers are getting their children organized for day and overnight camps, special enrichment programs, instructional sport activities and more. These days life is often lived in the fast lane for little ones and their families. The nonstop go, go, go can easily make the "lazy days of summer" a forgotten pleasure.
During their unstructured "downtime" children often ask, "What's there to do?" Encourage children to generate a list of their favorite activities to do individually, with friends and with family. Ideas might include put on a skit, take a family bike ride, build a fort outside, play cards and board games, have a picnic breakfast/lunch/dinner at the beach, go strawberry picking ... Add a few of your favorite things to the list as well, gather and organize needed supplies and let the leisurely summertime fun begin! Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  The only way to truly "get organized" is by simplifying. This means focusing on the important things in life — ridding yourself of anything that merely takes up time, space, money, or energy without giving you any benefit.
• REDUCE UNSOLICITED MAIL: Visit the Direct Marketing Association consumer website at www.dmachoice.org and ask to be removed from their mailing lists. While you're on the website, follow the instructions to put yourself on the Do Not Call list, and then opt out of pre-screened credit card offers. • BUY IN BULK: Think of how much time you spend “running errands.” Reduce that time by purchasing three- to six-month supplies of things you use on a daily basis — toothpaste, paper towels, postage stamps, etc. • SAY NO: Think about everything you say YES to: community involvement, errands for others, visiting, running around. Think about how they benefit you, your family, your business, your health, and your mind. If they do not benefit you, learn to say “NO!” • GET RID OF THE CLUTTER: Start each day with a clean desk or tidy house. You'll be more efficient when things are in order. Get rid of the things you don't need. You'll be amazed at what you can do without. © 2016 Articles on Demand Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  Yesterday I spent six hours in my yard enjoying the brilliant sunshine and steady ocean breezes while tending to my lawn and gardens. As a first time homeowner, I find it's endlessly delightful to see grass growing, flowers blooming, weeds disappearing ... Perhaps you have experienced the same sense of wonder at nature's beauty, too. Here are several gardening resource sites that you may well enjoy visiting as you organize your supplies and tend to your own gardens! Have fun!
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Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  Father's Day is this weekend! It's a great time to come together to celebrate the important men in the lives of families everywhere. Happy Father's Day to grandfathers, fathers, Godfathers, step-fathers, uncles, brothers, brothers-in-law, male colleagues, neighbors and friends.
This Father's Day, make dad's life easier by teaching the kids to be well organized. Establish simple routines and remind everyone that there are plenty of opportunities for everyone to contribute to the family's well being and happiness! Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  Establish simple organizing routines that are age-specific. Younger children will need more direction and simpler expectations than pre-teens and teenagers. For example, saying "Clean up your room" is overwhelming to a kindergartner. Instead, try "Please put the blocks in the shoebox and your books on the bookshelf."
© 2016 Post on Demand™ Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  God bless America, land that I love,
Stand beside her and guide her Through the night with a light from above. From the mountains, to the prairies, To the oceans white with foam, God bless America, my home sweet home. God bless America, my home sweet home. -Irving Berlin, 1918  Move everything more than two weeks old from your email inbox to a file marked "Holding". Keep it for two months. Then, delete everything you haven't needed in that time. From here on out, take time to set up files where you can immediately move new emails. As emails arrive, read and delete, file appropriately, or put in a "to do this week" file.
© 2016 Post on Demand™ Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  Are your finances well organized? Are you aware of the 70-20-10 rule? Read on ...
70% Use 70% of your take-home pay for regular monthly bills and living expenses including rent, mortgage, heat, electric, groceries, cable, phone, gas, clothing, medicine, etc. 20% Save 20% of your take-home pay for your Emergency Fund, your Long-Term Retirement (401K, 403B, IRA, Pension) and your Specific Goals (special events, tuition, vacation, etc.) 10% Use 10% for debt payment including credit cards, student loans, car payments,etc. “Save a little money each month and at the end of the year, you’ll be surprised at how little you have.” —- Ernest Haskins When your finances are well organized, you are better able to live within your means and enjoy greater peace of mind. Best wishes! Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  This morning my neighbor invited me to take a peek at his recent vegetable garden plantings. Nestled in neat and well organized rows, he has planted potatoes, carrots, parsley, radishes and more. He and his wife warmly welcome family, friends and neighbors over frequently and through the summer everyone enjoys their delicious, bountiful harvest!
In just a couple of weeks, schoolchildren here in Massachusetts and around the country will begin their summer vacations. Consider organizing and planting a vegetable and/or flower garden with your little ones and/or creating a community garden for neighbors and friends to enjoy together. Children of all ages love tending to and watching plantings grow. Enjoy! Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  You’d think with all the great technology and gadgetry available today, we’d have more time to enjoy life. After all, aren’t cell phones, leaf blowers, cappuccino makers, and computers supposed to make our lives more convenient? In theory, they sound like time savers. But somehow, they just seem to create the need to “do” more, and they often make our lives more complex.What would happen if you put away these time savers for a weekend? Imagine two days without the blaring ring of your cell phone. Imagine raking leaves by hand, enjoying the sounds of crispy leaves and nature sans the roar of the leaf blower. Imagine warming water for a cup of simple herbal tea, rather than dragging out that huge coffee-making contraption. Imagine reading your favorite book cuddled on the couch rather than hunched over your computer. Living simply sounds inviting and compelling!
By paring life down to its essentials — the things, activities, and relationships you either truly need or genuinely cherish, you unburden your life and live with fewer distractions. When you live simply, you determine what is important, or enough, for you, and discard the rest. Millions of Americans are consciously practicing this “new” way of living. Reasons to move away from complexity and over-abundance and toward simplicity vary. Some people want to save money, eliminating their debt and living within their means. Others want to help the environment by reducing and reusing things rather than purchasing more stuff. Others simplify to find more time — less stuff to maintain means more time for family, friends, and hobbies. Some see it as a spiritual journey. Others view it as a way to reject consumerism or embrace social justice. No matter what the reasons, simplifying your life makes simple sense. Research shows that the more people fill their lives with things, the more empty they feel. Give simple living a try instead and discover its life-changing benefits. © 2016 Articles on Demand™ Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com  I hope that you are enjoying reading and learning about how to get and stay organized with these diverse Family Life, Home and Office Energize and Organize blog postings! Since January 1, 2016 I have shared a daily blog, some 150 blogs, with you. It's fills me with delight to know that I am helping to support you and your loved ones in your organizational endeavors and accomplishments!
Starting today through the end of summer, I will post new Energize and Organize blogs for you on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. On Sundays, Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays, you may choose to revisit some of my previous blog postings in the Family Life, Home and Office categories as the writing content, almost without exception, is timeless. Enjoy! Thank you for sharing favorite Energize and Organize blogs of yours on Facebook, Twitter and your other preferred social media. Every time you do, you are providing organizational insight and inspiration for your loved ones and getting the word out that I have a professional organizing service that may be of use to your family, friends, neighbors and colleagues! Thank you very much! Remember, if you need assistance and support with your family life, home and/or office organization, you are cordially invited to contact ... Donna LaRoche, M.Ed., Professional Organizer Serving Cape Cod, MetroWest and Eastern Massachusetts Contact: 617.640.2366 www.energizeandorganize.com |
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