[caption id="attachment_3668" align="alignleft" width="150"]help-family-get-organized-help-adult-children-organize-home How can I help my adult children get organized?[/caption]While working with one of my business owner clients in her office, she expressed frustration in trying to help her kids. Here is the question she posed to me: “Any tips on influencing my adult kids to get organized? They live far from me, and when I visit them, I am always working to help them. I don't want to interfere too much, but

[caption id="attachment_2640" align="alignleft" width="150"]travel-passport-map-how-to-plan-for-travel How to plan for travel - odds and ends before departure[/caption]This is Part 11 in my How to Plan for Travel countdown series with one blog post per month containing travel tips to get my family, friends, clients and you ready to go for your next vacation overseas. From August 1 through June 30, I’ll be counting down the tips by how far in advance it’s optimal to plan. If you stumble across this blog post in June, and you’re planning a trip in July, you’re not too late. You’ll just have to do things a little more quickly.How can I get organized for travel: 1-2 months before How to Plan for Travel: What’s left to do after all of this travel planning we’ve been doing?  Wowzers! Your trip is just around the corner! Doesn’t it feel good having so much of the planning done? The more you prepare ahead of time, the more you can truly enjoy your vacation when you arrive. If you’ve already completed the suggestions from my previous posts, you’re really just down to some easy odds and ends to help make departure even smoother. Consider: 

[caption id="attachment_2175" align="alignleft" width="214"] National Take Back Day 2014[/caption] Organizing Tips As a Certified Professional Organizer, I'm often asked for organizing tips. Since cold and flu season is just about over, it's perfect timing for organizing your meds.The DEA offers special collections called National Take Back Day to properly dispose of...

get-organized-for-travel-how-to-packThis is Part 10 in my How to Plan for Travel countdown series with one blog post per month containing travel tips to get my family, friends, clients and you ready to go for your next vacation overseas. From August 1 through June 30, I’ll be counting down the tips by how far in advance it’s optimal to plan. If you stumble across this blog post in June, and you’re planning a trip in July, you’re not too late. You’ll just have to do things a little more quickly.  How can I get organized for travel: 1-2 months before How to Plan for Travel: What supplies will you need to pack for your vacation?  I’ve received requests from clients and friends about how to pack for their upcoming travels. There are two overall methods of packing: 1)      Take everything under the sun with you in multiple checked bags.2)      Take the bare minimum using only carry-on luggage. My method isn’t for everyone, so you can decide