-What is ALL this *STUFF*- Home, Office, and Car Clutter by:
Janet L. Hall ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
(Excerpts from What is ALL this STUFF-Home Clutter Teleclass and
Workshop).

Clutter and chaos in your bedroom could be the reason you wake
up with a headache, a stuffy nose, or runny eyes.

Maybe you feel stressed out, depressed, fatigued, or distracted
when you wake up to all your clutter and chaos.

We spend 1/3 of our lives in our bedrooms. A place we go to to
find solitude, peace of mind, and slumber. But how can you
expect to get a good night sleep or to awaken with vitality and
energy with all that clutter facing you?

~~ What's the first thing you see when you wake up in the
morning? ~~ Is it piles of clothes, books, newspapers, and mail
all over the place? ~~ Are you stepping on and tripping over
stuff on your floors? ~~ Do you just want to pull the covers
over your head and stay in bed rather then face all that clutter
and chaos?

Let your world stop for 15 minutes and announce to the world,
"This is the day I'm going to make a change in my life." Jump
out of bed, throw back the curtains, open the shades and windows
(yes, even if it is 20 degrees outside!), turn off the news,
crank up some music and do the Toss In Box!

Get a box (a garbage bag will also work) and pick up everything
off the floor and do the Toss In box! (TIP: Don't stop and
dawdle over any items, we'll do that later).

Feel the energy?

Hip Hop over to the dresser, bureau, makeup table, and
nightstands and take everything off that you don't use daily or
nightly and do the Toss In Box!

Feel the adrenaline?

Waltz on over to your sitting area, chaise, or clothes valet and
take it ALL off and do the Toss In Box!

Now, doesn't your bedroom feel better already? DON'T YOU feel
better?

Grab 10 more minutes, another box, a garbage bag, your car keys
and sprint out to your car. Tune into your favorite radio
station and do the Toss In Box. Get rid of everything that you
don't use daily (please keep your emergency equipment). Get rid
of everything that you don't need. Don't forget to check under
the seats, in the glove compartment, and the trunk.

Forget about those boxes for now. Get ready for work and with a
song in your heart, another box, and garbage bag zip off to work.

When you get to the office take another 10 minutes and proclaim
to your co-workers that you are changing your ways. Go into your
office, cubicle, or workspace and start doing the Toss In Box.

Okay, now reality starts to sit in. You still have a lot of work
to do because you have to go through ALL that STUFF! Don't
panic, I'm still with you.

Decide which of your boxes is the most important box to attack
first. Set a date and time that you can start sorting through
ALL that STUFF.

What's that I hear, "But I don't have time." You have to FIND
the time. Make an appointment with yourself and keep it, just as
you would go to the doctors or attend a meeting.

Decide on a reward you will give yourself when you finish
sorting your box, such as a new outfit, tickets to the theatre
or ballgame, or my favorite, a chocolate milkshake.

I've developed a technique called TEASER which will give you 11
actions you can take to help you sort through your boxes of
clutter. What? Teaser only has six letters...you'll see. First
yell, "What is ALL this STUFF!" Get a garbage can or bag, 10
boxes and label them with the following:

Toss it ~~ It's not yours, you don't know who it belongs to,
it's outdated, it can't be repaired, you don't need it. End it
~~ You don't want it, you want to cancel it, or you don't read
it. Act on it ~~ Needs an action, such as your signature, phone
call, or immediate attention. Store it ~~ This will have three
boxes: Current Stuff, Things I need to Reference, and Historical
Stuff. Enter it ~~ Information you need to enter into your
planner or computer. Refer/Recycle/Read it/Repair ~~ It belongs
to someone else or you think they need it. ~~ Use it again or
put into a recycling bin. ~~ Something you want/need to read. ~~
Something that can be fixed.

Be ruthless, determined, and honest and start sorting ALL your
STUFF by using the TEASER.

Your next step to take is to schedule a date and time (don't
forget your reward) to act on the items that you sorted.

~~ Call, write, or email the items you want to END or stop from
coming into your life. ~~ Decide how and where you will STORE
your current, reference, and historical papers or 'stuff'. ~~
Sit and ENTER all your information. ~~ Pack up and take items
that you are REFERRING to someone else, RECYCLING, or taking to
get REPAIRED. ~~ Put READING material in area you like to sit
and read and create a TO GO reading folder to take with you
whenever you leave the home or office.

Congratulations! You have taken the first steps to "overhalling"
your home, office, and car. Keep up the good work. If you want
to know more or need additional help with your home clutter,
Check out a one-on-one teleclass at http://www.overhall.com
eleclasses.htm

Remember, YOU control your STUFF! Don't let your STUFF control
you or make you sick.

Smiles, not Piles, Janet L. Hall The Organizing Wizard, Janet L.
Hall, is a Professional Organizer, Speaker, and Author of
'Secrets of a Professional Organizer and How-To Become One.' She
is the owner of OverHall Consulting and Organizing By Phone.
Subscribe to her FREE organizing newsletter at
http://www.overhall.com/newsletter.htm or visit her web site at
http://www.overhall.com

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The Organizing Wizard, Janet L. Hall, is a Professional
Organizer, Speaker, and Author of 'Secrets of a Professional
Organizer and How-To Become One.' She is the owner of OverHall
Consulting and Organizing By Phone. Subscribe to her FREE
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