Melissa Sorensen, CPO^®
Insightful Solutions, LLC
Tel: 703-497-5904
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TIPS AND HINTS

Clutter:

• Utilize the 15 minute rule every day. Spend 15 minutes purging, sorting, organizing, or tidying up.
• Decide in a store what an item will be used for, where it will go, and what value it brings to your home.
• Just because an item is on sale does not make it a good value.
• Open mail by the trash can and immediately discard items you do not need.
• Get rid of what you don’t need. It’s taking up valuable space.

Time Management:

• Buy all your greeting cards for an entire year.
• Have a gift bin for unexpected (or forgotten) birthdays, anniversaries, or baby showers.
• Keep your filing system simple. The fewer files the better.
• Decide what is urgent and what is important.
• Determine how long tasks really take.
• Find out what’s working in your life and build from that.
• Plan a two-week menu.
• Delegate tasks to your children.
   

Melissa is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers, the American Association of Daily Money Managers, My Organized Life, the Greater Prince William  County – Manassas Chamber of Commerce and the Professional Organizers Web Ring and a member of the inaugural class of Certified Professional Organizers^®.