Comments on: The two best organizing tools that don’t cost a dime http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime Fri, 03 Feb 2012 17:06:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: 100 Awesome Organization Posts Start Your New Semester – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-517 100 Awesome Organization Posts Start Your New Semester – Online Degree Programs.org: Top Online Degrees Thu, 28 Jan 2010 17:35:03 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-517 [...] Two Best Organizing Tools that Don’t Cost a Dime: Organizing doesn’t mean buying a million containers. This post shows how what really matters won’t cost you anything. [...] [...] Two Best Organizing Tools that Don’t Cost a Dime: Organizing doesn’t mean buying a million containers. This post shows how what really matters won’t cost you anything. [...]

]]> By: jennifer http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-454 jennifer Sat, 16 Jan 2010 04:56:40 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-454 Darcy - Right on. I'm a big fan of the second brain equation. :) I get gummed up in my own brain all the time (which is my excuse for being on Twitter - trying to connect with other brains). No need to zip - nice to see you here! :) Darcy – Right on. I’m a big fan of the second brain equation. :) I get gummed up in my own brain all the time (which is my excuse for being on Twitter – trying to connect with other brains).

No need to zip – nice to see you here! :)

]]> By: Darcy http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-446 Darcy Fri, 15 Jan 2010 01:44:56 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-446 Yeah, but! I think maybe *more than one brain* is sometimes a nice bonus. Because one brain might be fogged up with Feelings About The Stuff. Just sayin'. And oh, hey, awesome: Jen = brain for hire. You know, as available and everything :) And of course, yes, the one brain can go it alone but it's just slower and frustrating that way sometimes (and my brain protests!). I guess if you also count time in the form of patience then the equation you put forth needs nothing else whatsoever. So I'll just zip it now. And the leek comment. Ha! .-= Darcy´s last blog ..<a href="http://www.darxyanne.com/2010/01/day-74-i-aint-got-it/" rel="nofollow">Day 74: I ain’t got it</a> =-. Yeah, but! I think maybe *more than one brain* is sometimes a nice bonus. Because one brain might be fogged up with Feelings About The Stuff. Just sayin’. And oh, hey, awesome: Jen = brain for hire. You know, as available and everything :)

And of course, yes, the one brain can go it alone but it’s just slower and frustrating that way sometimes (and my brain protests!). I guess if you also count time in the form of patience then the equation you put forth needs nothing else whatsoever. So I’ll just zip it now.

And the leek comment. Ha!
.-= Darcy´s last blog ..Day 74: I ain’t got it =-.

]]> By: jennifer http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-444 jennifer Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:55:59 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-444 Liz - Seriously. I mean, who leaves out a perfectly good, fresh leek on the kitchen table just for ha-has? The images in home magazines are always photo-ready - and a far cry from how we actually live. Clean porn, indeed. I contend that home magazines challenge our self-worth and happiness the same way that fashion mags (with stick-thin models) do. Save yourself the $4 and look inward instead. Ahhh. Nancy - Thanks! Lynn - You crack me up! :) It really *is* like rehab. Or recovery. Or therapy of some kind - the splitting apart perceived problems and the inevitable purchase of "solutions". What a difference it makes in life when these two are separated. Buying isn't a bad thing, mind you. But it's not usually the best place to start. When a purchase is mindfully chosen, we really do appreciate that one thing more than a dozen things purchased on automatic-pilot. Thanks for the comments! Liz – Seriously. I mean, who leaves out a perfectly good, fresh leek on the kitchen table just for ha-has? The images in home magazines are always photo-ready – and a far cry from how we actually live. Clean porn, indeed. I contend that home magazines challenge our self-worth and happiness the same way that fashion mags (with stick-thin models) do. Save yourself the $4 and look inward instead. Ahhh.

Nancy – Thanks!

Lynn – You crack me up! :) It really *is* like rehab. Or recovery. Or therapy of some kind – the splitting apart perceived problems and the inevitable purchase of “solutions”. What a difference it makes in life when these two are separated.

Buying isn’t a bad thing, mind you. But it’s not usually the best place to start. When a purchase is mindfully chosen, we really do appreciate that one thing more than a dozen things purchased on automatic-pilot.

Thanks for the comments!

]]> By: Liz http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-443 Liz Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:32:38 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-443 Once I heard the phrase 'clean porn' I looked at those magazine articles and Container Store catalogues in a whole new way! It's the same kind of fantasy world where if you only had this shelving system, your closet would look as sexy as the one in the mag. But just like the models are fluffed, buffed and airbrushed, the rooms/closets etc. are equally far from reality. My closet would look as good as the one in the magazine if I only had three shirts and two dresses and they were all the same color. But just like buying the aftershave, the watch or the car isn't gonna get you the hot babe, buying the wicker baskets, nifty organizers or expensive shelving isn't gonna get you organized. Sad but true! .-= Liz´s last blog ..<a href="http://dreamgardencoaching.com/playing-to-your-strengths/" rel="nofollow">Playing to Your Strengths</a> =-. Once I heard the phrase ‘clean porn’ I looked at those magazine articles and Container Store catalogues in a whole new way!
It’s the same kind of fantasy world where if you only had this shelving system, your closet would look as sexy as the one in the mag.
But just like the models are fluffed, buffed and airbrushed, the rooms/closets etc. are equally far from reality. My closet would look as good as the one in the magazine if I only had three shirts and two dresses and they were all the same color.
But just like buying the aftershave, the watch or the car isn’t gonna get you the hot babe, buying the wicker baskets, nifty organizers or expensive shelving isn’t gonna get you organized. Sad but true!
.-= Liz´s last blog ..Playing to Your Strengths =-.

]]> By: Nancy Teague http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-442 Nancy Teague Thu, 07 Jan 2010 23:21:25 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-442 Love the way you reduced the Jan. edition of BH&G magazine to simplicity and reality. Kudos! Love the way you reduced the Jan. edition of BH&G magazine to simplicity and reality. Kudos!

]]> By: Lynn @ human, being http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-441 Lynn @ human, being Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:17:12 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-441 And one more thought: I've always found it interesting that we need to buy stuff to get more organized, because usually we're disorganized because we have too much stuff that we don't use or need anyway. If we'd just stop buying so much stuff, take better care of what we have and value, then we wouldn't need so much organization. .-= Lynn @ human, being´s last blog ..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/humanbeingblog/yplw/~3/8sAOsdiyzDw/" rel="nofollow">The Last Decade: 2004, part two</a> =-. And one more thought:

I’ve always found it interesting that we need to buy stuff to get more organized, because usually we’re disorganized because we have too much stuff that we don’t use or need anyway.

If we’d just stop buying so much stuff, take better care of what we have and value, then we wouldn’t need so much organization.
.-= Lynn @ human, being´s last blog ..The Last Decade: 2004, part two =-.

]]> By: Lynn @ human, being http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/the-two-best-organizing-tools-that-dont-cost-a-dime/comment-page-1#comment-440 Lynn @ human, being Thu, 07 Jan 2010 20:15:05 +0000 http://www.inspiredhomeoffice.com/?p=1669#comment-440 Wait ... are you suggesting that I can actually be organized by not spending money? I think you're trying to kill the economy!!! And America! Because that's the only thing Americans are told to do: buy stuff to fix "it". Pres. Bush said so after 9/11. Every magazine and TV show says so too. (/sarcasm) What you're talking about is going to rehab. Wait … are you suggesting that I can actually be organized by not spending money? I think you’re trying to kill the economy!!! And America! Because that’s the only thing Americans are told to do: buy stuff to fix “it”. Pres. Bush said so after 9/11. Every magazine and TV show says so too. (/sarcasm)

What you’re talking about is going to rehab.

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