Blog
In addition to actually doing the organizing, another of Angie’s passions is writing about organizing.
She has been writing a blog on organizing ever since Shipshape Solutions launched in 2016. Most of the blog posts were also published as monthly newspaper articles in the Kingsport Times-News and Johnson City Press.
To access the Shipshape Solutions Blog, you can either:
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- Apps
- Bathroom
- Business
- Children
- Christmas
- Computer
- Decluttering
- Digital organizing
- Estate planning
- General Organization
- Getting Records Together
- Goals
- Health
- Home Organization
- Kitchen
- Media
- Medical
- Mental clutter
- Minimalism
- Moving
- New Year
- Office
- Organizing Principles
- Paper organizing
- Phone
- Photo Organizing
- Photo organizing
- Preparing for Death
- Purse
- Residential organizing
- Resolutions
- School
- Technology
- Television
- Time Management and Productivity
- Travel
- Working from Home
A Neater New Year
There’s just something about a New Year that inspires hope. We look forward to the chance to start anew, get a fresh start, try again, correct our mistakes. Some of us set goals, make resolutions, or choose one word to help us focus during the year. Whether your goals are lofty ones or something simple and practical, we start the New Year thinking positively.
Location, Location, Location
Believe it or not, this post isn’t about buying or selling a house. Or about how professional organizers can help you when you are preparing for a move or if you have just recently moved (although we really can!) But it is about real estate. Sort of. And the first phrase that comes to my mind when I think about real estate is, “Location, location, location.” When realtors use that phrase, they mean that the most important factor in determining the value of a house is its location. A beautiful house that meets all of your specifications but is located in a bad part of town is not nearly as valuable as a nice house that meets most of them but is located in the perfect neighborhood. So how does this apply to organizing? When you are organizing, you need to keep in mind that even with objects in your home or office, there is expensive real estate and cheap real estate.
10 Habits of Highly Organized People
So, I cheated a bit on this week’s blog. But it’s ok, because I am giving full credit to the writer (Stephanie Sisco) of this great article (“10 Habits of Highly Organized People”) in my favorite magazine (Real Simple). I really like these practical suggestions. Though I am far from perfectly organized, I wouldn’t be running a professional organizing company if I didn’t feel confident that I was a pretty good example! I want to highlight a few of the habits mentioned in this article because they have been particularly helpful to me.