OverHall IT!
Vol. 6 Issue 5
Just reading this newsletter won't get you organized...
YOU must take some action!
Organizing Newsletter for Your Life - OverHall IT!
Circulation 7,558
Vol. 6 Issue 5
Publisher: Janet L. Hall mailto:janet@overhall.com
http://www.overhall.com
(c) OverHall Consulting 2005
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IN THIS ISSUE
1. Welcome and Happenings
2. Events
3. OverHalling and Balance
4. Tips for Organizers & Feng Shui Consultants
5. Organizing Tips and Tools
6. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
7. Guest Article
1. Welcome and Happenings
Mother's Day is upon us and when asked what you want for
Mother's Day this is a good time to step up and tell them, you
want a certified professional organizer to help you get your life
and environment in order. I offer one-on-one organizing and
organizing by phone so have your loved one call me at
1-800-687-3040 to get started - you're worth the cost.
If you missed our tape liquidation sale you still have some time
left to order as I have 4 sets left, which you can read
about at
http://www.overhall.com/tapeliquidation.htm Thanks to
the many subscribers that already ordered their Super Bundles.
I've set up two new web sites that you might like to check out:
1)
http://www.bedroom-clutter.com This site is dedicated to
Master Bedrooms that contains tips, articles and products to
help you get your more sacred place finally organized.
2)
http://www.fengshuimyoffice.com This site is for those that
are
interested in not only getting rid of their clutter yet also creating a
supporting environment, using contemporary western feng shui,
for their office.
Happy Mother's Day to all that work hard at being the best they
can be and for just being you!
Thanks for your support and for being a subscriber,
Janet L. Hall, The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
Now, on to the articles!
2. Events
May 3, 2005 Feng Shui Gardening. Turn Your Life Around -
Harmony and Balance Workshop
http://www.overhall.com/harmony_balance.htm - Live in
Solomon's Island, MD ($20)
November 4-6, 2005 FSII Conference (open to all). Feng Shui
and the Power of Intention, St. Augustine, FL. Please visit
http://fengshui-ii.org/fengshuiconference.htm
3. - Top Ten Organizing and Time Challenges People Face
Part 4
By: Janet L. Hall
1. Paper. Includes mail, reading material and files
2. Bedroom. Includes laundry, clothes, drawers and closets
3. Children. Includes their schedules and their bedroom and toys
4. Shopping. Includes food, gifts and cards
5. Kitchen. Includes organizing, meal planning and cooking
6. Spending time with family, children, friends and self
7. Appointments. Includes medical, school, parties and events
8. Tools
9. Car
10. Maintaining home systems and cleaning
Today we'll be addressing the number four challenge, shopping:
We all shop, some more then others. Many people that have
clutter problems, or even worse, are hoarders or packrats have
the 'shop til you drop' syndrome, whether it's literally going to a
store, ordering from TV or via the Internet. That's not what this
article is about through. This is about working on saving time,
money and organizing your "needs shopping", such as groceries,
toiletries, gifts and cards.
Groceries/Toiletries
=> Take inventory of what you currently have in stock in your
pantry/cabinets and freezer/refrigerator. Write it all down on a
list. Remove any items that have expired or you find you never
use, like the special pretty little bottles of jam that you received
for your birthday.
=> Are there 'favorites' or items that you continually run out of
before your next shopping trip? Write those down. Those items
are the ones you want to make sure you stock up on. (Don't
include milk or bread, everyone seems to run out of those...at
least that's what I'm told ;-) )
=> Decide now - would you and can you shop every week,
every other week or even once a month. For instance, if you
have the storage and funds you might stock up once a month just
on your canned/boxed/bottled goods. This would allow for
quicker, more focused trips to the store for fresh
fruit/vegetables/meat. I know, I know; however you'll need to
learn to put your blinders on and just visit those sections of the
store, KNOWING you are okay and have all that you need
already at home.
=> If you still don't have enough storage after the inventory and
clearing of your pantry/cabinets look around your home and see
if there is a "different" place you can store your extra inventory.
For example: We have a small linen closet at the bottom of our
stairs. The bottom shelf is used for the downstairs bathroom
linens and the other four shelves are used to store any
canned/boxed/bottled goods - our pantry. When we lived in our
other house we had no extra closets so we purchased a portable
pantry, which I now use to store office supplies in. Click
http://www.overhall.com/organize_kitchen.htm for pantries and
other kitchen helpers.
=> Download my free grocery list at
http://www.overhall.com/grocerylist.htm Customize the list for
your household and tape inside a cabinet door OR go to your
copy center and have them make a copy on an erasable surface,
similar to lamination, that you can use a dry erase pen to circle
items when low or out of. Let others in the household know
about the list and 'train' them to use it.
Gifts and Cards
=> Choose, yearly or monthly (no you don't need to wait until
January if you choose yearly). Get out your calendar or gift/card
list or make a list of all your loved ones and friends that you want
to give a gift or card to. Pick one day a year or one day a month
to shop for those gifts and cards. Store the cards in the day or
month of your tickler file. Look around to see when you have
storage for the gifts and drop a note into your tickler file where
you stored the gift. Get your tickler file at
http://www.overhall.com/tickler_file.htm
=> Don't purchase gifts that people don't need or want.
Download my free gift card
http://www.overhall.com/gift_cards.htm and hand them out to
those on your gift buying list, asking them to fill out the card and
return to you.
=> Purchase a few extra cards or a variety pack for the
unforeseen or forgotten cards that seem to pop up when you're
too busy to run out and buy one.
Once you do the work, get into these new habits, and maintain
these systems you'll find you'll have more free time, less chaos
and panic, and not only save money on your purchases yet
gasoline too. With the price of gasoline going up getting
organized and implementing systems can only help you.
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Janet Hall is a Certified Professional Organizer,
Certified Pyramid Feng Shui Practitioner, Speaker, and Author
and can help you regain control of your life, your time, your
stuff, and your environment. Organizing By Phone and in person
at http://www.overhall.com
Copyright (c) 2005 OverHall Consulting
P.O. Box 263, Port Republic, MD 20676
All Rights Reserved. Permission is granted to reproduce, copy,
or distribute so long as this copyright notice and full information
about contacting the author is attached.
Have You Gotten Your *Tickle* for the Day?
Check out the secret organizing tool that ALL organized families
and successful people use on a daily basis at
http://www.overhall.com/tickler_file.htm
4. Tips for Organizers & Feng Shui Consultants
Mother's Day is a great time to connect to your female clients.
Take time to send out an email card or better yet a personalized
hand written card. Let them know they are not forgotten.
5. Organizing Tips and Tools
OverHall Special:
Check out our special and save on I Did My Chores. A great
chore board to help children ages 4-8
http://www.overhall.com/organizing_special.htm
(Please refresh your screen if you have visited this page in the
past).
Don't forget to visit our bookstore at
http://www.overhall.com/books.htm Here you'll find
recommended reading on topics for organizing your home,
children, classroom, photos, scrapbooks, documents and Feng
Shui, Space Clearing, Time Management and Change. I even
located two books on staying organized and informed for cancer
patients, click the Health section.
A must have for every home: If Something Happens to Me.
Check it out at:
http://www.overhall.com/if_something_happens_to_me.htm
E-books and Books:
Got clutter and debt? Check out my ebook I co-authored with
Paula Langguth Ryan, Effortless Freedom From Clutter and
Debt: Your 20 minute Roadmap for Creating a Perfectly
Balanced Life, at:
http://www.clutteranddebt.com
An associate, Ron Mueller, is the co-author of
"It's How Much You KEEP, That Counts! Not How Much You
Make". It's the ULTIMATE Tax-Reduction System For Small
and Home-Based Businesses! Reading one chapter has already
helped me and I'm sure it will help you also. Check it out at:
http://www.kickstartcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=137136
Jeffrey J. Mayer, president of Succeeding In Business, and
author of many books, has an ebook, "Winning the Fight Against
You and Your Desk," that I highly recommend. This inexpensive
52 page ebook is jammed packed with time saving tips so you
can get more done in less time. I urge you all to download this at
http://www.1shoppingcart.com/app/aftrack.asp?afid=25003
Software and Downloads:
Get this inexpensive Spam Filter at
http://spamarrest.com/affl?930907
If you've been wanting a web site and aren't sure how to build
one check out my latest multimedia CD, FrontPage Show and
Tell. You will see my screen and hear my voice telling where and
why to click to build your web site. Introductory Special at
http://www.frontpageshowandtell.com
6. Jokes, Quotes, and Anecdotes
~~ "God could not be everywhere and therefore he made
mothers"
--Anon.
~~ "Men are what their mothers made them."
--Ralph Waldo Emerson
~~ "A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces
of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for
pie."
--Tenneva Jordan
~~ "The moment a child is born, the mother is also born. She
never existed before. The woman existed, but the mother,
never. A mother is something absolutely new."
--Rajneesh
~~ "Mother love is the fuel that enables a normal human being to
do the impossible."
--Marion C. Garretty
For more Mother's Day Quotes please visit
http://www.quotegarden.com/mom-day.html
7. Sorry, no guest article this issue.
So you want to be a Professional Organizer?
Check out my one-of-a-kind system, The Wizard's Professional
Organizers System that will give you a jump-start on your
organizing career at
http://www.overhall.com/professional_organizers_system.htm
NEED a speaker for your next event? Download my speaking
packet at:
http://overhall.com/Seminars.htm
Harmony and Balance to all,
Janet L. Hall, CPO/CRMS (tm), FSII/FSIA
The Organizing and Feng Shui Wizard
Let me work my "magic" on your Clutter, Life, and Environment!
http://www.overhall.com
"If your current life isn't working for you... get an
"OverHall"!"
Janet L. Hall is the owner of OverHall Consulting, and
Organizing By Phone, which is based out of Southern Maryland
and can be reached at 800-687-3040 or 410-586-9440, or e-
mail her at mailto:janet@overhall.com
Janet can "OverHall" your office, home, and computer clutter
and can deliver a customized speech or seminar for your next
event.
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P.O. Box 263,
Port Republic, MD 20676
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