How old is your oldest item on your to-do list?

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How old is your oldest item on your to-do list?

Written on April 20, 2013 by Torrey Shannon in Bucket List/Life Inventory, Challenges, Decluttering 101, Everyday Life, Extreme Do-Over Experiment, House and Home, Improve Your Life, Main Navigation, Military - Veteran - Caregiver Resources, My Life, Organizing, Simplify Your Life, Swift Kick in the Butt Series, Uncategorized

Do you have an item to do that is so small and {likely} inconsequential that it keeps getting pushed to the bottom of your to-do list to make room for more important things? Have you ever thought about how LONG that item (or items) have stayed at the bottom of the list? If you are…

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From Piles to {Almost} Paperless: Next step – Rough sort your piles

Written on February 24, 2013 by Torrey Shannon in Be Flawesome!, Challenges, Everyday Life, Extreme Do-Over Experiment, House and Home, Main Navigation, Military - Veteran - Caregiver Resources, My Life, Organize Your Home Office, Organize Your Papers, Simplify Your Life, The Great Paper Purge, Uncategorized

About this series: I know a lot of my friends are struggling with this same issue of not being able to keep up with our paperwork and keeping it organized. Last year I had to get honest with myself and understand how I let things get so out of control. First, I had to take…

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From Piles to {Almost} Paperless: Step 1 – Set up your master filing system

Written on January 20, 2013 by Torrey Shannon in Be Flawesome!, Caregiver Resources, Challenges, Decluttering 101, Extreme Do-Over Experiment, House and Home, Main Navigation, Military - Veteran - Caregiver Resources, My Life, Organize Your Home Office, Organize Your Papers, Organizing, Simplify Your Life, Start Here, The Great Paper Purge, Uncategorized

About this series: I know a lot of my friends are struggling with this same issue of not being able to keep up with our paperwork and keeping it organized. What I am going to do is chart my plan here in the blog, show you my progress and the tools I am using to…

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From Piles to {Almost} Paperless: Taming the paper monster in the great paper purge

Written on December 9, 2012 by Torrey Shannon in Be Flawesome!, Caregiver Resources, Challenges, Decluttering 101, Extreme Do-Over Experiment, House and Home, Main Navigation, Military - Veteran - Caregiver Resources, My Life, Organize Your Home Office, Organize Your Papers, Organizing, Simplify Your Life, Start Here, The Great Paper Purge, Uncategorized

Does this sound like you? All your paperwork is scattered in boxes in various parts of your home, which means you can’t find the exact piece of paper you are looking for when you need it. You get the mail each day, then discover you don’t have time at that moment to deal with whatever…

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