organization makes sense
Organized Living is Possible
When understood, these three simple truths can help you achieve organized living. Are you wondering how to get organized? Follow these three simple truths that all professional organizers use in decision making for their client's organizing needs.

Stephen Covey was aware of Simple Truth #3
We can learn from Stephen Covey author of - seven - effective - habits - highly - people - form - foundation - for - the -knowledge - base - of - organized - living

Organized Living and Decision Making
Organized living requires logical, not emotional, decision making

Beverly Hansen OMalley
With education and training in nursing and management Beverly Hansen OMalley has carefully investigated and analyzed the skills necessary for organized living. The purpose of the website is to help you to understand how organization works so you can make it work for yourself.

add adhd - Challenges to Getting Organized
add adhd are real conditons that affect concentration and do not reflect laziness or lack of intrinsic motivation . Getting organized requires focusing attention and sequencing specific steps in a procedure. These skills present real challenges to the person with ADD or ADHD (Attention Deficit Disorder and Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder), with the result that others see them as disorganized or careless individuals

Organize It to Control It
Organize it and you will achieve more control and control is the absolute goal of any organizing efforts.

A Decision Tree for Organized Living
A Decision tree can help with decisions needed for organized living.

Getting Organized -Benefits and Barriers
Getting organized has many benefits but it does requires certain skills, abilities, and beliefs. Without them organized living may not be achievable without help and support.

Organized Home or Organized life... It's all the same process!
An organized home can be achieved if you remember that organization is a process not a goal. Control is the ultimate benefit of an organized living.

Organized Living - Betty's Story
Organized living, as understood by my friend Betty, meant having things neat and tidy and sorted into little boxes. Betty found out that she was already practicing organized living because she was in control of her cultery drawer, it was not in control of her.

Simple Living is Achieved Through Understanding
Simple living is organized living. Neither can be achieved without an understanding of yourself and what it is you want to control.

Clutter Control Formula
Clutter Control can be achieved with a simple mathematical formula that balances what comes in and what goes out of your space.

Closet Organizers Create a Place For Everything
Closet Organizers can help to implement this principle of organized living, and that is Create a Place for everything and put everything in its place!

Clothes Shopping Habits Influence Organized Living
Clothes shopping in a mall or browsing the home shopping network? If a purchase decision is to be made you will need to ask specific questions if you are to achieve organized living.

The Latest Fashion Does Not Include 80s Clothing!
Is the latest fashion in your closet '80s clothing? Learn the questions necessary to purge your space of excess stuff. Declutter your closet to achieve more organized living.

Trendy New Storage Baskets Easily Can Become "Junk Baskets"
If you purchase new storage baskets make sure you know how to sort like with like in order to get control of your stuff in those new baskets.

Organized Living Dictionary
A dictionary of terms used in organized living. The word declutter is not even in the dictionary but knowing how to declutter is absolutely essential to getting organized or achieving organized living.

Assertiveness Training and the Connection to Organized Living
Assertiveness training is a great way to learn how to be assertive in achieving your organized living rights. It is nearly impossible to lead an orderly life if you always prioritize your own needs behind the rights, needs, and wants of others.

Assertiveness Training for Organized Living
Assertiveness training can help to achieve organized living. The fundamental right to an organized life starts with the belief that you deserve one.

Assertiveness Training for Organized Living 2- Abandoning Responsibility for Other People's Stuff
Assertiveness training is necessary for organized living if you want to be able to abandon the responsibility for keeping, storing, or otherwise caring for other people's stuff.

Assertiveness Training for Organized Living 4 -Multitasking is not Productive
Assertiveness training for organized living lesson 4 explores the beliefs behind multitasking and productivity. Research indicates that multitasking reduces productivity as time is lost re-focussing attention to a variety of tasks.

Assertiveness Training for Organized Living 3.....learning how to say "No."
Assertiveness training for organized living has to include learning how to say no. Developing a positive attitude is possible with the positive attitude tips offered here for saying no to gifts and requests for donated time

Positive Attitude Tips to Help With Organizing Your Life
Positive attitude tips are offered to help you achieve organized living. If you are wondering how to get organized it starts with overcoming beliefs that prevent you from organizing your life. Changing your beliefs can help you achieve a more positive attitude and a more organized life.

Organized Living Links
Organized living links that can help you with anything related to improving your organized life. A wide variety of topics are included so that you can have more control of your life. An organized life is one that is in control!

Automatic Link Exchange with Organization Makes Sense
This page gives you an automatic link exchange with Organization Makes Sense

Organize Now with a Professional Organizer
If you are ready to organize now but lack the motivation or do not know where to start hiring a professional organizer to help you achieve a more organized home may be the way to go.

Organizing Your Life
The process of organizing your life requires planning. Planning your life results in organized living. Concept mapping is a way to approach the planning process.

Household Hints for Your Organized Home
Offering household hints for organizing your home, our contributing guest expert will provide organizing tips for all things related to managing everyday household processes and will even show you how to fold laundry.

Towel Folding Techniques and More for Organized Living
These towel folding techniques save time and help to keep your towels organized around the pool or hot tub area.

How to Fold Laundry
If you know how to fold laundry you can get better control of your linen supply and keep your drawers and closets tidier. Videos of how to fold a fitted sheet and organizing tips for managing the never ending supply of socks in the household!

T-shirt Folding is an Essential Part of Laundry Day Activities
T-shirt folding has become a normal part of laundry day at most households ever since the t-shirt made the transition from underwear to outerwear and became a fashion statement! Learn how effective t-shirt folding can save you time and create order in your closet or dresser.

Organized Living Enhances Male Sexuality
Did your know that your male sexuality can be enhanced by sharing an interest in organized living with your partner? Find out what women want when it comes to male sexuality and organized living

Feng Shui Tips to Improve the Energy in Your Home
Feng Shui tips to improve the energy in your home. Declutter now and make your home a better environment for all spiritual, creative, and interpersonal activities.

Declutter Now
Declutter now is not just a mantra for organized living. Discover the real cost of clutter because if you are using your home as a storage area for clutter it is costing in real dollars and cents!

Priority Health Concerns Caused by Clutter
There are many priority health concerns directly related to clutter. Allergy induced asthma would be one of the most common. Allergies and symptoms of allergies may be transient and not be given priority. Health problems can be caused by clutter so declutter now to improve your health.

Organized Living Site Updates
The Organized Living site updates page will list the newest pages so you can continue learning about how to get organized, how to get rid of clutter or even declutter your life.

Symptoms of Depression - Cause or Effect of Clutter?
The symptoms of depression are well documented and are strikingly similar to the emotions felt by individuals drowning in clutter. The real question? Is clutter one of the symtoms of depression or a cause?

The Person Who Invented Velcro is My BFF
The person who invented velcro has made organized living so much easier. The invention of velcro tape has led to so many possibilities for storage ideas that it is a must in a organized home! While the velcro inventor just wanted to create a fastener to compete with the zipper, storage ideas using velcro tape go way beyond such a simple application.

How to Make a Bed Using Hospital Corners
Instructions for how to make a bed using hospital corners used in traditional hospital bedmaking. Making a bed has been made much easier with a fitted bed sheet on the bottom, but top sheets still need to be fixed to the bed somehow. www.organization-makes-sense.com offers step by step instructions for making hospital corners.

Organizing Your Home S-P-A-C-E
Organizing your home S-P-A-C-E is easy. The S-P-A-C-E-model provides an easy reminder for how to get organized in every room of the house.

A Walk In Closet Design Creates Closet Organization
A walk in closet design using the S-P-A-C-E model is profiled in a photo journal. This closet design works because the owner's needs and space were assessed in order to complete the closet organization that worked for them.

Walk In Closet Design
This walk in closet design uses two different types of closet organizers in order to improve the closet storage and create some closet organization.

Measurements for Closet Design
Your closet design efforts will be more successful if you have a set of good measurements. Standardized measurements in metric and imperial measures are offered to help you improve your closet organization for either a reach in or walk in closet design.

Walk in Closet Design
How to make your walk in closet design user friendly. Closet organization tips are offered so you can get the most out of your closet organizer system.

Shoe Storage Ideas
If you need shoe storage ideas there are plenty of shoe storage boxes and other products available. Organizing tips for your shoes may include using both vertical and horizontal spaces, but whatever storage ideas you decide to go with make sure that the shoes you wear most often are readily accessible.

Wooden Clothes Hangers Improve Closet Organization
Wooden clothes hangers provide good support for your clothing. Wire hangers are not sturdy enough to support your clothing and will eventually cause shoulder nipples. Closet organization tips for using clothes hangers are offered.

Bed Risers
Bed risers will lift your bed an extra few inches to create more room for a anything you want to store there. Storage ideas include shoe storage, out of season clothing, Christmas gift wrap, or extra bed linens.

Storage Containers
Storage containers for your storage needs. Storage ideas include clear plastic storage bins that stack, plastic storage containers for under the bed.

Shoe Rack
A shoe rack is one of the many shoe storage ideas. They come in open and closed varieties.

Storage Benches and Cabinets
Storage benches can provide either open or closed storage. As a furniture piece storage benches also provide a place to sit while putting on your boots and shoes. Shoe storage cabinets can also serve to organize purses, hats, and scarves.

Underbed Shoe Storage
Underbed shoe storage ideas include rasiing your bed up in order to have more space under the bed. Many products are available to fit under the bed and unused horizontal space can be used for shoe storage among other things.

How to Iron a Shirt
Ironing tips for how to iron a shirt. Provides systematic step by step instructions using your own steam iron, to get that shirt wrinkle free in under 3 minutes.

Organize Your Life
Organize your life. At times it might seem overwhelming and you might decide you need some assistance. A professional organizer can help you to get rid of clutter and teach you how to organize your home and your life for now and in the future.

Ironing Tips for Organized Living
Ironing tips for Organized Living includes organizing tips on how to avoid ironing altogether and an explanation of the clothing care label for ironing.

Ironing Boards or Ironing Boreds?
Ironing boards are not likely to be a topic that stimulate your energy or interest. If you are one of the ironing boreds make your ironing chores as organized and efficient as possible with ironing boards that are always ready when you need them.

Concept Mapping for Organized Living
Concept mapping can be used for organizing your life. All you have to is follow this simple process for any household activity or processes that you think are out of control. Organizing your life can can start with concept mapping.

Telemarketing Do Not Call List
A telemarketing do not call list is the result of telemarketing laws written to provide consumers with the ability to stop telemarketing calls to their home. Outsourced commercial telemarketers are generally required to subscribe to the telemarketing no call list in the country they are calling to.

Stop Junk Mail
You can stop junk mail! Information is provided for how to register for the no junk mail lists. This will stop junk mail deliveries from direct marketing companies.

Valet Rod
A valet rod can provide much needed hanging space for your closet organization. Also handy in the laundry room or even in a guest bedroom a valet rod can be tucked away and out of sight when not in use.

Internet Privacy Issues - A Committment
Internet privacy issues are of concern to everyone. Your privacy on the web is important and protected on this site.

Stop Receiving Junk Mail
Information on how you can stop receiving junk mail from Canada Post.



Meet Beverly

Beverly Hansen OMalley


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"Thanks Bev!"

"I have a really hard time being tidy and I picked up one little tip that will make my life SO much easier."

"My drawers are always such a mess because I'm always pulling things out and messing up my folding... and I'm just too busy to constantly refold!"

"Now my drawers are so tidy, it's amazing! All I want to do is fold!"

Anyways...Just wanted to say thanks.


"Psst - Did you know that organized living was sexy?"
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