Tuesday Treasures: 15 Organizing Resources to Inspire You

“Tuesday Treasures” is a weekly series. Each Tuesday, I highlight information and inspiration related to a specific topic. This week’s topic: Organization Inspiration. With spring officially starting in just a few days, the spring cleaning bug is about to spread. Be prepared by bookmarking the list below.

Fresh

• New video is live on Spring! During the month of March, we are talking about one hot topic: MONEY! The second video (of four) is focused on this question: How do you determine your worth & be comfortable charging it? Personally, I find this question difficult and really enjoyed the conversation about this topic – a true, authentic discussion. I hope you’ll watch the video and chime in with a comment!
• New article on the Huffington Post: 5 Lessons Children Can Teach Us About Joy
• Be sure to check out some of my personal favorite organizing books in my Amazon Book Store. I recently added this store to my blog and want to mention that I do earn a tiny referral fee of 4% if you purchase a book from my store. I have personally read every book that I include in the store so it’s a genuine list of “favorites.” [Note: I will always disclose if I'm an affiliate for a product.]

Organization Inspiration

1. Real Simple - Check out the organizing section for categorized organization tips
2. Creative Organizing – The Simplify101 blog recently named Best Organizing Website or Blog at the Organizing Awards in Los Angeles (for even more organizing solutions and ideas see the Simplify101 Organizing Tips and Articles section
3. Organize It – An author’s blog on organizing (a treasury of information neatly organized)
4. The SheBang – The Smart Woman’s Guide to Doing it All!
5. Kevin Sharkey – Kevin blogs about all parts of the home, but his section on closets is wonderful for organizing tips
6. Jeri’s Organizing and Decluttering News – A professional organizer points you to cool products, good books, interesting concepts and much more – daily tidbits to help you organize and declutter.
7. Mint – Organize your money and accounts
8. How to Organize Mental Clutter – Fabulous post from blog, Think Simple Now
9. Organizing Junkie – A mom and professional organizer blogs about living a life of simplicity and order
10. Complete Organizing Solutions – Organizing the way you live, work, and play
11. Organize.com – An emporium of organizing products to make everything clean, neat, and easy
12. Success Magazine – a series of online articles from some of the most well known organizing and productivity gurus
13. Sasha Sews (Etsy Shop): Stylishly Organizing Busy People
14. See Jane Work – The destination for office style and organization (I am slightly addicted to their products – extreme eye candy for the organized obsessed!)
15. Russell + Hazel – The ultimate store for stylish organization (I use many of their products for my office organizing + everyday work)

Inspiring Words

“Spring cleaning is all about personal satisfaction. It is the time of year that triggers homeowners to revive their home and renew their lives.”

- Peter Walsh

Do you have any organizing resources/tips to share?

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Tags: Huffington Post, organize, Spring

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3 Responses to “Tuesday Treasures: 15 Organizing Resources to Inspire You”

1. Lee says:

   03.16.2010 at 3:10 pm

   Thanks for all those wonderful links Carolyn :)

   I am big on the organizing, I notice that I find it really hard to concentrate if the space around me is cluttered, especially my desk.

   Thanks for sharing the video :)
   Determining my worth has always been a hard topic, I guess it really depends on the confidence and knowledge that I have in my field. That’s why its so important to learn something new whenever I can. But money is always a tough topic for me when it comes to charging someone, especially if you know them.

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   • Carolyn
     Twitter: carolynr
     says:

     03.16.2010 at 5:06 pm

     I am the same way. I always resisted it though. I thought it was crazy or some avoidance tactic to need to organize/clean off my desk before working. However, without the structure and organization, I tend to feel lost and focus more on what’s scattered around me.

     I recently read Style Statement by Carrie McCarthy and Danielle LaPorte and found a great quote about “structure” that resonated with me (or made me feel less neurotic!). Kim Christie, a photographer, said in the book: “For me to jazz with energy and ideas, everything – from my day planner to my exercise and meditation regime – has to be structured. The structure is what supports the magic. It is in fact, what feeds it.”

     I am so happy you enjoyed the Spring video on $$. We have two more videos on the topic in March and discuss charging someone – especially those you know. I think you might find it helpful :). Determining one’s worth in monetary terms is incredibly hard. But never doubt your worth – print the last post, The Hustle for Worthiness, as a daily reminder :).

     Love your openness to discuss this topic and hope to expand more about this in discussion and later posts! Your comments always spark new thoughts for me.

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2. Sasha
   Twitter: sashasews
   says:

   03.17.2010 at 6:50 pm

   Carolyn, Thanks so much for including my little shop in your list of organising links! I am addicted to organising, particularly in my own workroom and office. As you say, if things are untidy there, I have trouble focussing on work to be done, until it is all neat and tidy again.

   Love your blog, I have added it to my favourites list – I think I will be very inspired by reading your posts.

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