Most people could, in all likelihood, do with a few more hooks in their life. There's always a stray apron to be hung, or a couple of hats, a gym bag, or a robe. Only, said people are rather remiss, I find, to install a hook. Maybe it's that they have putting-holes-in-walls fear. Most probably it's that. Maybe they would happily make Swiss cheese of their drywall, only they're not especially handy, and consider themselves ...

You are not the only one. You are not the only one who worries about fudging a line, making a giant, ugly mistake, or being exposed as a fraud who doesn't actually know what you're doing. You are not the only one afraid of failing. Here's a reminder for you: nobody really knows what they're doing, because everyone is doing everything for the first time. This morning, individuals in every sort of profession are Simply ...

1. Take a swiffer or a vacuum to those dust-filled air vents, filters, and fans.  2. Go a hunt for crumbs in your kitchen. You'll likely find an entire loaf of bread's worth on shelves and inside of drawers. 3. Face the Big Kitchen Dirty, a.k.a. Grease and I don't mean Lightning. 4. While you've got out the cleaning arsenal, make sure you don't overlook other things and spaces probably begging to be attended to. ...

Creating order is a feat. Encouraging sustained order is arguably even more difficult. It takes discipline to perform the constant maintenance required by even the best designed systems. Over the years, I've seen time and time again that there's one key factor that impacts the habitual maintenance of order. It's the X-factor: the beauty component. The more loving care (and, ahem, resources) has gone into the selection of a system, the more likely that system ...

One of the most vital lessons I teach my clients is to recognize the impact of each and every single thing. Each and every single item they bring into their lives and homes adds to the lot for which they're responsible to manage. Each and every single action they take or do not take to maintain the organization we've worked to create has drastic influence on the overall sense of simplicity in their lives. This ...