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How To Ditch Clutter Dumping Grounds For Good

You know how it goes. You come home carrying the stress of a long day… as well as your purse or briefcase, keys, mail, bags, and more. You kick your shoes off, drop your coat on the nearest chair, and dump what you’re carrying…
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7 Tips To Develop Habits That Will Last

    According to a study out of Duke University, 45% of the activities we do in a day are already a habit. Think about when you get up in the morning. Most of us are still waking up but have still managed to put the coffee…
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Decluttering Mistakes: What To Do Instead

“A failure to plan is a plan to fail” Benjamin Franklin If you’re the type to jump into a decluttering project without thinking it through fully, this blog is for you! Here are some mistakes to avoid when taking on your next…
How To Prepare For A Productive Week

How To Prepare For A Productive Week

Do you know how to prepare for a productive week? If you've ever picked up a good planner, one of the first things it'll prompt you to do is reflect on your previous week. Although an important piece in how to prepare for a productive…
How To Stop Hanging Onto Clothes You No Longer Wear

How To Stop Hanging Onto Clothes You No Longer Wear

Letting go of our clothes can be difficult. We've all been there. No matter how hard we try, we can't seem to let go of that pair of shoes or that cute dress we bought years ago. Maybe it brings back old memories, or perhaps you think,…
How to Carve Out Time For Self Care

How to Carve Out Time For Self Care

What do you think of when you think of self-care? Most of us can agree that the self-care we enjoy most is a day at the spa with our besties, a nice bath with candles or finally reading that novel we bought three years ago! But there’s…
12 Tips To Save Money With An Organized Fridge

12 Tips To Save Money With An Organized Fridge

Looing for ways to save time and save money? According to the United Nations, the average Canadian household wastes 140 kg of food per year. That’s not only a lot of food waste but a lot of money wasted as well. Below are tips to…
8 Ways to Better Organize Your Bedroom

8 Ways to Better Organize Your Bedroom

It's important to determine what purpose the bedroom will serve before you begin organizing. A bedroom can be many things, including a home office, a room to relax and watch TV, a place to read, or it can be solely a place for sleep. If…
How To Get Rid Of Paper Clutter For Good

How To Get Rid Of Paper Clutter For Good

  Are you tired of paper clutter and constantly picking up papers, shoving them in drawers and thinking you'll deal with them later? Do you ever miss important deadlines for bills or events because you've lost track of the document? Is…
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What Is The Difference Between Organizing And Decluttering Your Home?

  It's that time of year again! Spring can mean a time to declutter and organize your home. These words are often used interchangeably, but they have very different meanings. In fact, to successfully organize your home, it's…

10 Simple Tips To Organize Your Kitchen & You For Healthy Eating

10 Simple Tips To Organize Your Kitchen & You For Healthy Eating    These 10 simple tips to organize your kitchen will have you and your family eating healthy without feeling overwhelmed. In fact, eating healthy doesn’t have…

Home Organizing During Covid-19

Home Organizing During Covid-19 The last thing that may be on your mind right now is home organizing during covid-19. The Coronavirus has taken a real toll on our society, and I hope you and your loved ones are staying safe.   Why…

10 Steps to an Organized Kitchen!

10 Steps to an Organized Kitchen There is nothing better than cooking and having family and friend gatherings in an organized kitchen. Organizing kitchens is actually quite time consuming so if you don’t have a day dedicated to getting…

Downsizing the Right Way!

Let’s talk downsizing the right way. Moving can be stressful but when you are moving, and you need to downsize it is even more stressful. You can’t take everything you have even if you wanted to. You are forced to let some stuff go,…
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Multi-tasking is a Myth and Here’s Why!

Do you multitask? Most of us do but is it a good idea? We discuss why we multitask, the problems with multitasking, how we can learn to minimize distractions, and how to manage when we do get distracted.

ORGANIZE YOUR CLOTHES & CLOSET

Do you ever open your closet and think “I have nothing to wear!” even though there is no shortage of clothing, shoes and accessories?  Here are a few simple, budget-friendly ideas to help you sort through the clutter, get organized and break out of the "nothing to wear" cycle!

Keeping Your Child’s School Work Organized

If you have young school age children then you know what it is like to have your child come home from school each day with a handful of crafts, art work, papers, quizzes, and homework. Read on for tips on how to keep it all organized!
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How to Get Organized and Host a Thanksgiving Dinner

I can't believe that the Canadian Thanksgiving weekend is almost here! This often means hosting friends and family, something I do to celebrate Thanksgiving and my son's birthday. Are you hosting a Thanksgiving dinner? We have some great…

Big Perks of Tiny Houses

Tiny houses have been around for a while, and the trend doesn’t seem to be fading away anytime soon. The tiny house lifestyle may not work for everyone, but it’s worth considering if you are looking to truly simplify your life.

New Year’s Goals. How to Make and Achieve Them

  New Year's Goals   I was going to write about New Year’s resolutions but instead decided to focus on New Year's goals this time around. Some people don’t make New Year's goals. Why do you think that is? Because they are afraid…

3 Proven Ways to Reach Your Goals

3 Proven Ways to Reach Your Goals! I am going to share a goal of mine and how you too, can reach your goals. Let me start by saying happy 5 year anniversary to me!!! It's hard to believe that it was 5 years ago today that I had a little idea…
The REAL difference between decluttering and organizingKathy McEwan

You are NOT perfect and that is Okay!

Do you struggle with organizing your home because you want it to look perfect or feel like you can't do a good enough job when organizing your home? Often my clients say they don’t know where to start and they feel overwhelmed, and that…

Sorting Through Your Loved One’s Belongings After Death

I often get asked, “What kind of clients typically call you for organizing help?” The answer is about 1/3 of our clients are seniors or those with health problems, 1/3 are busy professionals and the remaining third are those who are chronically…
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11 Best Time Management Tips for Students

11 Best Time Management Tips for Students Summer is flying by and before you know it, students will be heading back to school. A few years ago, I was an instructor at a local college and I also held Time Management workshops for first year…

My Story – Q&A With Professional Organizer Kathy McEwan

My Story - Q&A With Professional Organizer Kathy McEwan When working with my clients I usually get to know them really well. We go through many of their personal belongings and they often tell me some wonderful stories.  Now I want…
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8 Teen Bedroom Organizing Hacks You Will Love

8 Teen Bedroom Organizing Hacks You Will Love I have been organizing quite a few teen bedrooms lately and wanted to share some ideas that may help you with your teen bedrooms. Teaching your teens to pick up after themselves, clean and…

Best Organizing Advice You Will Ever Need

Best Organizing Advice You Will Ever NeedI love organizing and I love helping my clients get organized. While working with clients, I often give them advice and little tips to help with the organizing process. I thought I would share some of…
Right vs Left Brain Hemisphere Quiz

Right vs. Left Brain Hemisphere Quiz

Take the Right vs Left Brain Hemisphere Quiz below and tell us where you fall! I am noticing more and more how uncreative I am. I have friends, family and clients that love to create and do so by painting, crocheting, scrap booking, etc.…
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7 Back to School Organizing Tips Your Child Should Know

  7 Back to School Organizing Tips Your Child Should Know Fall is here, let the back to school organizing begin! September is going to be here before you know it and the kids will be heading back to school. Start this school year off…
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7 Organizing Mistakes I often see!

7 Organizing Mistakes I often see! Organizing is not always easy, so I want to share with you some organizing mistakes that I have come across while working with clients. I don’t want you to make the same mistakes. Instead, I really want…
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Organized Road Trip with Kids – 11 Fun Tips

Organized Road Trip with Kids-11 Fun Tips! Where has the month of June gone? I have been very busy organizing my clients homes and offices, and helping them pack and unpack, that I haven't had time to write a new blog. The following blog…

5 Wild Emotions When Dealing With Clutter

5 Wild Emotions When Dealing with Clutter While working with clients who have clutter, I have noticed the many different emotions they go through. This week, one of my clients was crying from feeling so overwhelmed. I had a business lunch…
Spring clearing and organzing with baskets

10 Spring Clearing and Organizing Tips!

Spring Clearing I love spring because it means summer is coming. It may be still cold out but we will be getting warmer weather soon, so now is a great time to do your spring clearing and getting your home organized. If you do it now, you…
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Bedroom Closet Organizing, The Right Way!

  Bedroom Closet Organizing, The Right Way! Does your closet overwhelm you when you walk into it? Do you have a hard time finding your items? Do you wear the same clothes over and over again even though your closet is…
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Storing Shoes, 6 Clever Ways!

Storing shoes is not always an easy task, especially if you are like most women and own a lot of shoes. If you don’t have a good solution for storing your shoes, then check out some of my favourite shoe storage ideas listed here. These…

How To Organize Your Child’s School Work

If you have young school age children, or older, you know what it is like to have your child come home from school each day with a handful of crafts, art work, papers, quizzes, and homework. The questions that my clients often ask me are, “What…

Organizing Tips, Buying and Selling Your Home!

5 Organizing Tips When Selling Your Home! 1. Start Early. Give yourself plenty of time to find a reputable real estate agent, lawyer, mortgage broker, professional organizer, painter etc. 2. Declutter at least 3 months before you plan…

Back to School Organization Tips for All Ages!

Back to School Organization Tips Summer is flying by and believe it or not, back to school is right around the corner. Here are a few back to school tips that I hope you will find useful. One thing to keep in mind is that parents or students…

7 Father’s Day Gift Ideas

Father’s Day is around the corner and here are a few gift ideas to help celebrate the special day! You will notice that I couldn’t help but include a few items that will help keep Dad organized! 1. Diaper Dude Messenger Diaper Bag What…

Mother’s Day Gift Ideas

Mother's Day Gift Ideas Stuck on Mother's Day gift ideas? A week today will be Mother’s Day, and many of us are undecided as to what special gift to give our Mothers. Mother’s day is a celebration to all Mother’s to say thank you…

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7 Myths of Home OrganizingKathy McEwan (KathyMcEwan.com)

Episode 65: 7 Myths of Home Organizing

In this week’s episode, I go over 7 myths of home organizing. These sets of beliefs are not true and could be holding you back from getting your home organized. Have a listen to find out what the myths of home organizing are and their…
How to Make a To Do List Work For You!Kathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 62: How to Make a To-do List Work for You

Did you know that there is a right and wrong way to create to-do lists? Yup, sure is. On this week’s episode I go over 6 ways to make a to-do list work for you, the benefits of a to-do list, tips to keep your to-do list running smoothly, and…
15 Quick Tips to Save Money with an Organized FridgeKathy McEwan (Second Set of Hands)

Episode 56: 15 Quick Tips to Save Money with an Organized Fridge

Don't think that a simple thing like an organized fridge can save you money? Did you know that according to the United Nations, the average Canadian household wastes 140 kg of food per year? That is not only a lot of food waste, but a lot of…
How to Zone Your Home for Better OrganizationKathy McEwan

Episode 42: How to Zone Your Home for Better Organization

Episode 42: How to zone your home for better organization Did you know that you can zone your home for better organization? Having zones in place will make your home more functional and you will know exactly where to find your items. On this…
7 Life Changing Tips When You’re Overwhelmed by LaundryKathy McEwan

Episode 39: 7 Life Changing Tips When You’re Overwhelmed with Laundry

Are you overwhelmed with laundry? Do you struggle to keep up with it? Do you have piles of laundry to do or piles of clean clothes that are not put away? A common problem that I hear from a lot of people is that they feel overwhelmed by laundry. I…
10 Simple Tips to Organize Your Kitchen And You For Healthy EatingKathy McEwan

Episode 35: 10 Simple Tips to Organize Your Kitchen And You For Healthy Eating

Episode 35 Show Notes: Organize your kitchen   Do you want to get your kitchen and yourself organized so that you can start eating healthier? In this episode I will share 10 simple tips that will help you organize your kitchen, and the…
7 Ways to Increase Productivity in a CrisisKathy McEwan

Episode 28: 7 Ways To Increase Productivity In A Crisis

Increase productivity Life in general can be stressful at times which can lower our productivity level but add a crisis in the mix and it is even harder to get everything you want done. Do you wish you had more time to do the things you love…
organized when travellingKathy McEwan

Episode 19: How to Get Organized When Travelling

Do you plan on taking a trip in the near future? If so, this episode is for you. I am super excited to be discussing getting organized when travelling with travelling expert and past travel agent Natalia Bye. We dive deep into travel tips…
closet and clothesKathy McEwan

Episode 16: Closets and Clothes

Description- closet and clothes Episode 16 Show notes   Do you ever open your closet and think “I have nothing to wear!” even though there is no shortage of clothing, shoes and accessories?  Or you go to your closet and…