Return to o-Tips Archives Simply Your Life Week Volume 2 Number 8 August 2004     Is life too complicated? Simplify your life during this first week of August. Check your calendar and see how much time you are giving yourself; schedule 10 minutes for a walk every day. Is there a book you have not had time to read? Do not let the pressures of life overcome your need for balance. Step back and see if your tasks are only complicated because you made them that way. Organizing Tips in this issue   Back-to-School Student Event National Garage Sale Day Magazine Subscriptions...Take a Good Look Deadlines and Time National Garage Sale Day Make money on August 14 and have a "Tag Sale". Thoughout your home there is good "clutter" just waiting to be used by someone else. Take advantage of National Garage Sale Day when bargin shoppers are combing the neighborhoods across the country looking for treasures. Include friends and make it a fun day. The more people involved and the more items for sale will create a busier, more inviting, environment. If you want to make money and have a successful event, you need to be organized. Get necessary permits, if needed. Place ads in local papers. Those Saturday morning shoppers plan ahead. Be sure signs are posted at intersections and in your yard. If items are dirty, clean them. You are not having a "junk sale". Organize items on tables, or shelves. If you have clothes, have a portable garment rack to display items. Have everything priced and ready to go EARLY. The serious shoppers will be in your yard by 7 am. Have a bank with small bills and change. Do not be greedy, even if the item has never been used. If you expect to get retail prices, you best borrow the trolley from the Grove. August 14th is only two Saturdays away, but it is not too late to have a successful event. Enjoy freedom from your clutter make money at the same time. If you would like to share your Tag Sale experience, email a sentence about your event to Chris@GetItTogetherLA.com. Your comment will be shared in next month's Organizing Tips. Visit GetItTogetherLA.com Magazine Subscriptions...Take a Good Look   Noticed more magazines around the home than you are reading? Do you even know the number of different periodicals received each month? There are always good articles to be found, but you can not be a library for every story. Eliminate the frustration of magazines piling up and never being read. Cancel 75% of the current subscriptions. Then when issues arrive, quickly scan it to be sure they are worth keeping. Fold back pages of interest, or even better tear out articles of interest. Be realistic with yourself and your paper clutter will start to disappear. Deadlines and Time When projects start to back up, there is never enough time in the day. Never feel you are too busy to delegate. The time spent planning who to delegate specific tasks will free more time for the areas in which you excel. Having difficulty deciding who should do what? Let others do the routine and mundane. Then you will be able to spend your time more profitably. Closets Designed by Get It Together LA! We design closets to meet your needs. We provide all the elements for luxury. We organize your wardrobe and provide all finishing touches. $50 Off Your New Closet installed offer before August 31 Your Get It Together LA! Closet - 323-525-0678 Back-to-School Student Event   Are all the students in your life organized? Organized Living's Back-to-School Student Event will feature Chris McKenry, professional organizer and owner of Get It Together LA! Chris will discuss space planning in the dorm room, how to organize the desk, and how to make the most of time.   Student Organizing Event Organized Living 110 S. Fairfax Los Angeles Saturday - August 21, 2004 12 noon & 2:00 pm The event is free and will also feature door prizes and special offers from Organized Living. Come and spend a fun afternoon with Los Angeles' organizing experts-Organized Living is a great way to Get It Together LA! For more information call Organized Living, 323- 954-8799 or Get It Together LA!, 323-525-0678. Organizing Calendar August   National Garage Day Sale - August 14 Back-to-School Organized Living Event - August 21 September   Self Improvement Month School Success Month Do It Day - September 9th October Get Organized Week - Get It Together LA Events Donate Your Clutter - October 2 TBA Organizing Workshop with Chris- October 7 Services of Get It Together LA! Closet & Wardrobe Organizing Kitchen Organizing Office Organizing Moving Services Speaker Contact Chris McKenry   Chris McKenry will create a presentation to get your business or group organized. Join our mailing list! email: chris@getittogetherla.com phone: 323-571-2134 web: http://www.GetItTogetherLA.com