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<description><![CDATA[Paula Constable, former professional organizer lives in Wisconsin with her 3 children and husband.]]></description>
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<title>Prepare Your Heart and Mind For the Holidays and Reduce the Stress</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 10:32:52 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[What if you could go into the holiday season with your heart, spirit, and mind with a new focus - one that wasn't focused on the stress, to-do lists, and busyness? One that was focused on those things that are most important to you and your family. This year, take some time before the busy season to reflect on those things that are most important to you and your family by asking yourself and family questions.]]></description>
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<title>Wrap it Up! How to Organize Your Wrapping and Gift Supplies</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Are your wrapping supplies organized or stuffed away in various closets and containers? I am going to share organizing ideas and tips on how you can get and keep your gift and wrapping supplies in order so preparing a gift to give is a snap.]]></description>
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<title>Countdown to Halloween - Quick and Easy Tips to Help You Get Ready</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 10:02:19 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you prepared for Halloween? If you take the time to plan ahead, you and your family will be able to enjoy this fun and festive time without a lot of last minute stress. Here are some key things to think about to help you get ready for the spooky day.]]></description>
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<title>Organize Your Recipes and Cookbooks in Five Steps</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Have your recipes and cookbooks gotten out of control? Do you have good intentions to get them organized but get overwhelmed when you think about it?  Imagine if you could put your hands on the exact recipe you are looking for in seconds! To help you achieve that goal, I've laid out the 5 steps to get your recipes and cookbooks organized using my STUFF System.]]></description>
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<title>Quick Organizing - 8 Simple Projects You Can Do in 20 Minutes Or Less!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like you just don't have a lot time to devote to organizing? No problem! I've come up with 8 simple home organizing projects that you can do in 20 minutes or less.]]></description>
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<title>Back to School - Tips For Shopping For School Supplies and Clothes</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Back-to-school time is a busy and often stressful period for many families. One of the tasks that is usually tackled first is the school shopping. Take some time to plan ahead before you rush out to the stores.]]></description>
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<title>Top 5 Organizing Tips to Ease the Stress From Your Family Vacation</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 26 Jun 2009 14:28:59 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Family vacations are a great time to have fun, take a break from the everyday routine, see new sites and recharge. It can also be a time of stress - preparing and planning, traveling and returning home are all high stress points for many. I'm sharing my top five organizing tips to help ease some of the stress that comes along with taking a family vacation.]]></description>
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<title>5 Organizing Tips to Beat the Mail Monster</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 10 Jun 2009 13:04:18 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The daily mail - Do you dread it?  Do you pile it?  Do you avoid it?  It must be dealt with or it will take over your counters, suck up your important papers and drain your energy every time you look at the piles.  Here are 5 tips that will help you beat that mail monster.]]></description>
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<title>Organizing Your Photos So You Can Enjoy Them!</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Tackling photo organization can be overwhelming but it doesn't have to be. It probably took years to accumulate all those photos, right?  Getting them in order may take some time and that's OK!  The key is to work on it in small steps.  Chip away at it.]]></description>
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<title>Organizing Your Closets - Tackle Any Closet in 5 Steps</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Closets tend to be overlooked until... nothing else can fit! Sometimes stuff gets shoved into closets because you're just not sure where else to go with it.  You can have closets that are easy to access and contain seemingly more room than before.  I'll show you how to get any closet (bedroom, linen, cleaning, home office, storage, entry way, etc) organized in 5 steps...]]></description>
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<title>Daily Household Clutter - 4 Secrets to Take Control</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Many women ask me, "How am I supposed to find time to tackle the everyday clutter that seems takes over my home in just a blink of an eye?"  You can do it.  Here are my four secrets to taking control of the clutter in your home.]]></description>
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<title>The Morning Rush With Kids - 9 Tips to Reduce the Stress</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 11:29:39 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[How does your family start their day off? How would you describe your mornings? Do they tend to be calm and peaceful or rushed and stressful? If you said the latter, here are some tips that might help.]]></description>
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<title>Organizing and Exercising</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Organizing and exercising are very similar.  Organizing is about making life easier and feeling good in our space. Exercise is about being healthy and feeling great.  Both have a large impact on the quality of our well-being and touch almost every other area of our lives.]]></description>
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<title>Busy Moms Don't Need Resolutions, They Need Action Steps!</title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 05 Feb 2009 15:06:26 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[As you know, declaring a New Year's resolution doesn't automatically make it so, but many times we seem to act that way. Picture this.]]></description>
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<title>3 Quick Paper Tips For Busy Moms</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 02 Dec 2008 11:47:45 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Are you overwhelmed with the paper piles on your kitchen counter and stashes throughout your home?  Moms are often overwhelmed with all the paper that comes into their homes everyday.]]></description>
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<title>Clutter-Free Gift Giving Ideas - Giving Love, Not Stuff</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Clutter-free gift (CFG) giving is the act of gifting items that do not add more stuff (often unneeded) to the recipient's' homes. Many CFGs also let the person know you were truly thinking about their likes, passions and interests.]]></description>
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<title>4 Important Steps to Make the Most of Your Time</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 31 Oct 2008 15:25:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Many people struggle with how to go about making sure the important stuff gets done and gets the attention they desire it to have. Here are some important tips for you if you are looking to make the most of your time.]]></description>
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<title>3 Valuable Things You Lose When You're Unorganized</title>
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<pubDate>Tue, 07 Oct 2008 09:48:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Organization is a tool that can bring many great benefits to people's lives.  It's not about being perfect, it's not about your house looking a certain way, and it's not about cramming as much as you can into your life.  It's about making your daily life easier and less stressful.  Is the thief of disorganization stealing these three valuable things from you and your family?]]></description>
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<title>Organizing Your Craft Space - Part Two</title>
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<description><![CDATA[In Organizing Your Craft Space: Part One I taught you how to get started when organizing your craft space/area and supplies. For Part Two, I will continue on to give you the final three steps (Utilize Your Space, Fill Containers, and Follow Up) to help transform your crafting area into an organized space that you will love to spend time in.]]></description>
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<title>Organizing Your Craft Space - Part One</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Sewing, scrapbooking, quilting, painting, kids crafts, beading - no matter what your choice craft is, the key is to keep the tools and supplies accessible and your workspace functional.  For this first article, I will use my STUFF System to give you step-by-step tips to help transform your crafting area into a space that you will love to spend time in.]]></description>
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<title>Tips For an Organized Family Vacation</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jun 2008 09:15:49 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you have a vacation coming up that you have been looking forward to?  As it gets closer, are you starting to feel a little stressed?   Are you thinking of all the planning, packing and travel and feel overwhelmed?  There are some steps that you can take to help you get the most fun out of your family vacation, while also minimizing the stress.]]></description>
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<title>Getting Ready For Summer Vacation - 4 Survival Tips For Parents Of School-Age Children</title>
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<description><![CDATA[Summer vacation is almost here.  In a couple short weeks, most schools will be releasing students for a three month break.  Are you ready?  Here are four tips to help the parents who will be home with them.]]></description>
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<title>Garden Supplies Organized in Five Easy Steps</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 05 May 2008 16:52:32 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[It's time to get out the gardening supplies again. Did you take the time last fall put them away in an orderly fashion?  Does your gardening storage space need a tune-up? ]]></description>
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<title>Busyness - Three Mistakes That Might Be Stealing Your Time</title>
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<pubDate>Wed, 02 Apr 2008 13:38:36 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Do you feel like you are super-busy, but nothing seems to get done?  Does it feel like your "to do" list is a life sentence?  Consider these three common time-stealing busyness mistakes and what you can do to avoid them. ]]></description>
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<title>Archive Files - When &quot;Just in Case&quot; Is OK</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:50:25 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Mention archive files and thoughts of rows of boxes in a dimly-lit, dusty warehouse might come to mind. In your household, archive files might simply be a box stored away from your main filing area, perhaps in the basement on a storage shelf. This is the one of the few times I will tell you to hold onto something for that "just in case" moment.]]></description>
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<title>Reference Files - Information In Its Place</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 11:49:31 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Does the thought of filing scare you?  Do you fear that if you file it, you will never see it again?  Perhaps a change in how you see the function of filing will help.  Think of your filing systems as always changing.  It should never be stagnant.  Your interests change, new information comes in, and old information goes out.  ]]></description>
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<title>Kitchen Organization -  Getting Started and Breaking it Down</title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 21 Jan 2008 14:01:31 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The kitchen is typically the most used space in the home and is often referred to as the hub of the home.  If disorganization in the kitchen is a problem, it is probably disturbing you throughout the day.  This article provides easy-to-do steps to get your kitchen organized and under control to help reduce your daily stress.    ]]></description>
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<title>Organizing School Papers and Artwork - Simple Steps to Keep it Under Control</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 24 Aug 2007 08:28:51 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[If we kept every piece of artwork and writings our children produced, our homes would quickly become storage spaces.  The key is to be selective in what we save and organize it so it can be enjoyed and treasured.]]></description>
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<title>Organizing Ideas For Laundry Duty</title>
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<pubDate>Fri, 06 Apr 2007 10:27:27 -0500</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[The average person spends six hours a week washing clothes.  Laundry is time consuming and never ending, but there are possible solutions to make your laundry less invasive in your daily life.]]></description>
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<title>Garage Organization</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:35:05 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Can you park all your vehicles in your garage?  Can you walk through your garage without tripping over bikes, shovels or whatever else might be stored out there?  Our garages often become the dumping ground for the stuff we don't have a spot for and hope to get to someday.  Paula Constable, professional organizer shares some simple steps for garage organization.]]></description>
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<title>Achieving Paper Control in the Home So You Can Eliminate the Piles</title>
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<pubDate>Sat, 10 Feb 2007 19:31:17 -0600</pubDate>
<description><![CDATA[Does junk mail, school papers, bills and other paper clutter pile up quickly and take over your counter tops and table top?  Are you scrambling in the mornings to get the kids out of the house with everything that they need?]]></description>
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