How to Reduce Clutter and Get an Organized Home – Donating Old Cars
Charities to Donate Your Car to
Do you need cash from the car for another purchase or expense? While donating a car comes with tax benefits, you won’t see those benefits until the following tax season, said Mark Scoot, spokesman for AutoTrader.com.
Donate your car if it is a clunker or your goal is simply to get it out of the driveway. Most charities that accept car donations will pick them up within days of your call, Scott said.
How to Reduce Clutter & Get an Organized Home – What to do with books
Organize and Declutter Your Home
If books are overcrowding shelf or basket space, it’s time to reassess, says professional organizer Erica Ecker, owner of the organizing company The Spacialist. Did the book change your life? Do you get nostalgic when you see the binding?
Out-of-date paperbacks can go into the mixed paper bin at the recycling center or at curbside if the city or county picks up paper. Some take hardcovers, too, so check.
Sell newer book on sites like Amazon.com or Half.com an eBay company with fixed prices and no listing fees.
Virtual Small Business Assistant
What is a Virtual Assistant
Found this article in the business section and thought you would find it useful. The article basically discusses the economics of outsourcing your mundane chores. I have summarized the important points.
Did you think only celebrities and really wealthy people can afford personal assistants? Think again. There are many websites out there that can assist you with a wide variety of tasks ranging from writing thank you notes to following up on lost luggage.
Eliminate Paper Clutter from Mail
Reducing Clutter
Here is a very easy method to use when sorting through your daily mail. This method comes from the book Organizing for Dummies by Eileen Roth and Elizabeth Miles. They call it R-A-P-I-D which stands for read, attend, pay, important and dump. Here is how you do it:
Read: Anything that you need to read goes in this stack. These are usually magazines, newsletters and catalogs you are actually interested in.
Attend: Notices and invitations for seminars, workshops, meetings, performances, parties and so on go in to attend stack.
Reduce Paperwork
Organizing Your Life
Remember when we were going to have a paper-less society? Well, there is still a great deal of paper floating around and we still have to deal with it. I came across one organizing system called “Taming the Paper Tiger.” I think that what it was called. So here are some ways put your paper tiger on a diet and tame him too.
Reduce the amount of paper flowing into your home
- Stop junk mail from coming by writing to this address:
Mail Preference Service
Direct Marketing Association
P.O. Box 9008
Farmingdale, N.Y. 11735-900
