Sort-It-Out Inc South Florida’s Number One Organizing Solution

Welcome to OrganizingTips!
Sunday, January 26, 2003
Written and Published by Professional Organizer Marsha Sims
Http://www.SortItOut.net

Table of Contents
1. Quick Organizing Tips for curing activity clutter
2. Activity Clutter - Reader's letter and response
3. Resources You Can Use
4. Shameless Marketing Tip
5. Contact Info / Reprint Permission

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1. Quick Organizing Tips (+/-195 words) (+/- 149 words)

Here are five quick tips for curing activity clutter

1. Limit your activities to things that are meaningful for you... not just everyone else

2. Be realistic about how many activites you can physically fit into one day. Then cut that
number in half.

3. The biggest timesaver is housed in the littlest word.. . "no."

4. Always plan what you want to accomplish the night before... so when you start your day,
you start on task.

5. Divide your activities into groups so you don't waste time. My groups are: Go / Call / Do /
Buy

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2. Article: Too much to do; too little time

I received a great letter from a reader. His letter (below) described a problem all to familiar to those of us with clutter... How to accomplish all that we want to accomplish in a week.. when we still have all of the myriad of other details of life to attend to.

I am enclosing his letter, along with my response this month because I think it will be helpful.

Dear Marsha,

If you have a question that you want answered, or feedback you want to share, please send it to me at: marshasims@aol.com.

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3. Resources (+/- 143 words) (+/- 239)

I promised I'd let you know when I was having another full-day hands-on paperflow workshop. Well, we have 3 planned:

Sunday, October 20th from 9:30am - 3:30pm
Sunday, October 27th from 9:30am - 3:30pm
Friday, November 1st from 4:00pm - 10:00pm

All 3 workshops will be held at Centergate at DeerCreek in Deerfield Beach, FL, located 1 1/2 Blocks North of Hillsborough on Powerline. The room will only hold 8 people, so if you are interested you must let me know right away.

Cost? The workshop fee is $159.00 (paid in advance) for the full day. It includes a 40 page customized workbook and $100. Credit towards organizing services in the future.

If you have access to a training room, or if you live in a condo with a conference room and you would like to HOST an all-day workshop in the South Florida area, please let me know. As a host you can attend the workshop, and get the workbook at no charge.

To get a FREE copy of my other newsletter, “Where Did I Put It?” send a Self-Addressed, Stamped Envelope (#10) to: Sort-It-Out, Inc., PO Box 5713, Miami Lakes, FL 33014. Write “newsletter” on the envelope.

Do you belong to an organization that needs speakers? If you do, please let me know. As part of my community outreach this year, I am trying to speak to as many groups as possible. Please let me know 305-628-0075.

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4. Shameless Marketing Tip (+/- 74) (228)

If you are a client of Sort-It-Out, you may be eligible to participate in our new maintenance program. As humans, we are creatures of habit. The same habits you used to create disorder will return if you don’t do something different. Our maintenance program was created to address this. Once a month, for 4 hours a month, a fully trained organizer-assistant will come to you and help you restore the order we created. He or she will help you get the papers re-filed, or the boxes emptied. The cost is reasonable: $189. for a 4 hour visit (paid in advance either by automatic debit on the first of every month, or quarterly by check or credit card). Call if you are interested. This is an experimental program. If there is not enough demand for it, or if it proves not to be cost-effective we will cancel it. You might want to try it during the experimental stage! Our assistants are trained in both the Paper Tiger system and the Sims Manual system.

Have you been thinking about getting organized… once and for all? Let the professional organizers at Sort-It-Out, Inc. make your dreams come true! We have lots of new programs, and one might be just right for you! Not in South Florida? Call and we can refer you to an organizer in your area. Sort-It-Out, Inc., 305-628-0075.

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5. Contact Info / Reprint Permission (+/- 141) (139)

You may copy or distribute this newsletter in whole or in part, as long as the following information is included: “Marsha Sims is president of Sort-It-Out, Inc., a professional organizing company in South Florida. She can be reached at 305-628-0075, marshasims@aol.com, or visit her website: www.SortItOut.net

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