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How to make sure your car stays tidy all the time
7:46 pm : 17th September , 2010
Cars are prime candidates for the kind of messiness that many of us would never put up with in our living rooms. Establishing a few good habits here will keep your car clear most of the time, encouraging you to clean the inside regularly, and to enjoy being in it more.
Firstly, if you can, make [...]
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How to keep your hotel room tidy effortlessly…
6:32 pm : 10th September , 2010
Just because you’re out of your usual environment doesn’t mean that your room has to be chaos. In fact, settling into a hotel room can be a great way to practise your organising skills in microcosm. It’s also an easier place to get the hang of organising if you’re new to it, because you usually [...]
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Storage strategies for shoe addicts…
11:32 am : 17th April , 2010
The Guardian recently highlighted this issue with a joky article about how to curb your addiction to fashion shoe shopping. Christina Aguilera is said to have 750 pairs and Paris Hilton gave up counting at 2000… If this is you, whether you decide to keep the huge collection you have, or cull and acquire fewer [...]
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How to tame your email…
8:03 pm : 16th March , 2010
A third of office workers say they suffer from email stress. Here are 9 ways to stop you having to delete all your messages, declare ‘email bankruptcy’ and start again…
1. Delete spam immediately
Scan the subject heading and delete anything you know is spam without opening it. The minute [...]
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The real reason why your desk gets messy…
9:57 pm : 9th March , 2010
We’ve all felt that sinking feeling when approaching a chaotic desk in the morning. Just deciding what to do first, feels like a struggle. Perhaps your papers are neatly piled up, but you never seem to be able to get to the point of having a clear desk? Perhaps you’ve decided that the ‘clear desk’ [...]
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The two definitions of a ‘clean desk’….
2:32 pm : 2nd February , 2010
When was the last time you cleaned your desk, or your computer keyboard? When was the last time you saw the surface of your desk? Both these places are commonly found to harbour more bacteria than the average toilet, if not regularly cleaned. And some people make it a regular practice to eat at their [...]
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The secret to maintaining a clean, clear, tidy desk all day, effortlessly (part 2)
11:34 am : 15th January , 2010
Last time, we looked at the basic preparation you need to take care of in order to give yourself a fighting chance of maintaining a clear desk policy. If you haven’t had a chance to read or implement those suggestions, then do go back and do so now. Assuming that you have, read on…
You should [...]
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The secret to maintaining a clean, clear, tidy desk all day, effortlessly (part 1)
1:44 pm : 12th January , 2010
Despite the fact that I work from home everyday, my desk looks like one of the miraculously clean and clear ones in all those glossy brochures for furniture. Okay, it looks a bit more beaten up than that, because it’s very old and I left an essential oil burner alight and unattended on it once, [...]
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How to make sure your car stays tidy all the time
2:12 pm : 8th January , 2010
Cars are prime candidates for the kind of messiness that many of us would never put up with in our living rooms. Establishing a few good habits here will keep your car clear most of the time, encouraging you to clean the inside regularly, and to enjoy being in it more.
Firstly, if you can, make [...]
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How to keep your hotel room tidy without any effort at all
10:10 am : 5th January , 2010
Just because you’re out of your usual environment doesn’t mean that your room has to be chaos. In fact, settling into a hotel room can be a great way to practise your organising skills in microcosm. It’s also an easier place to get the hang of organising if you’re new to it, because you usually [...]
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