HANDLING PAPER (UGH!) and USING UP STUFF IMPOSSIBLE ➔ I’M POSSIBLE ------------------------------------------- Contents of New Ideas for Today 1. Message of the Day – HANDLING PAPER (UGH!) 2. More Help Here! 3. Habit of the Day 4. Family Reminder of the Day 5. Quote of the Day 6. Question of the Day 7. From the Trenches – USING UP STUFF 8. More Info -------------------------------------- **The Messies Anonymous website, www.messies.com, is back up! Thank you for your patience.** **Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos!** ***If you are having problems with Yahoo Groups mailing, you can subscribe to https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=3490310591173841338#allposts to receive the exact same messages.*** ---------------------------------------- 1. Message of the Day HANDLING PAPER (UGH!) Three problems with paper: 1. General Fear of Scarcity. Fear of needing something so we keep it all! IRS, bills, contracts, etc. Paper holds a lot of important information we are afraid of losing. 2. Decision Problem. Fear of decision making when putting it up as in a file. Have I made the right choice of where I put it, how labeled the file? 3. Retrieval Problem. Fear of losing it in a file or a pile so we make lots of little special piles for our special papers that eventually get lost in all of our special places. Face your fears by setting up a system that works for you, by asking for outside help if that is possible, and generally tackling the task of handling the papers of your life. Today, decide what you are going to do about your paper problem! Then just do it! -------------------------------------- 2. More Help Here! The NEW and IMPROVED K.I.S.S. Flipper is available The K.I.S.S.(Keep It Super Simple) Flipper has fresh ideas on how to move through your home, day by day, room by room, with simple choices for maintenance and organizing. It will gently guide you through the process of creating clear and shining surfaces throughout out your home! With the NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper all you have to do to is FLIP through the spiral-bound, sequentially numbered, full-color job idea cards. No more sliding cards into sleeves; the NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper is ready to use out of the package. When you are ready to begin, make a few simple choices each day from one card and you will be on your way to a clutter-free and well maintained home. Free BONUS: Once you order, you will also receive the "K.I.S.S. eBooklet" via email to learn the "Hows and Whys" of the system while you wait for your K.I.S.S. Flipper, so you will be ready to start the day your K.I.S.S. Flipper arrives. Introductory price $26.00 US postage included Go to the link below to order you NEW K.I.S.S. Flipper today. messies.com messies.com One of a kind design for home maintenance, The Super Flipper by Sand... View on messies.com Preview by Yahoo ------------------------------------------ 3. Habit of the Day "NO BELONGING LEFT BEHIND" Take something out of place each time you go in the direction it belongs. Neat, organized people owe a lot of their neatness to this habit. -------------------------------------- 4. Family Reminder of the Day In our family, we put dishes into the dishwasher, not the sink. In our family, we take responsibility for completing the chores assigned to us. -------------------------------------- 5. Quote of the Day Nothing is impossible. We merely don't know how to do it yet. Unknown -------------------------------------- 6. Question of the Day Has any quotation or statement either by The-Organizer-Lady or any one of the writers in the group made a significant change in your life? Tell us what that statement is and how it has affected you. Tell us by posting on Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady -------------------------------------- 7. From the Trenches USING UP STUFF I have a problem! As the bottle gets close to empty, I STOP using it, saving it for what I don't know. Especially expensive things like perfume, expensive conditioner, 'good' makeup or moisturizer, etc. And razors! I had about 20 half used' But I have been working on it, and on allowing myself to use almost all of something before buying a replacement, rather than having six backups just in case. And I actually threw out some stuff! Some diaper ointment samples (my dd is 6, 4 yrs out of diapers!) and other miscellaneous mystery stuff. Some stuff I couldn't throw out this week, but I'm hoping I will be able to convince myself to throw it out next week. Kris ------------------------------ 8. More Info This is a simple program. We stick with the basics as they are presented in these messages. Keep reading. Keep adding one part of the program at a time. Repetition is important. Forward to friends if desired but not to other sites. Read this whole posting or only what you can take in today, then delete it. Don't forget the daily reminders!!! The daily Reminders and How-To's are found on our website at "How to Begin" http://www.messies.com ------------------------------------------ 9. Extra Help Are you still interested in getting organized? Did you know that there is a hands-on program to help people just like you get more organized? It’s conducted virtually by teleconference and gets you to make progress every single session. To learn more about it, just click here. Click here If you'd like to speak to an organizer about your clutter problem. ------------------------------------------- 10. Free YouTube Videos Learn how to get organized with Marsha's (FREE) YouTube videos! -------------------------------------------- Are you at home thinking about the organizing you need to get done? Take a look at our SOS program designed to jumpstart your organizing immediately. Buy now: https://sortitout.thinkific.com/courses/SOS-Organizing-Program For more information: http://www.sortitout.net/sos-solutions-solutions-program-sf -------------------------------------------- Reminder: You can edit your membership at Yahoo Groups home page https://groups.yahoo.com/neo or to unsubscribe, click on the word "unsubscribe" at the very bottom of this post if it arrived in your email inbox ---------------------------------------- MESSIES ANONYMOUS SLOGAN Please memorize this slogan and post it on your wall. The secret to success is making very small, yet very consistent, changes. Or to make it short; Baby steps, baby steps in the right direction. Never underestimate the inevitability of gradualness. Anonymous 85 ©Sandra Felton 2010 THE ORGANIZER LADY® is a trademark of Sandra Felton, founder of Messies Anonymous.