O RGANIZERS
ideas
‘'Digital recorders
help declutter your
mind. I always
carry one,” says
organizational
expert Meryl Starr
(merylstarr.com).
Listen to your
recorded notes at
day’s end, then take
action or depos't
them on to-do lists.
Olympus W -10 Digital
Voice Recorder/
Camera, $30;
amazon.com
Stop wrestling with
overstuffed drawers
full of unnecessary
papers. This whole-
life filing system
comes with pre-
printed labels. “It
automatically trains
you which records
to keep and what
and when to toss,”
says professional
organizer Kathi Burns
(addspacetoyourlife
.com). Freedom Filer,
$43; freedomfiler.com
The goal of good organization is
figuring out what product or system
works for you. Once you find it, you
don’t h ave to th i n k about organi zing
anymore. It’s that simple.
Pro oi'ganiza' Ellen Damaschino
(ncatorganizer.com)
Ann Fox, co-owner of
roomservicehome.com
and admitted
“BlackBerryaholic,”
segregates chores on
these notepads with
eye-catching rip-and-
go pages. Monday-
Fridayand What To
Do pads, $16 each;
roomservicehome.com
Professional
organizer Kathi
Rums adds these
c ear stackable
drawers to cabinets
throughout her
nome, assigning
each a category.
“I spend less time
tracking things down
and more time doing
things I actually want
to do,” she says.
Stérilité Wide 3
Drawer Organizer,
$
17
; joanns.com
Imagine no more
frantic groping for
the phone ringing
deep within your
purse. “Inserts
come in different
sizes to give any
purse an intelligently
designed interior,”
says organizer
Lara Greenberg
(streamline-LA.com).
Purseket purse
organizer, $20;
purseket.com
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