Clutter. It is a word that conjures up all sorts of negative images. We all know clutter is a bad thing, it’s just that we don’t always agree on why that is. One thing we do know at My Divine Concierge is that a big part of what we do...
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Category Archives: Home Organizing
Time to Kill: Help Your Descendants by Doing This One Thing
You’ve gone through the gut-wrenching process of downsizing and moving to a new home. Now that everything is settled, you seem to have a ton of time on your hands. We have a suggestion for what you could do with that time. You do this one thing for your descendants...
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Downsizing and Collectibles: The Art of Prioritization
Most of us are familiar with the concept of prioritization. For our entire adult lives we have to prioritize tasks at work, responsibilities at home, and so forth. There is simply not enough time in the day to get everything done. Likewise, those same principles of prioritization can come in...
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Great Ways to Keep Busy AND Accomplish Something This Winter
The 2017-2018 holiday season has finally come to a close. Now we dig in and muddle our way through until the spring rains of April. Between now and then, a lot of us will have plenty of free time on our hands. This is especially true for seniors and shut-ins...
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No Clutter Decorating Tips for the Holidays
My Divine Concierge knows our bread and butter lies mainly in helping people organize what they own. Be it helping seniors downsize or families work through a hoarding issue, we Americans tend to have a lot of stuff that we just don’t know what to do with. Clutter is real...
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Adopt the In and Out Rule for Christmas
With the rising sun of Christmas morning will come the excitement and sheer joy of sitting around the tree and unwrapping presents. When it’s all said and done, the kids will spend hours delighting themselves in their newly found treasures. Enjoy it, because the magic of Christmas is only temporary....
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Things Every First-Time Snowbird Should Take South
‘Tis the season for snowbirds. Between now and the first part of January, untold numbers of New York residents will be fleeing the Northeast winter in favor of the sunshine and warm temperatures of Florida. And just as in the past, this year will be the first time for some...
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Staging Your Home for a Holiday Season Sale
The annual holiday season is not a normal time to sell one’s home. Still, there are times when circumstances dictate doing it. The good news is that buyers willing to go looking during that time of year are usually very serious. They want to get something as quickly as they...
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How a Simple Box Can Prevent Future Clutter
Clutter is a problem in a lot of American households. For some reason, we get attached to things to the point of not wanting to dispose of them – even when they are no longer being used. Would you believe that a simple box can be a helpful tool for...
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Lessons from Disney’s ‘Three O’Clock Parade’ Question
Anyone who has worked at Walt Disney World resort in central Florida is familiar with the now-famous question, “What time is the three o’clock parade?” According to the Disney Institute, the question is one heard daily in the Magic Kingdom. However, it is not a stupid question at all. In...
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