The calendar is slowly winding down 2019 in preparation for 2020. Guess what that means? Tax season. Yes, you read that correctly. The annual tax season runs from January 1 through mid-April. Those who are prepared for tax season are in a better position to deal with the issues that...
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Tag Archives: Home Organizing
5 Tips for Getting the Most out of Your Grocery Shopping
Among our list of services is an errand running service through which we handle some of the more mundane errands people just cannot get to. One of them is grocery shopping. Whether it’s a client who is unable to get out due to physical limitations or another who simply doesn’t...
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Thrift Stores Are a Great Resource When You’re Downsizing
We tend to think of thrift stores as a great resource when you need some new clothes or household items but don’t have a lot of money to spend. That they are. But did you know it works in the other direction? Thrift stores are an equally great resource when...
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Decluttering Life Lessons from Full-Time RVers
Let us start this post with a question: if circumstances dictated you had to do it, could you downsize enough to live full time in an RV or travel trailer? Lots of people do it voluntarily just because they like the RV lifestyle. Others, albeit a small number of full-timers,...
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Is It Possible to Be Proactive About Clutter?
Helping people declutter is something My Divine Concierge does frequently. Although each decluttering job is unique in its own way, all of the jobs we have handled in the past have one thing in common: people call us AFTER they realize that their homes are cluttered. That is not a...
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Simplify: A Word that Deserves More Attention
Imagine a high school basketball team preparing for a stretch of grueling games to close out the season. The team has lost two of its most talented players for the remainder of the schedule. What does the coach to do? He gathers the team together to rally them. He reminds...
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4 Organizational Principles You Can Borrow from Business
We have recently noticed a trend that encourages people struggling with organization at home to adopt key organizational strategies used by businesses. As the thinking goes, it is possible to run certain aspects of your home like a business in order to keep things on track. Does it work? It...
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How to Avoid the Trap of Sparking Joy
By now you have probably heard of Marie Kondo and her method of tidying up a messy house. Kondo promotes the idea of dealing with possessions by determining which ones spark joy. Those that do, you keep; those that do not, you get rid of. It is a pretty basic...
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The Holidays Are Coming, the Holidays Are Coming!
If you look out over the horizon you might see a dark figure in the distance. That figure is approaching slowly, but you can tell it is heading your way. What is it? It is Halloween. What you cannot see are three more figures following closely behind: Thanksgiving, Christmas, and...
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Top 4 Downsizing Mistakes to Avoid
We have helped a lot of families downsize in the years we have been in business. We have also learned a lot of lessons along the way. At the top of the list is the reality that downsizing is often a lot harder than people anticipate. There are so many...
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