Posts by Lisa Dooley
October is for Organizing…
If you’ve ever rummaged through your bathroom medicine cabinet searching for relief from an aching head or a runny nose, only to find expired bottles of cough syrup and half-empty prescription bottles — you know how important it is to keep that space organized! Here’s how: Prevention The best cure for a disorganized medicine…
Read MoreClever Organizing Solutions for Your Home
In the summer, we want to be outside enjoying the warm weather and spending time with family and friends. But keeping our home organized makes our life easier and our home a welcoming place. Entryway, laundry room, garage: all areas that collect – and overflow with – stuff. Check out these clever organizing solutions for…
Read MoreTop 10 Organizing Tips
1. If you are planning an organizing project, start with a specific area and task. Don’t jump around to different parts of the room/home/office. Give yourself a realistic amount of time to complete the project. 2. Invest in organization: filing cabinets, expandable files, folders, white or chalk boards, storage bins, and a calendar for the whole family.…
Read MoreWhat’s Your Organizing Personality?
Ever wondered what your “organizing personality” is? There are storage solutions tailored to your personality – take the quiz at Better Homes and Gardens and find out!
Read MoreCheck Your Calendar
And Then Check Your Calendar Again! Is your family using multiple calendar systems? Electronic, paper and school calendar? Are you tracking kids’ activities and school assignments on one system and your family appointments on another? We all think we’re going to remember that dentist appointment, classmate’s birthday party or teacher conference. But the reality is that we often…
Read MoreWrite it Down!
And then write it again! Do you ever get to the end of the day and realize that you never called the doctor’s office to make that appointment? You forgot to mail the package for your sister’s birthday or pick up the prescription at the pharmacy. It’s hard to remember all the “little things” we have…
Read MoreA Place For Everything
…and everything in its place! You’ve heard this timeless adage but never saw how it related to your home. Once you organize your space so that there IS a place for everything, you’ll find that soon everything will be in its place!
Read MoreGO (Get Organized) Seminar – Managing Your Organizing Projects
Date: 1/24/2o12 Description: Join Lisa Dooley, Professional Organizer, for a free GO (Get Organized) Seminar on how to manage organizing projects and get it done! Location: Paul Pratt Library, 35 Ripley Road, Cohasset, MA [map:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=paul+pratt+library+35+ripley+road&ll=42.242657,-70.809073&spn=0.0088,0.01929&fb=1&gl=us&hq=paul+pratt+library+35+ripley+road&cid=0,0,8985739327697862983&t=m&z=16&iwloc=A 640 480]
Read MoreSouth Shore Live Radio – WATD 95.9 FM
Date: 01/02/2012 Time: 08:30 PM Description: Getting Organized is one of the top three resolutions of the New Year. Lisa Dooley, Professional Organizer, Tlaks about how to mangage those organizing projects to completion and make 2012 your most organized year yet!! Location: Live on the Radio! [map:http://maps.google.com/maps?q=WATD-FM,+Marshfield,+MA&hl=en&ll=42.105355,-70.723457&spn=0.070556,0.154324&sll=42.22798,-71.030039&sspn=0.563361,1.234589&oq=WATD+FM&hq=WATD-FM,&hnear=Marshfield,+Plymouth,+Massachusetts&t=m&z=13&iwloc=A 640 480]
Read MoreSpring Into Organizing Seminar
Date: 05/19/2011 Time: 9:00 AM Description: Take an opportunity to “Spring into Organzing” This is a great time to review some of your organizing challenges and learn some tips and techniques to get organized! Location: South Shore Community Center, Cohasset
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