Our last newsletter shared information on how you can avoid paying late fees. The simple trick? Stay organized! Think organizing your bills is too difficult? We have an easy-to-implement four step process to getting your bills organized. 4 Easiest Steps to Organizing Your Bills Step 1: Create a Bill Paying Station Find a place to […]
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OH NO! Oh, yes… The dreaded Tax Day is just around the corner… One good piece of news this year is that you get a few extra days to file: tax returns are due April 18 this year! It’s all due to Washington, DC having a holiday (Emancipation Day) that falls on April 15. Click […]
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It’s coming… The dreaded tax season is almost upon us… And while we have a little more time this year to file (more on that in a bit), now is the time to start gathering our paperwork! The government will process over 147 million individual tax returns; the total amount of individual refunds amounts to […]
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We all want to be able to organize our schedules and have the commitment to maintain them on a day-to-day basis, but how? Creating a workable schedule is typically time-consuming and often results in a frustrating battle with your calendar. Organization is beneficial for everyone and can be easily adapted to suit individual needs. And […]
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Is your financial paperwork a jumbled mess? I hope not because we just spent the last month giving you easy tips to get organized! Click here and here if you missed it. But if you still answered “yes,” you’re certainly not alone. The good news is that there are many simple things you can do […]
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Last month was National Organization Month and we talked a lot about how to get your home and office more organized. Now, we’re going to help you get your paperwork and finances in order before tax time rolls around. I can hear you, “But Barbara, organizing papers is soooooo booooooring! I’d rather go clean the […]
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This month has been National Organization Month. We’ve given you tips on creating a declutter strategy; we gave suggestions on learning the art of letting you of your stuff; and last week, we covered 6 ways to declutter your workspace. Now that you’ve made BIG strides to declutter and get organized, how do you keep […]
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Television programs and blogs on the internet talk about the problems associated with clutter. Sometimes people keep the items because they hoard things. Others have collections that get out of hand. Still others hold onto items because of sentimental reasons. When clutter is causing stress or frustrations, it is time to learn the art of […]
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Happy New Year and Happy National Organization Month! Research shows that people waste as much as an hour a day, on average, looking for things they’ve misplaced. That means that many of us waste as much as 15 days every year because of disorganization! Do the piles of clutter in your home overwhelm you or […]
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Everyday, as a Senior “Inbox” Manager, I learn something new and awhile back it was the word “escheat.” The World English Dictionary defines escheat as, “the reversion of property to the Crown in the absence of legal heirs.” Today it means the reverting of property to the state or some state agency usually because […]
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