M. Colleen Klimczak, Certified Professional Organizer
Text Box: Hello there! Week of February 7, 2012                Six weeks ago, I realized I was SO done with crowded cabinets and freezers and shopping in general.  The holidays are wonderful, but the excess makes me crazy!  I stocked fresh produce and milk, then stopped shopping for as long as possible!        My family was OK with the plan until things started running out.  But now the cabinets and freezer are less cluttered, and we spent little in January on groceries.  This week's blog, "Less Truly is More:  Pantry Shopping" will walk you through the process in your own kitchen.        I worked with a client on her pantry and menu planning in January, and her recent comment was "By the way, the cashier at Dominicks said she hadn't seen for awhile, so I take that as a good sign that I'm not making as many trips to the store"!   Another client mentioned that after she cleaned out her pantry and tried menu planning, "it is easier to find things and now I am mindful of what I am eating."        For more inspiration, here are more of my blogs on organizing your kitchen: How Can You Not Menu Plan? Menu Planning: The What, How and Why Organize Your Kitchen: Tips from the Waffle Experts      My NAPO list serve offered some great resources for cutting down on your incoming mail: Contact the Federal Trade Commission, either online or by phone at 888-567-8688 to opt out of receiving "prescreened" offers of credit; www.DMAChoice.org, for the Direct Mail Association website, and  Slotguard, https://www.slotguard.com/, $9.95 per year, "but they handle credit card offers, magazines, catalogs, coupons and they actually contact and then follow up with all these companies."      The Green Hills Public Library, 8611 W. 103rd Street, Palos Hills (708-598-8446) will host a shred event Saturday, March 10th from 11 am -1 pm in the Interlochen parking lot.           As an addendum to the Focus Blog, I used a tool this morning that I failed to mention in last week's blog.  I often get ALMOST done and then decide I want to be doing anything but what I am doing (washing dishes, folding laundry, writing a difficult blog).  To get my tasks ALL THE WAY DONE, I resist this urge to go anywhere else by committing to one more minute, and counting slowly to 60 while I complete the task at hand.  I am usually ALL THE WAY DONE after that one more minute. Give it a try!         Have a great week, talk to you next Tuesday!   Peace-Colleen   Text Box: Member: NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers) NAPO-Chicago Evergreen Park Chamber of Commerce Beverly Area Planning Association Faithful Organizers, a group for Christian Organizers

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RECYCLING:   Do you have:

· Old cell phones

· Laser and ink jet cartridges

· PDA’s

· Laptops

· IPods

· video games and consoles

· digital cameras

· DVDs

· GPS devices and

· Calculators? 

 

Our school collects these items and receives $$ for recycling them.  Just give me a call or drop me an email!

Me in the Media:

 

· November 1st, I am very excited! Last week, I became a Blogger on my own Evergreen Park Patch.  Here is the link to my article.  

 

· May 17th, Evergreen Park Patch.com Business Rewind (video)

  

· May 10 Evergreen Park Patch Weekly Business Spotlight 

· January 18, 2011 Mokena Patch.com, De-Cluttering, Part 2: After the Holidays

· Jan 11, 2011 Evergreen Park Patch.com, Get Your House in Order 

· Jan 11, 2011 Oak Forest Patch.com, Can't Find Your Desk?  National Clean Off Your Desk Day 

· December 2010!!  Interviewed for Crain’s Chicago Business, “Apps for the Holidays: Organizing in a Busy Season and Some Fun, too!”

 

· April, 2010 Realtor Mag:  Interviewed for Home Office Article in the Realtor Magazine.  Check it out!

 

· March, 2008:  Featured in an article on BankRate.com entitled “6 Hobbies That Can Make You Money”.
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