CastAway the Clutter Offers Real Life Solutions for Homeowners to Get Organized and Manage Their Time More Productively

Ellicott City, MD, January 20, 2008 --(PR.com)-- Local Professional Organizer and owner of CastAway the Clutter, Jacquie Ross is helping homeowners keep their New Year’s resolutions to get organized and manage their time. According to Jacquie, not only is clutter an issue in today’s homes and offices, but due to never-ending tight schedules, trying to manage time productively is also a major challenge. Proper planning is the key to a more productive day.

Jacquie offers the following tips to help individuals achieve their time management and organizing goals:

1. Write down your organizing goals for the year and schedule time once a week to sort, purge and categorize your clutter. To help with sorting, label containers, Keep, Donate and Discard.

2. Spend 10 minutes every evening or first thing in the morning writing down what you need to achieve the next day. Then prioritize your list to help you to focus on the most important things.

3. Begin your day 15-30 minutes earlier than usual and allocate the extra time to do a specific task, so that it doesn’t get lost in your usual routine.

4. Create a system for your incoming mail so that bills and important papers do not get misplaced.

5. Save time and gas by combining your errands to complete on only one or two days a week.

6. Take advantage of idle time to catch up on reading, filling out forms and other paperwork while sitting in waiting rooms, drive-through lines and during commuter rides.

7. Plan your meals for the week and aim to prepare one or two meals ahead of time. Refrigerate or freeze to serve later in the week.

8. Save time in the morning by packing lunches and setting the breakfast table the night before.

By incorporating just a few of these tips into your week, you will reclaim the extra time you need to be more organized and less stressed.

CastAway the Clutter is an Ellicott City, Maryland based company and primarily serves busy homeowners, professionals and small business owners in the Baltimore metro area. Owner, Jacquie Ross also writes organizing tips for Home Storage USA, an online organization product store. She is a proud member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO) and a member of the Board of the Maryland Association of Professional Organizers (MAPO). Sign up for her free organizing tips at www.castawaytheclutter.com.

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