Tip 89: Organize and Label Electronic Files to Match Paper Files

Your life will be easier if your electronic files follow the same organizational structure as your filling cabinets. Open up your electronic files or “folders” and look at what the files are called in both your electric and paper versions. Are they the same or are they different? Which label is more appropriate or easier for you to remember? Rename your files or folders so that both electric and paper files match.

(10-Minute Tidy: 108 Ways to Organize Your Home Quickly; Papers, pg. 153)

Tip 79: Photocopy All the Important Items in Your Wallet

Take 10 minutes to photocopy all of the important items in your wallet right now. Be sure to photocopy the back and front of your driver’s license, credit cards and other identifying information. Keep the photocopies somewhere locked and safe in your home or office. Hopefully your wallet is never stolen or lost, but if it is, you will now have all of the important phone and account numbers you need in order to have the accounts closed or your cards replaced.

(10-Minute Tidy: 108 Ways to Organize Your Home Quickly; Office, pg. 136)

Tip 2: Create a Landing Pad

A landing pad is the place where you can come into your home and drop your stuff. This is where you always keep your purse, fanny pack or wallet. Your cell phone plugs in, your keys hung up, and your pockets get emptied all while standing in the same place. Having a designated landing pad area is very important for crating new organizing habits. It is much easier to always put your keys on a hook if you can drop all the other things that are in our hands first.

(10-Minute Tidy: 108 Ways to Organize Your Home Quickly; Getting Started, pg. 8)

Tip 30: Organize the Spice Jars

The Spice jars always seem to end up disorganized unless they are stored in a way that is easy to maintain. Your 10-Minute Tidy of the spice jars involves taking all the spices out from where you store them, evaluating what you have that you will actually use, and then deciding which system will best support you to keep the spice jars in order. If you are storing your spices in a way that you cannot read the label, consider re-labeling each spice jar on the lid or in a different location so that you can easily identify each one.

(10-Minute Tidy: 108 Ways to Organize Your Home Quickly; Kitchen, pg. 49)