RULE 3: EFFICIENCY COUNTS; STORE THINGS ACCORDINGLY! Perhaps you’ve seen the classic movie Cheaper by the Dozen. The head of the household in this movie was an efficiency expert. (Remember them? Businesses used to hire them all the time. They still do, but now they call them
If you’re like me, you occasionally notice the buildup of grease or something of similar ilk on the backsplashes behind the kitchen counters. If you’ve tried scrubbing with soap and water, you know that it doesn’t cut it. Soap or detergent alone isn’t strong enough for this
So you have beautiful wood cabinets in your kitchen, but you’ve been noticing that they are getting stickier and greasier…over the last six or seven years. What do you do? It sounds as if the time to take action has arrived. Here’s what to do. Use a
RULE 2: USE IT OR LOSE IT! This rule is particularly helpful when you are attempting to implement Rule 1 and are getting rid of some of your stuff. How do you decide what to keep and what to toss? The best advice for this rule is:
In the next few articles we will continue to cover some rules that will help you out of a lifestyle bogged down with stuff, from our book Clutter Control. Rule 1: WHEN IN DOUBT, THROW IT OUT Nothing we say can have such a liberating effect on