by Sara Cummings | Apr 7, 2022 | Organizing
Those of us fortunate to have acquired heirlooms passed down through family generations are also plagued by the modern day inconvenient truth: our heirs don’t want it all. Young people these days are too mobile, resourceful, frugal and practical to envision...
by Sara Cummings | Mar 4, 2022 | Productivity
You got off to a good start this year, with your resolutions, new habits, projects. . . and now it’s March. Say you started going through the 28 bins of junk that have been sitting in your attic for the past 10 years. How can you maintain the momentum? Here are...
by Sara Cummings | Feb 3, 2022 | Productivity
There’s only so much time in our days. This really became clear to me when I read Julie Morgenstern’s classic, Time Management from the Inside Out. In it she compares time to space, like a room or closet; it’s limited and you can only cram so much in there. Another...
by Sara Cummings | Jun 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
As communities are opening up and people are getting out, we’re still faced with the fact that this won’t be a typical summer. We usually expect camps, vacations, time off, and family gatherings. Even if it’s a time we might prefer to forget, here...
by Sara Cummings | Mar 2, 2020 | Sentimental Items
Organizing our sentimental items is not what most of us call “fun.” We tend to put it off, because it requires emotional energy and time. It’s worth chipping away at, though. Here are some questions to ask yourself when you finally get around to...