{"id":4868,"date":"2015-01-03T06:00:59","date_gmt":"2015-01-03T11:00:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=4868"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:45:33","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T23:45:33","slug":"most-organized-year-ever-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/most-organized-year-ever-3\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Most Organized Year Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4870\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/most-organized-year-ever-3\/attachment\/3\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3.png?fit=1588%2C2246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1588,2246\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"3 keep items you use together stored together\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3.png?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4870\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3-212x300.png?resize=212%2C300\" alt=\"your most organized year ever\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/12\/3.png?w=1588&amp;ssl=1 1588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Each year as we start the new year, we think of ways to make a change and improve our lives.\u00a0 Did you know that organizing is one of the top three goals each year?\u00a0 Throughout the month of January, I will be offering 31 tips to help you have Your Most Organized Year Ever.\u00a0 Implement just one of these tips, tools, techniques or tweaks this year.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Tired of running between spots to get finished with a project?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not finding tape and scissors to get things done?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Starting a project but need to check several places to get the tools to get it done?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Keep items you use together stored together.\u00a0 Think of &#8220;zones&#8221; that you can create to make it easy to get tasks accomplished.\u00a0 It could be the lunch making or baking zones in your kitchen.\u00a0 It could be the baby doll and pretend area in your child&#8217;s room.\u00a0 It could be make up, accessories and scarves in your closet.\u00a0 It could be the bill paying area with checks, envelopes and stamps.\u00a0 Be creative and use your instincts to make it easier to get things done.\u00a0 Make this Your Most Organized Year Ever by grouping items together that you use together.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Love organizing quotes and inspiration? Check out more <a title=\"Pinterest organizing inspiration\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/EllenDelap\/organizing-inspirations\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here on Pinterest<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A daily dose of organizing and productivity!\u00a0 <a title=\"Facebook Ellen Delap\" href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/EllenDelapProfessionalOrganizer.\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8220;Like&#8221; my Facebook page<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; Each year as we start the new year, we think of ways to make a change and improve our lives.\u00a0 Did you know that organizing is one of the top three goals each year?\u00a0 Throughout the month of January, I will be offering 31 tips to help you have Your Most Organized Year Ever.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1361,9],"tags":[1364,1363],"class_list":["post-4868","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-most-organized-year-ever","category-organizing-skills","tag-group-things-you-use-together","tag-work-zones"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your Most Organized Year Ever - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; 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