Someone suggested to me once that that is the very minimum – clutter that’s in one’s face is worse than the clutter behind your back, unless of course what you are looking for is in the mess behind you. The idea is to keep the clutter in your “back office.”

Office Depot in Canada is closing down, so during the last couple of weeks I have bought some Desktopper hanging files and plastic folders made for “pile” filing, and have begun to put things in place.

The trick is to do a little decluttering every day – the daily purge as you called it. I find it helps to have reminders of my anti-clutter campaign at the top of my project list, and as the first item of my daily task list.

Thanks again for your article. I just discovered your blog about half an hour ago, and quite like it.

Daly

Do you not need a key to get into your place of work?

Also, the best grinder may not be on the best maker, and so on. I buy the very best I can afford–not necessarily the most expensive–Consumer Reports is my friend. I try to see if I can do without an appliance–I only have a grinder, coffee maker, plain pop-up toaster, a microwave oven and a KitchenAid stand mixer. Everything else is manual—great knives (four–a chef’s knife, a paring knife, a carving knife and a serrated bread knife), a can opener, etc.

Great blog!

2. I keep one of those magnetic dry/wet marker boards on refrig. The pen is hooked right next to it. Whenever I remember that I need something from store or have an appointment, need to remember something, ect. I immediately just note it on the refrigerator board. I’ve trained hubby to do the same. Whenever either of us goes to store, we glance at board and put needed items on a sticky note. Then the item is wiped off the board.
Cannot tell you just how much time and frustration this board has saved us, especially because we are in out 60′s and memory heads south!