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Stackers and filers
People regularly tell me keeping order is not for them, and they can never be good at it so they have lost hope. They also tell me stories about how their lives are broken.
To put it simply, order creates pockets of reflection which help you resolve all the things that order cannot solve. Order creates systems so that you have time and energy for the human parts of life. Take one step at a time—not twelve or even three—to become more organized and things will shift for the better throughout your entire life.Read More >>
Inside a piler's mind
We now know that the piler brain typically has fantastic creating elements. They bring fun, innovation and beauty to our lives. For years we marginalized pilers because they looked like slackers. In reality, many geniuses were probably pilers: Einstein, Picasso, Beethoven, da Vinci. An educated guess is that many architects, writers, artists, inventors, designers, and entrepreneurs have the Piler gene, which hasn't been identified yet, but I'm sure it's there.
My theories about pilers are:Read More >>
Fast & easy ways to reduce your junk mail
Mail is a huge source of paper clutter in the home and the office. It comes in and piles up on landing zones such as your desk, kitchen counter, or coffee table.
What if you could stop much of your mail from even making it to your mail box? Recycling junk mail only solves half of the problem. Production of mailers, catalogs, and advertisements accounts for the destruction of 100 million trees each year. In global warming terms, it's equivalent to 3.7 million cars.
Reduce your junk mail by following these simple tips:Read More >>
