I recently read about famous makeup artist Bobbi Brown's creative way to make donating as easy and regular as possible. She embroidered a few L.L. Bean totes with "Give" and scattered a few around the house. Genius, right?! As soon as she comes across something to give, she drops it in.

Hello! I’m back from an unintended hiatus. I should have known that with an August vacation and a general late summer lag in motivation to write that my newsletter would take a hit. I’ve still been collecting stories and resources in the background, so let’s get back to it!

In the last few weeks I've given 4 virtual talks! One, to a group of real estate agents, focused on how to find nooks for home offices in their listings. It reminded me of this hall closet turned file storage from a few years ago. My client took control and did this after I left.

This week I gave a talk on work-life balance to a team in Afghanistan - virtually of course! This was a new speaking topic for me. Corralling the lessons into a presentation made me realize how much this topic is woven into my day-to-day work with clients.

It's hard to believe that I've been posting organizing videos since 2012! I recently passed the 8000 subscribers mark on my YouTube channel! In celebration, I gathered my 10 most popular YouTube videos.

I love philosopher Alain de Botton so much that we quoted him more than once in our wedding vows. Nearly everything out of his mouth and pen is original and through-provoking. His book The Architecture of Happiness is one of the few books I own.