WHERE PAPER MEETS TIME - Part 1 of 4

Paper clutter is more often a symptom of poor time management than poor organization skills.

Think about the areas in your home or office where paper has taken over:  your desk at the office, your kitchen countertop and your briefcase.  What’s there?

The Wall Street Journal reported that U.S. executives waste an average of six weeks per year looking for items in cluttered desks and files – that works out to be about an hour a day.

When you are overwhelmed with the feeling that there is too much to do, and not enough time, taking control of your paper piles is one of the most effective solutions.

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Organize the Bathroom - Part 2

Medicine Cabinet Makeover and Purge

Start by removing everything from your medicine cabinet. As you take each item out, check the expiration date. If it has expired, see What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Old Medications? for tips on how to dispose of it properly. Sort and organize anything that hasn’t expired into piles based on what they are used for – pain medicines together, first aid essentials in another pile, and so on.

NEXT: Take Inventory

What’s the Best Way to Get Rid of Old Medications?

Real Simple answers your questions.

Q. How should I dispose of medicines that have expired?

Elizabeth Rogers

Murfreesboro, Tennessee

A. Mix medications with coffee grounds and toss them in the trash. It turns out that the common practice of flushing pills down the toilet has a harmful effect on waterways and their ecosystems. Instead, mix most expired pills with coffee grounds, cat litter, or sawdust in a zippered plastic bag and throw it out with the garbage. This will keep them away from kids and pets and prevent harm to fish and other wildlife habitats. The exception? Highly addictive drugs, such as Percocet and OxyContin, which the Food and Drug Administration classifies as controlled substances. (Visit smarxtdisposal.net for a full list.) These should be flushed, to eliminate any chance of accidental ingestion.

Another option is to participate in a medication take-back program. To find out if your area has one and which medications it accepts, contact the local waste-management office at your city hall. ―Kristin Appenbrink

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Organize the Bathroom

Medicine Cabinet Makeover

It’s easy to let over the counter medicines expire and the bandage box run down to zero, but keeping everything current and stocked is the best way to be prepared for an emergency.

Have a Look Inside

Three open bottles of aspirin, half a dozen tubes of who-knows-what, and a shelf full of expired prescriptions. Sound familiar? If this is what your medicine cabinet looks like, it’s time for an overhaul. In under an hour you can purge, sort, restock, and end up with a masterfully organized cabinet.

Tomorrow - Empty and Purge

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New Blog

This blog will be dedicated to organization and time management. 

Look forward to it!!!