The Inspired Office in Northern Virginia Magazine!
The Inspired Office is featured in August 2014’s Northern Virginia Magazine! Pictures of a client’s transformation are included, as well a great Q and A with her about the process of working with me....
View ArticleHere’s Where I Start With the Big Projects
Video Length: 2:36 To Make a Long Story Short: Gather your papers from all corners of your universe. Dig deep: pull from bags, drawers, boxes, closets, piles on the counter, piles on the desk, and...
View ArticleGreat interview on how to easily change habits
This weekend I watched a video interview with Zen Habits‘ Leo Babauta as entertainment while baking. I admire everything this guy writes on his incredibly minimal blog and it was nice to finally put a...
View Article$5 Off Organizing Manifesto Poster
What do you get the person who has too much of everything? A numbered, hand silkscreened Inspired Office Manifesto poster! Enjoy $5 off through Wednesday, December 17th with coupon code HOLIDAY5OFF....
View ArticleHow I used Evernote to whip out the perfect quote at a Solstice party
I attended a winter solstice party where I was informed that we were supposed to have brought a quote, message, song, etc. as an offering. Luckily, I had one in stock on my phone! Before reading it, I...
View ArticleLet’s Spread These Email Guidelines for the World
I was pumping my fist in the air while reading Alexandra Franzen’s Email Guidelines for the World. She so sweetly lays down some rules for how we can keep life simpler for those we email. This made me...
View ArticleHow Marie Kondo organizes a bookshelf (I did it and it works)
Last week I spent two days with a client sorting her books using author Marie Kondo’s super strict, but feelings-based method. Her video here explains the steps. We followed the method in a way that...
View ArticleI don’t wake up looking like this…
…but it still looks like me. That is the mark of an excellent photographer. I actually never considered professional head shots until I landed on Tamzin Smith‘s portfolio a few months ago. As soon as...
View ArticleHow to get rid of 564 items in a month
A lot of minimalism articles are just fluff, explaining its popularity without teaching the execution, which is why I liked Why Tidying Up Could Change Your Life in The Guardian. It offers 5 applicable...
View ArticleHow to maximize space in an Ikea shelf cube
Rockville, MD portrait photographer Tamzin Smith (who also did my head shots) needed some ideas for organizing her studio space. It was already pretty organized, but needed some fine-tuning behind the...
View ArticleRead this book about how to share (and make $ from) your creative process.
On the plane to CA for the NAPO San Francisco-Bay area chapter conference last October, I read Austin Kleon‘s entire book Show Your Work. Not one page of this little powerhouse is fluff. If you are a...
View ArticleVideo: Peek inside my wallet
You’ve already seen what’s in my non-purse, now check out my wallet. This holds everything I truly need on me as I’m out and about. Where do I keep my chapstick? In my pocket. Where do I carry all...
View ArticleHow I used Evernote this week to consolidate notes, handouts, and business...
If you’re still not sure how Evernote works, you need to see this note of mine. After the NAPO-SFBA conference, I created a note to include every note taken, handout, and business card generated by the...
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