JANUARY IS GET ORGANIZED MONTH

In an attempt to get — and stay — organized, we set impossible goals and resolve to accomplish these goals in too short a period of time. We resolve to lose weight, to go to the gym every day, to stop procrastinating and, above all else, to get organized. Just the thought of making these resolutions can be overwhelming; and sometimes the pressure to succeed is enough to make us forget what we resolved to do in the first place.

RIGHT-SIZING IS AN ONGOING PROCESS

RIGHT-SIZING IS AN ONGOING PROCESS

When the time comes, and trust me, everyone’s time will come, I’d like to think my house is “death ready,” meaning, quite literally, that all of my ducks are in a row, including my paperwork, and that there’s no financial or physical clutter anywhere, which is exactly...