Take a Break — How Breaks Improve Health and Productivity
If I asked what the single best thing you could do to improve your productivity was, what would you say? Would it be doing a brain dump of your tasks? Prioritizing what you need to do? Making a list?...
View ArticleTake a Break for Productivity — The International Perspective
RECAPPING THE IMPORTANCE OF TAKING A BREAK Last week, in Take a Break — How Breaks Improve Health and Productivity, we looked at the key benefits of taking breaks in helping us improve our mental and...
View ArticleSpooky Clutter: Fears that Keep You from Getting Organized
Portions of this post originally appeared in 2015. PAPER DOLL FEARS FEAR This week is Halloween, a time for ghosts, goblins, vampires, and other scary creatures. I’ve never been a fan of the fearful...
View Article3 Simple But Powerful Productivity Resources — Right in Your Browser Tab
Too many open tabs cause stress and decrease your productivity. But what if you could boost your productivity right from your browser tab? HOW TO BE A GOOD GOBLIN For most of us above a certain age,...
View ArticleOrganize Your Desktop with Your Perfect Desk Pad
WHY USE A DESK PAD? It’s funny how small, random things resonate with people. In early September, in Paper Doll Explores New & Nifty Office and School Supplies, I included a small section on how...
View ArticlePaper Doll’s Thanksgiving Week Organizing and Productivity Buffet
Whether you’re getting ready to go over the river and through the woods, hosting a Thanksgiving celebration of your own, or stuck (in an airport or at home) with too little to do, today’s post is for...
View ArticlePaper Doll De-Stresses Your December
Did December sneak up on you? Were you so focused on Thanksgiving that when you got to the other side of it last week and flipped the calendar page, you gasped to realize how little of the year was...
View ArticlePaper Doll on Clutter-Free Gifts and How to Make Gift Cards Make Sense
Chances are good that you’ve got three things on your mind right now: shopping for holiday presents, trying to keep your shopping and your budget organized in this most expensive of months, and dealing...
View ArticleToss Old Socks, Pack Away 2023, and Adjust Your Attitude for 2024
I don’t know about you, beloved readers, but 2023 has been a rollercoaster. In January, someone rang my doorbell late at night to tell me they’d hit my car in the parking lot; in August, my car was...
View ArticleRecapping Paper Doll’s 2023 Posts — Which Were Your Favorites?
With one week left in 2023, have you taken time yet to review your year? For the December Productivity and Organizing Blog Carnival, Janet Barclay asked us to identify our best blog posts of 2023, and...
View Article24 Smart Ways to Get More Organized and Productive in 2024
Happy New Year! Happy GO Month! January is Get Organized & Be Productive (GO) Month, an annual initiative sponsored by the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals...
View ArticlePaper Doll Shares 12 Kinds of Paper To Declutter Now
After last week’s 24 Smart Ways to Get More Organized and Productive in 2024, we continue with GO Month, an entire month devoted to getting organized and being productive. I thought it might be time to...
View ArticleReference Files Master Class (Part 1) — The Essentials of Paper Filing
COPING WITH PAPER OVERWHELM After last week’s post, Paper Doll Shares 12 Kinds of Paper To Declutter Now, I had a number of readers mention to me that while knowing what to get rid of helps them deal...
View ArticleReference Files Master Class (Part 2) — Financial and Legal Papers
As we move through Get Organized & Be Productive (GO) Month, the annual initiative sponsored by the National Association of Productivity & Organizing Professionals (NAPO), it’s the perfect time...
View ArticleReference Files Master Class (Part 3) — Medical Papers
For our final post of Get Organized & Be Productive (GO) Month, we’re continuing our refresh of classic posts and essential concepts in paper organizing. So far, we’ve looked at: Paper Doll Shares...
View ArticleReference Files Master Class (Part 4) — Household and Personal Papers
As part of our 2024 refresh of classic posts and essential concepts in paper organizing, we’ve already looked at the what it’s time to let go of, the basic tools for creating a working filing system,...
View ArticleBlending Libraries: How To Organize Books with Your Sweetheart
Did you know that in addition to February 14th being Valentine’s Day, it’s also International Book Giving Day and Library Lovers’ Day? As someone who’d much rather receive a bouquet of books than...
View ArticleCelebrate the Global Day of Unplugging
From the moment you open your eyes in the morning until you finally nod off at night, do you experience over-stimulation? Do you suffer from over-availability, whether to your boss, colleagues, or...
View ArticleSlam the Scam! Organize to Protect Against Scams
Being organized and productive depends on having systems in place. The problem is that sometimes things happen that throw all of our carefully curated systems out the window. Things like getting the...
View ArticlePaper Doll Springs Ahead with Three Empowering Concepts
SPRING HAS (ALMOST) SPRUNG After a long, dark winter, we’re finally seeing some sure signs of springtime. For example, we just set the clocks forward an hour. However you feel about Daylight Saving...
View ArticlePaper Doll Shares 3 Quirky & Cool New Office Supplies
Being organized and productive is about systems and skills. Too often, we’re tempted to believe that the ideal box or tub or app is the key to getting us where we want to be in our journey toward...
View ArticlePaper Doll Explains Aspirational vs. Inspirational Clutter
Do you ever think about all the different flavors of clutter? A few years ago, I wrote The Boo-Hoo Box: Organizing Painful Clutter. In that post, as a precursor to discussing the kinds of heartbreaking...
View ArticlePaper Doll’s Ultimate Guide to Tax-Smart Organizing: 2024
Every few years, I share a series of tax-related organizing tips for readers. Recently I’ve received inquiries from first-time filers asking for how to even begin the process. So, today’s post mixes...
View ArticlePaper Doll Shares How To Select a Shredder, Shred Responsibly, and Save
Much of the following post originally appeared in 2021 and has been updated for 2024 with current product links and shredding discounts. Klop. KaKLOP! Klunkety klunkety. KaKLOP! Grrrrrr uggggggg....
View ArticleCool, Sustainable Packing and Shipping Solutions for Earth Day
Nobody will ever call Paper Doll an outdoorsy person. I’m as indoorsy as you can get. People shout about being “at one with nature” but I’m definitely at two with nature; we couldn’t be less...
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