You CAN Get Your Office Organized

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by a marketing specialist in Canada.

While we were chatting on the phone, she volunteered to be a guinea pig as I taught her some office organising principles. It worked really well because she and I were both at our desks while we talked on the phone.

We identified her clutter personality
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YOU Can Contribute Tips & Photos to Clutter Control Freak

We want you to contribute tips, before & after photos, videos, stories, and advice to Stacks and Stacks' Clutter Control Freak Blog. Other readers will get to vote on which contributions are the most useful. Here are some of the ways you can participate:

   • Freak of the Week
Send us your nomination for the Clutter Control Freak of the Week with photos or videos and readers will pick the winner, who will get a cool prize.

The Freak of the Week can be a person, a process, a before & after, or a how-to.

   • Clutter Hacks
Send us ideas, products, and tips on clearing clutter from your life. We especially love to hear about clutter hacks that take less than 10 minutes to do.
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Do You Know How to Reach Your Organising Goals?

I'm hosting a free Skypecast on goal-setting next week. Want to join me?
Topic: 7 things you MUST do to reach your goals

When: Thursday 13 March

Time: 8PM Jhb time/ 1PM EST (New York time)

Duration: 45 mins plus 15 mins Q&A

How: via Skypecast
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Consider Ergonomics When Choosing Children's Backpacks

It's important that the backpack your child carries is not only cool, says the American Academy of Pediatrics, but also ergonomically correct.

   • Choose a backpack with wide, padded shoulder straps and a padded back.
   • Pack light. Organize the backpack to use all of its compartments. Pack heavier items closest to the center of the back. The backpack should never weigh more than 10 to 20 percent of the student's body weight.
   • Always use both shoulder straps. Slinging a backpack over one shoulder can strain muscles. Wearing a backpack on one shoulder may also increase curvature of the spine.
   • Consider a rolling backpack. This type of backpack may be a good choice for students who must tote a heavy load. Remember that rolling backpacks still must be carried up stairs, and they may be difficult to roll in snow.

Here's a video about how to measure hips and torso for the right backpack size.

Here are some backpack safety tips from the American Society of Orthopaedic Surgeons

And here's a company that actually sells a toy called Pete the Posture Parrot. I bet kids just can't wait to get one! :>)

There are many many backpack choices at School-backpacks.com
and L.L. Bean will custom-design a backpack to your specifications.

43 Folders' "Inbox Zero" System

Is your time being burgled by your email? 43 Folders publisher Merlin Mann's recently explained to Google staff (slide show here) how to create a system that will let you actually achieve "Inbox Zero". You can watch the whole talk after the jump
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