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Family Dinners Nourish Teens’ Happiness

For the past six months I have been very focused on organizing my online activities, deactivating accounts that I never use, selling off domain names that I’m never going to develop, and unsubscribing from the many email newsletters that haven’t served me well for a...
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How to Get the Help You Need

Alison Hodgson wrote a terrific article on Houzz.com entitled, “Decluttering — How to Get the Help You Need” about the qualities to look for in a gifted friend or professional organizer to help you sort through the clutter. “Special tip: if you can possibly avoid...
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Felice Cohen – 90 to 500 sq ft

Felice Cohen is a writer, artist, and professional organizer based in New York City. Five million people have seen this video of her 90 square foot apartment on YouTube: Then she moved to an apartment in the Upper West Side that is more than 5...
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Where 50 Influencers Work

Francesca Levy, editor at LinkedIn, created a new LinkedIn photo series featuring workspaces of thought leaders, including Craigslist founder Craig Newmark, Peter Guber, co-owner of the L.A. Dodgers, Richard Branson, Founder at Virgin Group, and many more. Click here to check it out! It’s a...
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Quiz: How Serious Is Your Clutter?

Are you a clutterer? Take this quiz from the Clutterless.org website and find out! Do you feel overwhelmed when thinking about your clutter? Have you tried to “clean up” or “organize” yourself repeatedly, with no lasting results? Are you ashamed to have anyone come to...
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George Carlin: Too Much Stuff!

Here is a hilarious video of George Carlin that was featured earlier this year on LifeEdited. He talks about the consequences of having too much stuff! And it’s funny. Excerpt: “In this it’s-funny-because-it’s-true riff, Carlin highlights how our lives are often centered around the stuff...
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Guest Post on LifeEdited.com

Last week I submitted a cute story to LifeEdited.com about a New York Times article that I had read a few years ago entitled “But Will It Make You Happy?” and how it forever changed the way that I celebrated Christmas with relatives in the...
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Tom Shadyac’s Students Give Back

Tom Shadyac, the director of blockbuster comedies like Liar, Liar and Bruce Almighty, became famous for giving up his riches in favor of a more simple lifestyle and filming a documentary about how to be happy. Now, he is teaching University students to give back....
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