This holiday season, give yourself the gift of more meaningful, less stressful festivities by taking an organized approach to the celebrations ahead. Here are a few holiday planning tasks to tackle in early November.

Is there a connection between how you spend your money, how you view your stuff, and how you respect yourself? There is--and it's greater than you might think.

Faced with an out-of-control hall closet, kitchen drawer, desktop, or calendar? You might think, "I need to get organized!" Before trying to put systems in place, though, there's a critical step you need to take: decluttering. Here's why.

An elaborate plastic gadget designed to cut butter. A card game that lets you play Rock, Paper, Scissors. An electronic do-dad that chills a can of pop when you plug it into your laptop. What do these things have in common, and why do they cause clutter? Read on to find out.

Getting your To Do list done can be a challenge when it's full of multi-step projects instead of one-bite actions. Here's how to tell the difference between the two and how to learn the skill of "Next Action" thinking.

In preparation for my participation in a Hunger Challenge through my local food bank, I gave my kitchen a clean-out. Here's how I did it, and what I learned along the way.