I love being paperless. Not only does it save trees, time, and space, it keeps my visual environment clear of clutter. Overall, being paperless lends itself to a better feng shui-ed space. Or does it? We still have the same amount of ‘information’ (arguably much more than ever before) filed and stored as before our Digital Age. It’s just floating around instead of stacked in file folders, cabinets, closets, desks, and so...

Before my recent trip to New York, I had back-to-back clients in Nashville that had the same problem: too much space. I thought this was ironic as I was preparing my workshop materials or New Yorkers who most often suffer from the opposite problem: too little space. Either issue can be stressful.  Let’s take a look. TOO MUCH SPACE With my recent clients with too much space, they were both bachelors who didn’t know what to fill the extra...

One of the best things about being a blogger or a writer of any type is that there is virtually no overhead. All you pretty much need is a computer and some discipline. However, it is for this reason that a designated office space is often overlooked for writers, not to mention a feng shui-ed office space. Whether writing fiction or non-fiction, blogs or books, a writer spends her day pouring herself out, emotionally and intellectually, onto...

I went Fall shopping this weekend. Everything looked like clothes from Flashdance, but I managed to make out with some new threads that I really like. And now, of course, everything in my closet feels out of style! So this led to a massive closet clearing on Sunday afternoon. I came home with five new items and ended up with ten empty hangers – not to mention stuff from my drawers. Wow! My wardrobe shrank but I love everything in my closet...

In the documentary film, The Story of Stuff, Annie Leonard examines our national obsession with stuff and how it all began. She attributes our consumption addiction to the post-World War III economic policies that propagandized the notion of buying stuff. Our insatiable appetites haven’t been able to stop since. That is, until now. With the decline of the economy – whether directly affected or not – we have all started to take...