If you are like most people you have pictures in 20 different places in your home, including on your phone, on your camera, in a shoe box, on a couple of random hard drives, in crumbling photo albums, and the list goes on and on.  You probably have mix of traditional printed photos and digital pictures that have never been printed along with a smattering of slides and negatives thrown in for good measure. Sound familiar? You are not alone.

Consider this from 1000memories.com “Every two minutes today we snap as many photos as the whole of humanity took in the 1800s.” Holy cow! No wonder we are drowning in our photos!

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The third week of April is Organize Your Files Week.  Oh boy, I just saw everyone’s eyes glaze over. I know, filing is not anyone’s favorite task but it is a necessity for a well-run office AND home.

When is the last time you purged your files (personal AND business)? The theory is that we never look at 80% of the paper that we file ever again!

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If a task will take you two minutes or less, do it now. Here are a few things you can do in two minutes or less!

• Make your bed. It will keep your sheets cleaner and your room neater.
• Pay a bill.
• Empty the dishwasher.
• Clean out 2 file folders. Shred or toss what you don't need to keep.
• Shred papers from your shredding pile.
• Sort your mail.
• Grab your laundry basket and gather everything that doesn’t belong in the living room. Return it to its proper room.

Because February is the shortest month of the year, we are talking about small things, small projects and small spaces in your home.

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