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Houston Clutter Coaching May Meetup

Save the Date!
Thursday, May 27, 2010
7:00–8:30 p.m.

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group. Details will be announced soon!

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
(Carriage House)
5300 Caroline
Houston, TX 77030
832-393-2600
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Houston Clutter Coaching April Meetup

Thursday, April 29, 2010
7:00–8:30 p.m.

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group.

At the April meetup, we’ll follow up on the project we introduced in March: “The Home Office: Productive Workspace or No Man’s Land?” Come tell the group about your progress and we’ll share hints about how to keep rolling.

Messy garage
The garage is also a place to park your car.

We’ll also introduce our focus for May: “The Garage Is Also a Place to Park Your Car.” We’re heading into prime garage sale season, so now is the time to move the junk out and the car in and give yourself a bonus of some vacation cash. We’ll talk about how garages become the storage space of last refuge and graveyard of deferred decisions—and what you can do to change that.

As usual, we’ll also open the floor to your questions, success stories, and tales of trouble spots. And don’t forget the drawing for a door prize or two! (You must be present to win.)

SPECIAL NOTE: Our April meeting will be on the FIFTH Thursday of April instead of our regularly scheduled fourth Thursday.

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
(Carriage House)
5300 Caroline
Houston, TX 77030
832-393-2600
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Storage Units: The Exorbitant Cost of Holding On

At the February meeting of NAPO Houston, we watched a documentary called Store. It’s about self-storage units and how people use them. The filmmakers interviewed dozens of renters about their stuff and why they pay to keep it in storage. The interviewees offered all the common reasons: they moved to a smaller house, inherited stuff from a parent, or just accumulated too much to keep at home. But there were some less common reasons, too.

Storage units
Your rental payments, like the storage units that clutter our landscape, go on and on forever.

One retired man had been collecting items from garage and estate sales, and he believed that his children’s inheritance was somewhere in his “collection.” Some day they would open his unit, pull out the junk, and find the treasures they’d inherited. Burglars had broken into the unit once, only to walk away empty-handed because the unit was too stuffed full of junk to bother robbing.

Another interview subject, a divorced mother, was storing a huge collection of stuffed animals. She said that she couldn’t throw away “anything with eyes.” …[Read more]

The Ask Kim Jordan Show: Organizing Products

Station: KTBU (Houston’s Channel 55)
Aired: November 2009

Kim Jordan, host of The Ask Kim Jordan Show, interviews Gayle Goddard about organizing products for the closet and home office. …[Read more]

Speaking Engagement: Frostwood Women's Group

Tuesday, April 6, 2010
10:00 a.m.

Gayle Goddard will speak to the monthly meeting of the Frostwood Women’s Group. This meeting is in a private home and not open to the general public.

Special Event: Shredding Day to Benefit ABWA WINGS Chapter

Shredded documents
Protect the security of your discarded documents, and donate to a good cause.

Saturday, March 27, 2010
9:00 a.m.–noon

Houston residents can bring their sensitive documents to be shredded securely and on site at the Four Points by Sheraton Hotel on Saturday, March 27. Your $10 minimum donation will benefit the ABWA WINGS Chapter.

ABWA’s mission: “To bring together business women of diverse occupations and to provide opportunities for them to help themselves and others grow personally and professionally through leadership, education, networking support, and national recognition.”

Location

Four Points by Sheraton Houston
10655 Katy Freeway
(I-10 and Beltway 8)
Houston TX 77024
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The Clutter Fairy Talks Tax Prep on Internet Radio

Program: blogtalkradio’s Wise Women Do
Air Date: January 9, 2010

Bonnie Peterson, host of blogtalkradio’s Wise Women Do radio show, interviews Gayle Goddard about tools to get organized for tax filing and beyond. (Please allow a few moments for the audio player to load.) …[Read more]

Houston Clutter Coaching March Meetup

Thursday, March 25, 2010
7:00–8:30 p.m.

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group.

At the March meetup we’ll follow up on the project we introduced in February: “Purging Paper Piles: Getting Yourself Ready for Tax Season.” Come tell the group about your progress and we’ll share hints about how to keep rolling.

Home office
The home office: productive workspace or no man’s land?

We’ll also introduce our focus for April: “The Home Office: Productive Workspace or No Man’s Land?” If you’ve made progress clearing paper piles, then cleaning up your home office is a great next step! We’ll talk about how to streamline your files, manage the desktop, maybe rethink your furniture placement. Or do you need to create a filing system from scratch? We’ll take a fearless look inside the home office.

As usual, we’ll also open the floor to your questions, success stories, and tales of trouble spots. And don’t forget the drawing for a door prize or two! (You must be present to win.)

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research
(Carriage House)
5300 Caroline
Houston, TX 77030
832-393-2600
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Speaking Engagement: Quilt Guild of Greater Houston

Friday, March 19, 2010
10:00 a.m.–noon

Quilt Guild of Greater HoustonGayle Goddard, professional organizer, will be the guest speaker at the March monthly meeting of the Quilt Guild of Greater Houston. The topic of the presentation will be “Organizing Your Craft Area.”

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church
11612 Memorial Drive

Houston, Texas 77024
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Speaking Engagement: Life Enrichment of Houston (LEOH)

Thursday, March 18, 2010
11:00 a.m.–noon

Life Enrichment of Houston (LEOH)
LEOH SESSIONS
Adventures in Learning
for Senior Adults

Gayle Goddard will participate in the Spring Town Hall sessions of Life Enrichment of Houston (LEOH). The topic of her presentation will be “The Five Most Common Organizing Mistakes.”

Bethany United Methodist Church
3511 Linkwood Dr

Houston, TX 77025
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