The Garage Is Also a Place to Park Your Car (Meetup)

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research (Carriage House) 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX, United States

“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.

Free

The Home Office: Productive Workspace or No Man’s Land? (Meetup)

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research (Carriage House) 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX, United States

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.

Free

Purging Paper Piles: Getting Yourself Ready for Tax Season (Meetup)

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research (Carriage House) 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX, United States

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group. The topic for February’s meetup will be “Purging Paper Piles: Getting Yourself Ready for Tax Season.”

Free

Getting Organized in the New Year: Rethinking Resolutions (Meetup)

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research (Carriage House) 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX, United States

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group. The topic for January’s meetup will be “Getting Organized in the New Year: Rethinking Resolutions.” We’ll talk about New Year’s resolutions…and why they don’t always work. Gayle will offer suggestions about how to keep your organizing goals from collapsing before March. We’ll check in about what we accomplished (or didn’t) in 2009, and what’s next.

Free

Clearing Clutter by Donation During the Charitable Season (Meetup)

Clayton Library Center for Genealogical Research (Carriage House) 5300 Caroline, Houston, TX, United States

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group. The topic for December’s meetup will be “Clearing Clutter by Donation During the Charitable Season.” Take advantage of the charitable mood and prepare your space to receive another round of gifts at the same time. We’ll talk about clearing your clutter by making donations to people in need this holiday season.

Free

Gift-shopping Advice (Meetup)

Freed-Montrose Neighborhood Library 4100 Montrose Blvd., Houston, TX, United States

Gayle Goddard facilitates the monthly meeting of the Houston Clutter Coaching Meetup Group. The topic for November’s meetup will be “Gift-shopping Advice.” Ensure that the gifts you buy this holiday season don’t end up stuffed in the recipient’s closet. Gayle will offer some clutter-free gift giving advice.

Free