January 8 - 19 2008

Start the 2008 with an organized office…

Studies found that people working with a messy desk or work area waste about an average of one and half hours a day looking for or being distracted by things.

That equals 7 ½ hours a week during a 5 day work week… one a day of work lost each week… equals 52 work days during the year… all due to clutter and disorganization.

How much does disorganization and clutter cost you in time?

7 ½ hours each week x 52 = 390 hours or 16.25 days

That a vacation!

How much does disorganization and clutter cost you in money?

Let us say you charge $45 an hour for your services.

7 ½ hours x $45 = $337.50

Disorganization and clutter cost $337.50 in lost income each week.

52 x $337.50 = $17,550.00 lost revenue for the year.

Ready to take control of your clutter and disorganization?

Clip the play button to watch the video on how to enter the Messy Office Contest and receive some great prizes

Don’t see the video? View it on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/v/EFXx7VdJfPg

And the Winner Gets… contest details below the Before and After Pictures

Winner Receives the Prototype of Flip Your Time Success Kit #4 - Clarity - Get Organized…

And the PDF version of Flip Your Time Success Guide along with Flip Your Time TeleClass… We hold this class at least once a month and you can attend as often as you wish.

Before & After Pictures of Organized Home Office Project

My cat Dusty enjoys the organized office by discovering new places to hang out.

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Recap of the contest details:

1. Write a comment on one of the Blonde Year Videos

2. Send your messy office photo or link to your messy office video along with the a brief story behind your messy office and why I should pick you. organizecontest@gmail.com

3. Sign up for the FREE Get Organized TeleCall for January 21 and join me with our guest panel of organizing experts. We’ll share strategies and tips and answer your questions.

We’ll announce the winner of the Messy Office Contest on the Call

Download the Messy Office Contest Details (pdf)

Good Luck!!!

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"The Time Diva"

Ann Rusnak, is the author of "Flip Your Time" a step-by-step system that shows you how to take control of the clock so you can increase your profits and spend more time with your family and friends.

Table of contents for blonde-moment

1. A Very Blonde Year - Part 1
2. A Very Blonde Year - Part 2 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
3. A Very Blonde Year - Part 3 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
4. A Very Blonde Year - Part 4 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

A Very Blonde Year - Part 4 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

Day 5 of Organizing my Home Office

Done at last… nothing like an organized office to boost your energy. Love coming in here now. I have space on my shelves and 2 empty file drawers.

What did being disorganized cost me this past year?

Wasted Money:

I almost went out to buy office supplies to help me organize but decided to wait. Glad I waited. During the office organizing process, I ended up with a surplus of binders, dividers, storage containers, file folders etc.

Sad part is that I spend hundreds of dollars on un-needed supplies during 2007. Simply because I couldn’t find stuff or outdated stuff took up space. I got an abundance office supplies.

Late Fee Charges:

I won’t even mention how many bills got paid late because I couldn’t find them or tried to remember when they were due… Once again hundreds of dollars wasted on late fee charges not to mention a ding in the credit rating.

Miss Opportunities:

Miss opportunities to build relationships… That translates into missed income and business growth.

Wasted Time:

Right after all the upheaval finally settled down… I should have stopped and put things back in order. But getting caught up in the old "time management" mentally of doing… doing… doing cause me to lose 7 months of 2007.

I fell off the wagon… or should I say the Thinking Outside the Clock Success system. Without it, my blonde brain takes over and my naturally tendancy for disorganization and scatterbrain behavior resurfaces.

Found Money

I found checks and cash while organzing my office. Not only that, unexpected checks showed up in the mail. This disorganized mess blocked prosperity.

I learned some valuable lessons… discovered I’m an imperfect human and it didn’t take that much to back on the Thinking Outside the Clock Success system.

Anyway… check out the video… and I would loved to hear your comments.

Don’t see the video? View it on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/v/f1RWANQFyvM

Read the Story behind the sunglass

"The Time Diva"

Ann Rusnak, is the author of "Flip Your Time" a step-by-step system that shows you how to take control of the clock so you can increase your profits and spend more time with your family and friends.

January 8 - National Clean Off Your Desk Day

Is your desk lost under piles of stuff?

I spent 5 days in December decluttering and re-organizing my office. Here is what my desk looked like before:

After

While organizing the office, I recorded a short video on how to get your desk clean in less than a minute.

Don’t see the video? View it on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/v/ciZNOotm2BY

Please share your comments below…

Read the Story behind the sunglass

"The Time Diva"

Ann Rusnak, is the author of "Flip Your Time" a step-by-step system that shows you how to take control of the clock so you can increase your profits and spend more time with your family and friends.

Table of contents for blonde-moment

1. A Very Blonde Year - Part 1
2. A Very Blonde Year - Part 2 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
3. A Very Blonde Year - Part 3 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
4. A Very Blonde Year - Part 4 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

A Very Blonde Year - Part 3 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

Day 4 of Organizing the Office

The three banker boxes and 2 bins still sit in the middle of the office. They were overflowing with papers and stuff. It seemed like I didn’t make progress in getting this office organized.

Over the past three days, I spent hours going through every binder, drawer and shelf. Also went through all the files. That generated 4 big garbage bags of trash.

I created space on the shelves and ended with a couple empty drawers while organizing. Cleaning out the 3 boxes and one of the bins happend in just a couple of hours.

The one side of my desk remains a disaster area but I feel burned out dealing with clutter… time to stop and do something different.

Part of my game plan included getting rid of the one computer and finish removing the carpet. I plan on painting the room this spring. With the boxes emptied and off the floor, the office had room to move about.

Good time to for me to remove the old computer and its desk out of the room… okay… hubby removed it.

He took out the rest of the carpet before bringing down the work desk. I now have a place to work on projects. It also a nice spot when using the laptop.

It was a good time to do some heavy duty cleaning.

Check out the video progress while I share a surprise on what happened during this decluttering project.

Don’t see the video? View it on You Tube http://www.youtube.com/v/p26o_72hCTc

Read the Story behind the sunglass

"The Time Diva"

Ann Rusnak, is the author of "Flip Your Time" a step-by-step system that shows you how to take control of the clock so you can increase your profits and spend more time with your family and friends.

Table of contents for blonde-moment

1. A Very Blonde Year - Part 1
2. A Very Blonde Year - Part 2 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
3. A Very Blonde Year - Part 3 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
4. A Very Blonde Year - Part 4 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

A Very Blonde Year - Part 2 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

Today starts day 3 of Getting My Life Back in order by organizing my office. This will take a little longer than plan. I didn’t realize how out of control everything was… no wonder it kept taking me forever to get anything accomplished.

How do you begin to organize when you find yourself buried in clutter?

I applied the I.O.E. 3 Step Process from my book Flip Your Time to get the office organized.

Step 1 – Identify -What to Organize

I walk around the office (where I could) and did an assessment. From there, I made a list of what I would need, what would stay and what to do etc.

Step 2- Organize – Put a Plan Together to Organize the Office

A big part of the problem resulted from "no place to put stuff" so I would need temporary holding while organizing. I decided use 2 paper bins and 3 banker boxes.(Already had 2 banker boxes full) Garbage bags for trash.

Decide where to start and organized the activity list accordingly.

Step 3 – Execute – Begin to Organize my Office

Now I’m ready to take action.

I picked the storage closet for the starting point. Cleaning out the closet would free up space. From there, I would work my way around the office clockwise.

Check out the progress I made over the past two days.

Still learning to use video… I picked up an inexpensive web cam at Radio Shack. Don’t know how to edit or how to use lighting but I discovered how to add titles using Window Movie Maker.

Read the Story behind the sunglass

"The Time Diva"

Ann Rusnak, is the author of "Flip Your Time" a step-by-step system that shows you how to take control of the clock so you can increase your profits and spend more time with your family and friends.

Table of contents for blonde-moment

1. A Very Blonde Year - Part 1
2. A Very Blonde Year - Part 2 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
3. A Very Blonde Year - Part 3 - Decluttering & Getting Organized
4. A Very Blonde Year - Part 4 - Decluttering & Getting Organized

A Very Blonde Year - Part 1

Can’t believe the year is almost over… actually I’m glad.

Born a natural blonde, experiencing blonde moments became a way of life. But a whole fricken year… give me a break.

Not familiar with blonde moments?

A flash of momentary stupidity that causes a wise intelligent person to temporarily lose their train of thought
and gets disoriented making them feel dumb.

This past year my life was totally out of control surrounded by chaos and disorganization. It took me the whole year to realize it… now that is really being blonde.

How can The Time Diva find herself in this situation? Easier than I thought… just let the blonde in me take over.

I’m taking back control of my life and decided to do a video documentary. Great excuse to learn a new toy.

Sorry for the rambling in the video… I promise to improve…

Read the Story behind the sunglass

"The Time Diva"

Ann Rusnak, is the author of "Flip Your Time" a step-by-step system that shows you how to take control of the clock so you can increase your profits and spend more time with your family and friends.