[911Rob]

Clutter has to be one of the most de-motivating habits that one can have. I discovered a simple plan for clutter clean up that works very well....

Get a bunch of boxes 5 to 10 depending on how severe your clutter is. Label them 1 to 10. Then start grabbing things and throwing them into the boxes; try to have some kind of general organization to the box things go in.... ie: Tax & accounting papers; magazines & reading material; junk; etc. As you throw something in the box speak into a hand held recorder and say "2005 tax return for Joan - Box 3" and do this for each item.

Then take the boxes and put them away; somewhere like a storage room or garage. One day when you have time; make a sheet that has the box number on top and write out each item in each box. Tape the sheet to the box. When you need something, you can find it and no more clutter. If you're good at filing into more organized boxes, you dont need the sheet. Empty your file cabinet, etc. once a year. If you dont open the box in 1 - 2 years; review the insides and get rid of the stuff you dont need.

I keep one box in my office for the current year; stuff I dont need to have in my cabinet. When the box gets full, I put it with the others and start a new one. At the end of the year I organize the boxes into categories and empty my file cabinets out. Works very well for me, hope it helps decluttering?