Comments on: Paper Pile Makeover Results! http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/ Simplify your home. Mon, 21 May 2012 00:47:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Sarah http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-30348 Sarah Mon, 24 Oct 2011 17:46:20 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-30348 I admire your resolve. I tried scanning all of my old photos into the computer but when I took a chance to look at all of my hard work the scanned images were hopeless. I ended up giving up. As for the huge piles of paperwork I have, they are all nicely hidden in a cupboard... I do attack them regularly but I seem to spend all of my time recategorizing them rather than throwing them out. On the plus side after each visit the cupboard does look a lot more tidy :o) Wow, I have just checked out how long ago your original post was written. Did you manage to keep it up? I admire your resolve.
I tried scanning all of my old photos into the computer but when I took a chance to look at all of my hard work the scanned images were hopeless. I ended up giving up. As for the huge piles of paperwork I have, they are all nicely hidden in a cupboard… I do attack them regularly but I seem to spend all of my time recategorizing them rather than throwing them out. On the plus side after each visit the cupboard does look a lot more tidy :o )

Wow, I have just checked out how long ago your original post was written. Did you manage to keep it up?

]]> By: Tiffany http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-25234 Tiffany Wed, 27 Apr 2011 12:20:31 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-25234 I can't remember the website I saw this on, but I thought it was an awesome idea. All of those scanned things never truly get to appreciated on a computer..... So turn them into a scrapbook from snappish or kodak or whatever.... Or if you don't have space, how about a movie slideshow? I can’t remember the website I saw this on, but I thought it was an awesome idea. All of those scanned things never truly get to appreciated on a computer….. So turn them into a scrapbook from snappish or kodak or whatever…. Or if you don’t have space, how about a movie slideshow?

]]> By: Kate http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-24565 Kate Fri, 08 Apr 2011 17:58:07 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-24565 Wow! I just found your blog (over 2 years after you wrote this post) via Ohdeedoh, and it is like the heavens have opened and a choir of angels is singing. I am poring through your "begin here" posts and loving it all. Your ideas are not 100% new to me, as I have been focusing on simplifying and decluttering already, but you put it all so well! As to this particular post, I have a horrible pile (much like your "before" shot) sitting in the corner of my bedroom. I think I am going to go home tonight and make myself a big (fake) sign that says "I AM MOVING OVERSEAS" and tape it to the wall while I work on tackling that pile. Thank you so much for the inspiration! Wow! I just found your blog (over 2 years after you wrote this post) via Ohdeedoh, and it is like the heavens have opened and a choir of angels is singing. I am poring through your “begin here” posts and loving it all. Your ideas are not 100% new to me, as I have been focusing on simplifying and decluttering already, but you put it all so well!

As to this particular post, I have a horrible pile (much like your “before” shot) sitting in the corner of my bedroom. I think I am going to go home tonight and make myself a big (fake) sign that says “I AM MOVING OVERSEAS” and tape it to the wall while I work on tackling that pile. Thank you so much for the inspiration!

]]> By: Paper Pile Makeover: Turn Piles into Files http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-23871 Paper Pile Makeover: Turn Piles into Files Sat, 19 Mar 2011 23:44:10 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-23871 [...] Update: Would you like to see the paper pile makeover results? [...] [...] Update: Would you like to see the paper pile makeover results? [...]

]]> By: Jennifer M. http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-22803 Jennifer M. Sun, 20 Feb 2011 22:15:45 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-22803 Wow! Excellent job! I love your tip to pretend you're moving overseas. That really helps rid your mind of the "what if I need this someday?" mentality. Wow! Excellent job! I love your tip to pretend you’re moving overseas. That really helps rid your mind of the “what if I need this someday?” mentality.
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]]> By: Dropbox: My Online File Cabinet http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-22187 Dropbox: My Online File Cabinet Thu, 20 Jan 2011 18:03:41 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-22187 [...] years ago I did the Great Paper Pile Makeover of ’08, and it helped immensely. My strategy at that time to purge and sort was to “pretend I was [...] [...] years ago I did the Great Paper Pile Makeover of ’08, and it helped immensely. My strategy at that time to purge and sort was to “pretend I was [...]

]]> By: Blog Review #5: Small Notebook | Domestically Obsessed http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-19380 Blog Review #5: Small Notebook | Domestically Obsessed Wed, 20 Oct 2010 12:43:44 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-19380 [...] first glance, you’d think, oh, another organizing blog.  She talks about paper clutter and using paper mache covered cardboard boxes to organize instead of rubber containers, right?  [...] [...] first glance, you’d think, oh, another organizing blog.  She talks about paper clutter and using paper mache covered cardboard boxes to organize instead of rubber containers, right?  [...]

]]> By: Kelly Cook http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-17525 Kelly Cook Sun, 22 Aug 2010 02:36:04 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-17525 The other day I needed something in my 2 drawer lateral file-you know the kind that is equivalent to 4 file drawers-and realized that probably 90% of the stuff in the top drawer is unnecesarry! I created those files less than 2 years ago because I had no drawers at my desk and I thought I was good about not keeping the unessentianls. I hardly ever go in there, so I'm thinking it's time to dump it all! The lower drawer is full of stuff that I didn't know what to do with-shouldn't that be a clue I don't need it? .-= Kelly Cook´s last blog post ..<a href="http://some-thingscookin.blogspot.com/2010/08/little-things.html" rel="nofollow">The Little Things</a> =-. The other day I needed something in my 2 drawer lateral file-you know the kind that is equivalent to 4 file drawers-and realized that probably 90% of the stuff in the top drawer is unnecesarry! I created those files less than 2 years ago because I had no drawers at my desk and I thought I was good about not keeping the unessentianls. I hardly ever go in there, so I’m thinking it’s time to dump it all! The lower drawer is full of stuff that I didn’t know what to do with-shouldn’t that be a clue I don’t need it?
.-= Kelly Cook´s last blog post ..The Little Things =-.

]]> By: SmallNotebook.org in 30 Seconds http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-17498 SmallNotebook.org in 30 Seconds Sat, 21 Aug 2010 03:15:16 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-17498 [...] 1. Life is simpler when we have less stuff. (You can see my paper pile makeover.) [...] [...] 1. Life is simpler when we have less stuff. (You can see my paper pile makeover.) [...]

]]> By: Merewyn http://smallnotebook.org/2008/10/29/paper-pile-makeover-results/#comment-15831 Merewyn Fri, 25 Jun 2010 13:12:45 +0000 http://smallnotebook.org/?p=855#comment-15831 WOW - that BEFORE picture is my desk!! I need to do something about it when I take some leave in a couple of weeks, I thought i was the only one.... WOW – that BEFORE picture is my desk!! I need to do something about it when I take some leave in a couple of weeks, I thought i was the only one….

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