Resources

Sort-it-out questions: A list of 10 important questions that will help you let go of excess stuff.

Win the paper chase: A guide to organizing all of your incoming paper so you can stay on top of your monthly expenses.

Prepare your home for market: A basic checklist to help you stage your home so it will sell faster.

Downsizing for Seniors: The benefits of downsizing and some tips how to start the process.

Prepare for a Yard Sale: A basic checklist to help you organize your personal flea-market.

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Where to donate in HRM:

Big Brothers Big Sisters, pick-up phone line HRM: 454-4025
Adsum House, 423-5049
Halifax Library, 490-5753
Metro Furniture Bank Assoc, 492-2300
Salvation Army, 463-3500

Check your local phone book for charitable/not-for-profit organizations.

Serving Seniors Alliance:

Your trusted resource of dedicated professionals in HRM, www.servingseniors.biz, 827-5599
Members are available for expert talks for interested audiences.

Where to consign in HRM/My favourite places:

Here We Grow Again, clothing for children & maternity, Ann + David Perry, 864-3628, Sackville
Formerly Yours Boutique, women & men’s clothing, Cunard St, Halifax, 492-3523
Urban Cottage, John Beatty, collections, estates & unique items, Granville St, Halifax, 423-3010

Personal Services we highly recommend:

Skin Deep, aesthetics by Deanna, Dresden Row, Halifax, www.skindeep-online.com, 492-2817
Platypus METT – Medical Exercise Therapy and Training, personal health & fitness service, 446-3919, www.platypus-coaching.ca

Literature

Clear Your Clutter with Feng Shui, Karen Kingston, ISBN 0-7679-0359-5
This book is very inspirational for Feng Shui followers, and for anybody else interested in “her/his clutter”, giving easy-to-follow insights on why we have clutter, how to identify it and ways to let it go.

Cut the Clutter and Stow the Stuff: the Q.U.I.C.K. way to bring lasting order to household chaos, ed. Lori Baird, available at www.rodalestore.com.
This book examines each room of the house and identifies common problems, including a section on organizing kids' rooms written by kindergarten teachers. It offers specific, practical solutions, with advice from real people on how they keep organized. Lots of information and fun related to clutter.