Maja, our Savvy Organizer has the stork circling above her house this week…we’re on Baby Watch! We’ll let you know when the little bundle arrives (hopefully on Friday, that’s when Maja has it scheduled and planned for) and how Mama and baby are doing. Until then, you are welcome to send her your good wishes in our comments below.

Good luck Maja, we love you!

Organizing doesn’t always have to be a huge day long production. I’m sure we’ve all learned through the podcasts that getting organized is an ongoing process, you don’t have to be perfect just keep at it.

If your clutter is keeping you up a night, we suggest taking FIVE! That’s right… take 5 minutes right now and clean up ONE cupboard in your kitchen, or one drawer in your dresser. One space, Five minutes…easy peasy. Now go set the timer, and don’t get sucked into doing more. This is your five minute fix then pat yourself on the back and do something else, enjoy your family, read an extra book to the kiddos, take a bubble bath, and be proud.

Let us know what your “5 Minute Fix” was today (mine is under my kitchen sink!) - Daria

We’re back from vacation and ready to Play, but before we get those toys out they need a bit of organizing. Maja’s major headache is her Toy Room!

In our “Toy Room Tantrum” episode today we’ll explore what you need to create an organized and functional toy room that your kids will love, and will hopefully ease that clutter headache for all the moms who listen in.

How to do it:
1 - Shelves (tall ones are best)
2 - Baskets and Bins
3 - Labels or Graphic picture for front of the bin (take out your camera and snap pics of what goes in, your kids will pick it up fast and be able to put away toys in a snap)
4 - Ditch the big ole’ Toy Box (it’s a black hole!)
5 - Widdle down your toy collection and be ruthless. Don’t forget our Mantra - “Top to bottom, left to right, focus, Focus, FOCUS!”
6 - How to maintain it is simply to have quick cleanups twice a day, then it’s simple and fast to keep it organized and beautiful

*If you have an area in your home or office that requires organizing, but you just don’t know where to start, shoot us an email to: thesavvyorganizer@gmail.com and your question might be featured and answered in an upcoming episode.

Thank you for stopping by The Savvy Organizer site. Both Maja and Daria are on vacation with our families and will return on Aug. 18th. If you have questions feel free to email us at thesavvyorganizer@gmail.com

Have a Savvy Summer and we’ll be back very soon! May we suggest listening to a past podcast to curb your appetite until our return?! Cheers!

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We’re loving the pictures our readers have included in our new Savvy Organizer Flickr group, and we want to see more! Join in the fun on Flickr and shoot the places in your home, office, car etc. that you’ve organized. You can also add pictures of your fave organizing tools and containers!