Organize your Home, Office and Teens with Peter Walsh

Recently I was privileged to be able to participate in the "Work Life Organize" webcast from Peter Walsh, designer and professional organizer, as he introduced his new [IN]PLACE System in partnership with Office Max. He gave tips on organizing all areas of your home and office but, of course, my interest was mostly in finding the best ways to help me show my teenage sons how to organize their mess.

The best way for you to learn about the new products available in this system, including his great organizing tips, would be to watch the video of the actual webcast. If you don't want to watch the entire video, my question about organizing a dorm room is at the 34 minute and 40 second mark, very close to the end.

One of the things that I love about these new supplies is that many of them are clear so that you can see what is in them without having to open each one up. I also like the use of different colored labels and paper clips that you can then match by color. And instead of a messy bag of rubber bands, get the system's colorful and fun rubber band ball.

Peter suggested that if you have kids and a home office, be an example to your kids and keep your office organized and hopefully it will rub off on them. And if your kids, from K to 12, bring home from school many papers that they want to save, instead of throwing them in a draw (like I always did) get them each a big expanding file to put them all in. I wish I had this advice when my teens were younger.

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