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Do you sometimes feel as though there are just not enough hours in the day to get done everything you need or want to get done? Do you struggle trying to balance your work, your family and social life? This article will provide you with a simple three-step process on how to earn more while working less.

Imagine opening your closet doors and having all of your items organized and displayed neatly on shelves and hangers. Follow these three simple steps and you will learn how to maximize your closet space and find what you need when you need it.

If you have a desk that is buried beneath huge piles of papers and files, or if your idea of organizing paperwork is stuffing them inside drawers or staking them on top of your table, then you probably could use some tips on cutting clutter and organizing paperwork. The easiest way to find things is by creating a simple category based system that grows with your needs. You will never have to re-do your filing system again if you follow these simple tips.

How much of your time does it take to find a particular receipt, bill, or document from your desk? Do you have to turn over each piece of paper, dig through junk, or turn your desk inside out in order to find what you are looking for? If it takes you too much time to find documents, you might need an efficient home office filing system.

So there’s omnivore and carnivore and now there’s locavore. What on earth does that mean? I have been a co-op member for years and didn’t pay much attention to the term until lately. I had to look to Wiki online for a full definition of the term: Local food (also regional food or food patriotism) or the local food movement is a “collaborative effort to build more locally based, self-reliant food economies – one in which sustainable food production, processing, distribution, and consumption is integrated to enhance the economic, environmental and social health of a particular place”[1] and is considered to be a part of the broader sustainability movement. It is part of the concept of local purchasing and local economies, a preference to buy locally produced goods and services. Those who prefer to eat locally grown/produced food sometimes call themselves locavores or localvores.[2] So I am a locavore! I translate locavore into being someone who cares about where their food comes from and the effect it’s going to have on my body. It means I prefer to support my economy by purchasing food from local sources as much as possible. In the past I have driven nearly an hour one way for fresh milk and have volunteered my home as a drop site for farms. I’d do it again if it wasn’t for the co-op that opened in our neighborhood!

I remember back fourteen years ago when I first shopped the bulk food section of a local co-op. It seemed so intimidating to me…bins, numbers, a scale, bags, and a lot of other people who knew what to do in that aisle. In the fourteen years of purchasing from the bulk food section, I think I’ve probably added fourteen years to my life with all the healthy options given to me.

Consider this circumstance: You immediately need a very important document from your table. You remember setting it down on the table, but just when you need it most, it is nowhere to be found. You find yourself shuffling through hundreds of folders and files and time is running out. Your table looks as if an avalanche has swept over it, making your search that much more difficult. Can you relate? Precisely how long does it take you to shuffle through your files to retrieve an important document?

How we spend our time determines the quality of our life. Over the course of each workweek, over 80% of us waste 10-15 hours on unnecessary interruptions, procrastination, and clutter. Consider how much more money you could make if you were productive during those 10-15 hours. Or consider how much more fun you could have if you had an extra 10-15 hours off each week. If you are ready to maximize your workweek, start with these simple eight strategies.

Whenever I hear the phrase “family road trip”, my head goes immediately to the “holiday road” tune from the National Lampoon movie and I think to myself; who really ties their dead great-aunt to the roof of a station wagon? And the answer is, the one and only Clark W. Griswold.