Declutter It!

Declutter It! is a blog written by Jennifer Chait, offering lots of practical ideas and advice about how to declutter and organize your life, home, and office.

EmailFuture -send emails to yourself later

EmailFuture is a FREE and easy way to send yourself emails in the future. If you wonder how you would use it, there are some suggestions of useful uses on the site.

LooseStitch: Free Online Outliner

LooseStitch is a free collaboration tool for writers. It's fun to use - although I found that it takes a bit of practice to figure out how it works. You can create outlines for all sorts of things and invite as many friends as you want.

I think students may find LooseStitch particulary useful. However, it's worth noting that "Pages being shared may be promoted and linked by crossroad solutions as example uses of the Service."

The Clutter Diet Blog - organizing tips & ideas

Lorie Marrero is a professional organizer and creator of The Clutter Diet and she also produces a blog, The Clutter Diet Blog, which offers lots of very helpful organizing tips and ideas.

MyHomeIdeas: Decorating, Entertaining, Outdoor Living & Remodeling

If you are planning to do some interior decorating or just looking for inspiration, MyHomeIdeas is the site for you. The "Design Assistant" features thousands of photos plus you can sign up for a free design assistant "notebook" that offers "a handy place to store your design ideas, home info, contacts, and more."

Free tool to manage your recipes & share them

Do you have lots of different recipes and wish there was a simple way to organize them? Well, there is - via a clever site called WeGottaEat where you can manage your recipes online and even share them with your friends. You can also access recipes from other members.

There is a WeGottaEat Blog too.

The Lazy Organizer blog

The Lazy Organizer is an inspiring blog by Lara Gallagher. If you are looking for ideas about how to get your house organized and tips for making your life easier, Lara's friendly blog will be helpful.

Simple GTD - organize your stuff online

Simple GTD is a fantastic free web-based tool to help you "organize your stuff online" and in the process, hopefully help you with GTD (getting things done) and make your life more productive.

It only takes a moment to sign up by choosing a username and a password. Try it. I think you will agree that it's a very useful tool.

TripIt - a free site to organize your travel plans

TripIt is a very handy free trip itinerary website.

TripIt's free service will help you organize your travel plans and it's very easy to use. After you register for a TripIt account, you can create a TripPlan which is a single web page with all your trip details or if you don't have immediate travel plans, there is an option to set up TripClipper, with the travel information you've collected for future reference.

The TripIt Blog offers updates and news about TripIt.

FlyLady: your personal online coach to help you gain control of your house & home

If you are looking for fun but practical ways to organize your household and manage your home, you should try following the advice and tips on offer on FlyLady.

By referring to the site, you will learn to follow daily routines as well as choosing one of five zones in the house to focus on once per week. There are useful tips about how to declutter, FlyLady's Simple Guide to Menu Planning with recipes, and the very useful control journals to print out.

You can also join FlyLady and receive a free daily email or "FLYmail" as it's referred to on the site.

Zen Habits - simple productivity

Zen Habits is a blog to turn to for all sorts of useful tips and advice about ways to make your life easier, more productive, and indeed potentially better and happier.

Leo Babauta writes the Zen Habits blog and this is from the "about" page:

Zen Habits covers: achieving goals, productivity, being organized, GTD, motivation, eliminating debt, saving, getting a flat stomach, eating healthy, simplifying, living frugal, parenting, happiness, and successfully implementing good habits.

The blog follows a weekly routine with features on a specific topic so Monday focuses on productivity and organization, Tuesday is about finance and family, Wednesday is about simplicity, Thursday is about happiness and Friday is focused on health.

The 'favourite posts' listed on the left side of the blog is also a useful feature, especially for new readers.

There is a Zen Habits forum too, where you can "ask questions, motivate each other, and hold discussions" with other readers of Zen Habits.

Organizing & FREE time management tips

I Need More Time is the name of a useful site created by Barbara Myers, a Professional Organizer.

On the website, she shares lots of practical time management tips and provides articles about organizing your home, office and business.

There are montly motivators available on the site too.

You can slso get a FREE "50 Ways to Manage Your Time" tips booklet via e-mail when you sign up for the e-mail newsletter.

To do list tool: simple, easy, fast, shareable

"Ta-da is the web's easiest to-do list tool."

I love it. I've been using Ta-da List for ages and it really is as easy as they say. I use it for keeping various lists - favourite songs, favourite movies, favourite books, things I want to buy, quotations, links, projects, etc.

I highly recommend you sign up for your free Ta-da List account. It really does help simplify and organize your life.

Messies Anonymous: How to Organize for the Messie Person

"Messies Anonymous is dedicated to bringing harmony in the home through understanding and aiding the Messie mindset."

Sandra Felton's site offers lots of useful advice and tips starting with the very practical suggestions on how to get started.

You can also sign up for daily e-mail tips.

LibraryThing: catalog your books online

LibraryThing is an online service to help people catalog their books easily.

You can also get recommendations by using the book suggester.

Choose to arrange your books on a virtual shelf or on a list. Have fun with it!
LibraryThing is very useful and also incredibly addictive!

Real Simple: Life made easier

Real Simple magazine offers "useful strategies" that "focus on making busy women’s lives easier" and their website, RealSimple.com "translates the magazine’s content and philosophy to the web by providing a fast, easy way to search more than 6,000 solutions for everyday life. But it’s much more than an information resource; with its unique online tools, RealSimple.com becomes the ultimate time-saver."

Real Simple is a very useful site. It's packed with lots and lots of tips and practical ideas - organizing, cleaning, meals, life skills, and more - to help make life easier.