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This Kit Made Getting My End-of-Life Affairs in Order Somehow ... Fun? “Getting your affairs in order” sounds like a terrible chore. This estate management system makes it much easier (and even more enjoyable) than you might fear.

"And because makeup often expires after it’s opened, rather than after the date of purchase, it is also important to know when you actually opened something. To stay vigilant, get in the habit of using a permanent marker to write “opened on” dates on tubes and bottles. If you’d rather not mar the aesthetic of your pretty bottles, jot the dates on a small sticky note tucked inside your makeup drawer, or make a dedicated list in your phone to track the various lifespans of your products."

Bacteria Might Be Lurking in Your Makeup. Here’s When to Throw It Out. Most of us use expired makeup, and while those expiration dates shouldn’t totally be ignored, the danger level depends on texture and application site.

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Purging Old Clothes? Here’s How to Responsibly Donate and Repurpose Your Castoffs. Figuring out what to get rid of is just the beginning. We tapped experts and researched recycling programs to find reasonable ways to offload your clothes.

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The First Thing Professional Organizers Do When They're Feeling Overwhelmed By Mess It's natural to feel frozen in the face of a bursting closet or sea of clutter. Here's how you can push through and make progress.

The change of seasons is almost always accompanied by the tedious task of putting seasonal clothes in storage. We spoke to experts about how to pare down and safely store your clothes during the seasonal changeover. https://nyti.ms/3FMm52O

L.A. Wildfire Victims Need Cash More Than Used Clothes: How to Help After natural disasters, relief organizations are overwhelmed by clothing donations. Aid groups in Southern California say money is more helpful.

"Lane walked the red carpet at the Los Angeles Organizing Awards alongside an environmentally focused organizer wearing a dress made entirely out of repurposed plastic bags."

What Professional Organizers Know About Our Lives Overwhelmed by too much stuff, we hire experts to help us sort things out. But what’s really behind all the clutter?