Julie Bestry, CPO®
@proforganizer.bsky.social
https://juliebestry.com
I help overwhelmed individuals save time & money, reduce stress, and increase productivity through organizing skills/systems. I used to work in TV but they still let me watch. I believe in equity, empathy, & the power of cheese.
I help overwhelmed individuals save time & money, reduce stress, and increase productivity through organizing skills/systems. I used to work in TV but they still let me watch. I believe in equity, empathy, & the power of cheese.
Organize Your Life for More Reading Opportunities juliebestry.com/2025/11/24/o...
Organize Your Life for More Reading Opportunities | Best Results Organizing
If you love reading, summertime means finding a good beach read. Thanksgiving and the December holidays may mean finding books to read for when you finally escape the hubbub. And the darkest part of w...
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November 24, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Organize Your Life for More Reading Opportunities juliebestry.com/2025/11/24/o...
When Your European Hotel Room Feels Like an Escape Room — Conquer Confusing Showers, A/C, and Light Switches
With cameos by Laura Petrie (from The Dick Van Dyke Show), Crocodile Dundee, and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
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With cameos by Laura Petrie (from The Dick Van Dyke Show), Crocodile Dundee, and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
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When Your European Hotel Room Feels Like an Escape Room — Conquer Confusing Showers, A/C, and Light Switches | Best Results Organizing
Baffled by European hotel showers, thermostats, or light switches? Learn how to decode foreign fixtures and controls to organize your room like a pro traveler.
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November 3, 2025 at 7:15 PM
When Your European Hotel Room Feels Like an Escape Room — Conquer Confusing Showers, A/C, and Light Switches
With cameos by Laura Petrie (from The Dick Van Dyke Show), Crocodile Dundee, and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
juliebestry.com/2025/11/03/w...
With cameos by Laura Petrie (from The Dick Van Dyke Show), Crocodile Dundee, and Steve Martin in Planes, Trains, and Automobiles.
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All clutter is not the same. It's not a monolith, and it's common for people to misunderstand what they have and why. But understanding the difference is key to figuring out what to keep and what to set free.
Paper Doll Explains Aspirational vs. Inspirational Clutter juliebestry.com/2024/03/25/p...
Paper Doll Explains Aspirational vs. Inspirational Clutter juliebestry.com/2024/03/25/p...
Paper Doll Explains Aspirational vs. Inspirational Clutter | Best Results Organizing
An excess of nostalgic emblems of our past can fill up our homes in the present and prevent us from having space in our lives to make a future. Share on X Painful or sad clutter — This category encomp...
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October 28, 2025 at 7:56 PM
All clutter is not the same. It's not a monolith, and it's common for people to misunderstand what they have and why. But understanding the difference is key to figuring out what to keep and what to set free.
Paper Doll Explains Aspirational vs. Inspirational Clutter juliebestry.com/2024/03/25/p...
Paper Doll Explains Aspirational vs. Inspirational Clutter juliebestry.com/2024/03/25/p...
It's hard for me to believe it's been 18 years since I published my first Paper Doll blog post! My blog is old enough to vote! (I didn't know how to format, but I still embraced pop culture and humor!)
Maintenance, or How Eyeliner Is Like the Phone Bill juliebestry.com/2007/10/09/m...
Maintenance, or How Eyeliner Is Like the Phone Bill juliebestry.com/2007/10/09/m...
Maintenance, or How Eyeliner Is Like the Phone Bill | Best Results Organizing
[This first Paper Doll post was originally published in October 2007, eighteen years ago. Paper Doll is now old enough to vote!] THE WISDOM OF NORA EPHRON I'm reading I Feel Bad About My Neck by the b...
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October 21, 2025 at 8:56 PM
It's hard for me to believe it's been 18 years since I published my first Paper Doll blog post! My blog is old enough to vote! (I didn't know how to format, but I still embraced pop culture and humor!)
Maintenance, or How Eyeliner Is Like the Phone Bill juliebestry.com/2007/10/09/m...
Maintenance, or How Eyeliner Is Like the Phone Bill juliebestry.com/2007/10/09/m...
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The free webinar series from the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy begins this week on Tuesday 9/16 & Wednesday 9/17 at 6pm, w/a two-part session on birthright citizenship.
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September 14, 2025 at 7:58 PM
The free webinar series from the 14th Amendment Center for Law & Democracy begins this week on Tuesday 9/16 & Wednesday 9/17 at 6pm, w/a two-part session on birthright citizenship.
You can register now. howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Sign up for our newsletter medium.com/@TheRefoundi...
You can register now. howard.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
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I spent my day thinking about Melissa Hortman and her husband and her doggie. Every time I found a vile social media post screaming in religiously-coded language about Charlie Kirk, I searched the poster’s history. Not one said a word when Melissa was murdered; not one post decried it.
September 12, 2025 at 8:05 AM
I spent my day thinking about Melissa Hortman and her husband and her doggie. Every time I found a vile social media post screaming in religiously-coded language about Charlie Kirk, I searched the poster’s history. Not one said a word when Melissa was murdered; not one post decried it.
Organize to Help the Seniors in Your Life With Technology juliebestry.com/2024/05/27/o...
Organize to Help the Seniors in Your Life With Technology | Best Results Organizing
This post was originally published on May 27, 2024, and has been updated as of September 8, 2025 to reflect additional information and resources, including revised links. We love technology. However, ...
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September 10, 2025 at 8:22 PM
Organize to Help the Seniors in Your Life With Technology juliebestry.com/2024/05/27/o...
Organize and Lower Your Medical Bills: Spot Errors, Negotiate Costs, and Save Money juliebestry.com/2025/08/25/o...
Organize and Lower Your Medical Bills: Spot Errors, Negotiate Costs, and Save Money | Best Results Organizing
And, of course, if you are recovered and back to work, you're probably trying to maximize your time to catch up on everything you missed while being waylaid by illness or injury. How do you decide it'...
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August 25, 2025 at 7:14 PM
Organize and Lower Your Medical Bills: Spot Errors, Negotiate Costs, and Save Money juliebestry.com/2025/08/25/o...
How to Track, Lower, or Cancel Your Recurring Subscription-Based Bills
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How to Track, Lower, or Cancel Your Recurring Subscription-Based Bills | Best Results Organizing
Categorize subscriptions however you like, and use the color-code calendar view to track payment dates and the generated graphs of subscription expenses to analyze your costs. You'll have to do your o...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:54 PM
How to Track, Lower, or Cancel Your Recurring Subscription-Based Bills
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Last summer, I wrote almost 11,000 words over three posts on how to get your kid ready for college. Here you go! Starting with essential paperwork and info, finances, and insurance:
Organize Your College-Bound Student for Grown-Up Life: Part 1 juliebestry.com/2024/07/29/o...
Organize Your College-Bound Student for Grown-Up Life: Part 1 juliebestry.com/2024/07/29/o...
Organize Your College-Bound Student for Grown-Up Life: Part 1 | Best Results Organizing
In a matter of weeks, fresh-faced first-year college students will be headed off to begin their adult lives. Everyone needs a little organizational guidance on this path. Last week, I re-shared a popu...
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August 12, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Last summer, I wrote almost 11,000 words over three posts on how to get your kid ready for college. Here you go! Starting with essential paperwork and info, finances, and insurance:
Organize Your College-Bound Student for Grown-Up Life: Part 1 juliebestry.com/2024/07/29/o...
Organize Your College-Bound Student for Grown-Up Life: Part 1 juliebestry.com/2024/07/29/o...
How to Stay Organized When Travel Goes Off the Rails (or Runway) — with shoutouts for @thepointsguy.com @nomadicmatt.bsky.social @budgettraveller.bsky.social @tripit @wanderlog.bsky.social @flightradar24.com @thecontainerstore.bsky.social @usdot.bsky.social
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How to Stay Organized When Travel Goes Off the Rails (or Runway) | Best Results Organizing
(This wasn't my flight. But in a way, don't we all feel like this was our flight?) The temperature continued to rise. Passengers were polite and resigned, except that after about half an hour, an anno...
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August 4, 2025 at 6:37 PM
How to Stay Organized When Travel Goes Off the Rails (or Runway) — with shoutouts for @thepointsguy.com @nomadicmatt.bsky.social @budgettraveller.bsky.social @tripit @wanderlog.bsky.social @flightradar24.com @thecontainerstore.bsky.social @usdot.bsky.social
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Why the Humble Bankers Box is Still the MVP of Office Organization*
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*with a correction to the type that previously appeared in the graphic. It's so Monday.
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*with a correction to the type that previously appeared in the graphic. It's so Monday.
Why the Humble Bankers Box is Still the MVP of Office Organization | Best Results Organizing
Perhaps it's these negative images of bankers that often left my clients dubious over the past 24 years when I've suggested that they might benefit from using Bankers Boxes. Some (younger) clients had...
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July 14, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Why the Humble Bankers Box is Still the MVP of Office Organization*
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*with a correction to the type that previously appeared in the graphic. It's so Monday.
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*with a correction to the type that previously appeared in the graphic. It's so Monday.
You deserve sweet treats! Keep your timers safe, customize the lengths of your sticky notes, and organize away your stress in today's Paper Doll post!
Shoutouts for @Time Timer, @victortechbrands.bsky.social, Anxiety Bookshelf, & Workman MJ (and his mommy).
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Shoutouts for @Time Timer, @victortechbrands.bsky.social, Anxiety Bookshelf, & Workman MJ (and his mommy).
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Paper Doll Plays Ice Cream Man: Cool Organizing and Productivity Treats for Hot Days | Best Results Organizing
We've managed — perhaps with a few bumps and bruises to our productivity — to make it through one-half of the year. Perhaps you've reached your goals or are on our way toward them. Maybe the temperatu...
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July 7, 2025 at 7:32 PM
You deserve sweet treats! Keep your timers safe, customize the lengths of your sticky notes, and organize away your stress in today's Paper Doll post!
Shoutouts for @Time Timer, @victortechbrands.bsky.social, Anxiety Bookshelf, & Workman MJ (and his mommy).
juliebestry.com/2025/07/07/p...
Shoutouts for @Time Timer, @victortechbrands.bsky.social, Anxiety Bookshelf, & Workman MJ (and his mommy).
juliebestry.com/2025/07/07/p...
NEW Paper Doll Post | Digital Disaster Prep: How to Organize Your Tech Info Before You Need It — with shoutouts for @hivesystems.com, the late, great Alan Rickman, the movie Office Space, and my never forgotten ruby iMac G3.
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Digital Disaster Prep: How to Organize Your Tech Info Before You Need It | Best Results Organizing
Do your digital devices ever frustrate you? You probably use your computer much of the day. Even if you don't, you likely grab your phone or your tablet with some frequency. You're on the internet, an...
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June 30, 2025 at 2:05 PM
NEW Paper Doll Post | Digital Disaster Prep: How to Organize Your Tech Info Before You Need It — with shoutouts for @hivesystems.com, the late, great Alan Rickman, the movie Office Space, and my never forgotten ruby iMac G3.
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Movie you've watched more than six times using GIFs (hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)
June 26, 2025 at 9:16 PM
Movie you've watched more than six times using GIFs (hard mode: no Star Wars, Star Trek or LOTR)
How to Stay Productive When It's Too Darn Hot
Chill out w/Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Bananarama, Chubby Checker, Heat Miser, Blanche Devereaux, and a thirsty octopus, and learn how to be productive when it's sweltering.
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Chill out w/Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Bananarama, Chubby Checker, Heat Miser, Blanche Devereaux, and a thirsty octopus, and learn how to be productive when it's sweltering.
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How to Stay Productive When It’s Too Darn Hot | Best Results Organizing
The meteorologists tell us that we're experiencing a heat dome. All I know is that my air conditioner is struggling and my brain is melting. I've debated with myself as to whether I really need to wri...
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June 23, 2025 at 6:53 PM
How to Stay Productive When It's Too Darn Hot
Chill out w/Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Bananarama, Chubby Checker, Heat Miser, Blanche Devereaux, and a thirsty octopus, and learn how to be productive when it's sweltering.
juliebestry.com/2025/06/23/h...
Chill out w/Cole Porter, Ella Fitzgerald, Bananarama, Chubby Checker, Heat Miser, Blanche Devereaux, and a thirsty octopus, and learn how to be productive when it's sweltering.
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See the surprising benefits of a Done list and explore strategies for creating one that will provide a reality check, improve your productivity, & boost your self-esteem.
Shoutouts: @katherinefirth.bsky.social
@rdegges.com @agawande.bsky.social @oliverburkeman.com
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Shoutouts: @katherinefirth.bsky.social
@rdegges.com @agawande.bsky.social @oliverburkeman.com
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Paper Doll on the Power of a DONE List | Best Results Organizing
DON'T BE LISTLESS We all know the power of a To-Do list. When we're feeling overwhelmed by all the little dings in our brains reminding us, over and over, of what we have to do, we turn to a brain dum...
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June 16, 2025 at 6:53 PM
See the surprising benefits of a Done list and explore strategies for creating one that will provide a reality check, improve your productivity, & boost your self-esteem.
Shoutouts: @katherinefirth.bsky.social
@rdegges.com @agawande.bsky.social @oliverburkeman.com
juliebestry.com/2025/06/16/p...
Shoutouts: @katherinefirth.bsky.social
@rdegges.com @agawande.bsky.social @oliverburkeman.com
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Reposted by Julie Bestry, CPO®
PSA: CNN will be live broadcasting Saturday night's performance of George Clooney's Broadway play Good Night and Good Luck on TV - but also online *without requiring a login.*
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How To Watch CNN’s Special Presentation of George Clooney’s “Good Night, and Good Luck” on Saturday, June 7 at 7pm ET
CNN will broadcast live the penultimate performance of Good Night, and Good Luck from Broadway’s Winter Garden Theatre on Saturday, June 7 at 7pm ET across CNN and CNN International and will stream th...
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June 4, 2025 at 11:09 PM
PSA: CNN will be live broadcasting Saturday night's performance of George Clooney's Broadway play Good Night and Good Luck on TV - but also online *without requiring a login.*
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/06/02/h...
cnnpressroom.blogs.cnn.com/2025/06/02/h...
Post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June.
June 2, 2025 at 11:57 PM
Post a random photo otherwise everything goes wrong in June.
Organize Your Desktop with Your Perfect Desk Pad: 2025 Update — create a workspace that supports your comfort and productivity, enhances your reputation, and delights you.
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Organize Your Desktop with Your Perfect Desk Pad: 2025 Update | Best Results Organizing
This post originally appeared in November 2023 and has been updated for June 2025. As you examine your options, ask yourself, will this material deflect spills? Morning Starbucks? Afternoon Starbucks?...
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June 2, 2025 at 6:30 PM
Organize Your Desktop with Your Perfect Desk Pad: 2025 Update — create a workspace that supports your comfort and productivity, enhances your reputation, and delights you.
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There are 100 days from the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day — they zip by. This post from the Paper Doll vault offers strategies to make your summer serve your goals, figure out what you want, and set benchmarks for celebrating. Happy summer!
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Organize Your Summer So It Doesn’t Disappear So Quickly | Best Results Organizing
with your one wild and precious life? You've got 98 days. Whatever your answer to the question, go for it!
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May 26, 2025 at 11:40 PM
There are 100 days from the Saturday of Memorial Day weekend until Labor Day — they zip by. This post from the Paper Doll vault offers strategies to make your summer serve your goals, figure out what you want, and set benchmarks for celebrating. Happy summer!
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Happy #WorldOrganizingDay! I celebrated by helping a client organize a home library & office.
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Need support getting more organized or productive? As a Certified Professional Organizer® & productivity specialist, I can help. My colleagues (in NAPO & worldwide) are here!
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Need support getting more organized or productive? As a Certified Professional Organizer® & productivity specialist, I can help. My colleagues (in NAPO & worldwide) are here!
May 20, 2025 at 11:13 PM
Happy #WorldOrganizingDay! I celebrated by helping a client organize a home library & office.
napo.net/WorldOrganiz...
Need support getting more organized or productive? As a Certified Professional Organizer® & productivity specialist, I can help. My colleagues (in NAPO & worldwide) are here!
napo.net/WorldOrganiz...
Need support getting more organized or productive? As a Certified Professional Organizer® & productivity specialist, I can help. My colleagues (in NAPO & worldwide) are here!
How to Use Timers for Improved Productivity — Part 5: Hybrid Timers and Bonus Material
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How to Use Timers for Improved Productivity — Part 5: Hybrid Timers and Bonus Material | Best Results Organizing
The Timer Timer Watch is particularly ideal for school and testing situations because it's not a smart device, isn't connected to the internet, and can be used in silent mode. Set the visual timer to ...
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May 5, 2025 at 7:30 PM
How to Use Timers for Improved Productivity — Part 5: Hybrid Timers and Bonus Material
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As a Metafilter person, "Ask vs. Guess Culture" is one of my favorite concepts for understanding people, so I love that my professional organizing colleague has written "5 Ways 'Guess Culture' Disrupts an Organized, Productive Mind — and How to Fix It"
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5 Ways 'Guess Culture' Disrupts an Organized, Productive Mind — and How to Fix It
Learn how "Guess Culture" quietly undermines productivity, boundaries, and clarity—and discover simple, actionable strategies to move toward direct, confident communication.
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April 29, 2025 at 5:04 AM
As a Metafilter person, "Ask vs. Guess Culture" is one of my favorite concepts for understanding people, so I love that my professional organizing colleague has written "5 Ways 'Guess Culture' Disrupts an Organized, Productive Mind — and How to Fix It"
www.onetozenorganizing.com/post/5-ways-...
www.onetozenorganizing.com/post/5-ways-...
What do an Italian grandmother, a forest, and a bear's belly button have to do with productivity? Come see in the 4th installment of How to Use Timers for Improved Productivity and Focus; this time, our focus (heh, heh) is on digital timers!
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How to Use Timers for Improved Productivity and Focus — Part 4: Digital Timers | Best Results Organizing
A variety of white noise will help you focus more. If you concentrate well, Tom will praise you. You can change the session time in the settings. You can reset the timer by pressing Tom's belly button...
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April 28, 2025 at 8:00 PM
What do an Italian grandmother, a forest, and a bear's belly button have to do with productivity? Come see in the 4th installment of How to Use Timers for Improved Productivity and Focus; this time, our focus (heh, heh) is on digital timers!
juliebestry.com/2025/04/28/h...
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