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This weekend I am planing to tackle a long-delayed project: going through the huge piles of my dad's old tools he no longer uses that are currently stored in about 80 different boxes in my parent's basement. The plan is to sort them into keepers, and the ones we will donate to our local Habitat for Humanity. If you're looking to over-haul your work space, here are some ideas (both for beginners and experts) on how to organize tools.

18 Ways to Organize Tools

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Sometimes, you need a little inspiration to stay on top of your own home organization. Today's dose comes courtesy of Francis Ford Coppola, via "The Court of Coppola" from the Wall Street Journal. Check out the rest of the photos on the new Facebook page.

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Each week I interview another person about how they stay organized in their closet, kitchen or how they organize their daily routine. Today's subject is Amy Shojai, About.com's expert on puppies. Amy tries everyday to be a little more organized, efficient and smart. She is a certified animal behavior expert and you can read her blog at About Puppies.

(Elizabeth) How long between the time your toes hit the floor and you're at your desk? Which tasks do you do as soon as you wake up? Make coffee? Start working immediately? Read the newspaper? Do you eat breakfast at home or at work?
(Amy) It's usually about an hour to 90 minutes from "wake up" to "desk time" at my house. But I do start working immediately--usually about 7 am--checking email on my Blackberry immediately to see if anything has blown up overnight.

Lucky me, my husband makes the coffee so that's waiting. My first order of biz is a 20-minute walk with the Magical-Dawg (German shepherd) over our 13-acres, which serves to wear him out and exercise my iffy back. Once we return, we both eat breakfast while I read the newspaper and ice my back. I work at home as a full time freelance writer (my boss ALWAYS knows when I goof off!) but I consider breakfast with the dog my "at home" time. By 8:30-9:00 am I commute up the stairs to my office, feed the cat, and start my work day.

What's something you already do, or could do the night before, that would make your mornings easier?
You tell me! LOL! Because I work at home, my work day rarely ends before 8:30 pm anyway.

Do you have any hobbies you like to do? How do you fit that into your schedule?
I make stained glass lampshades and windows, and also perform/write music. It's been several years since I could fit the glass work into my schedule. But the music is my "brain candy" for weekends, and sometimes evenings if my husband has a late night and I still have the house to myself. Of course, then the dog howls and the cat ack-ack-ack complains. Everyone's a critic!

Do you keep a To Do list? How is it organized? By topic or function (phone, email, errand, etc)
YES! I create a weekly To Do list, usually Friday afternoon. It's organized by work assignments from clients, interview appointments, presentations to create, etc. I also keep a "paper" calendar on my desk, and a digital appointment (assignment due) calendar on my Blackberry.

When do you do your "big thinking" work? And when do you do your mundane, boring task work?
I try to do the "task work" (answer email, write interview questions, post to Facebook/Twitter) first thing in the morning. The creating work (new articles, work on books, etc) happens from about 11 am on until I can find a stopping point. When you work at home, it's sometimes hard to find a "quitting time" as there's always just one-more-thing to get done.

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