When decluttering your home, it's important to schedule time to do it, said professional organizer Dee Dee Lum of Maika'i Organizing in Waipi'o.

Commit a specific amount of time to decluttering, whether it's 15 minutes a day or two to four hours, once or twice a week.

"Whatever time you commit, schedule it and keep the appointment," Lum said.

To contact Lum: 561-2137, organize@hawaii.rr.com or www.thebestorganizer.com

— Zenaida Serrano

FINAL WORD

"If you look closely at all great organizations, all great teams, all great people, the one common denominator that runs through them is a second-to-none work ethic. The intense effort to achieve is always there."

Rick Pitino | author of "Success is a Choice: Ten Steps to Overachieving in Business and Life"

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TRUTH ABOUT LABELS

Labels such as "biodegradable," "nontoxic" and "organic" — what do they all really mean?

For assistance in judging green claims on cleaning product packages, The Green Guide magazine recommends checking out ecolabels.org, the Consumers Union guide to environmental labels.

Scroll to the bottom of the Web site's home page and click on "label index."

— Zenaida Serrano

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