Organize and Get Paid

If you’re good at organizing, you can help others get organized…and make money at the same time!

If you’ve always been interested in organizing, there’s actually a professional in the world known as ‘professional organizing.’ That’s right…you can actually make money, helping others get organized. What a concept! Whoever thought that someone would pay you to help organize their kitchen, or get their papers into a filing system? But there are people that help others get organized every day, and make lots of money doing so!

What I love most about this business is it doesn't require lots of capital. It doesn't require you to spend thousands on advertising. You don't have to go out and buy expensive equipment. You don't have to invest in any special training. You don’t even need a college education. You basically have to have two things:

* a knack for helping people get organized and

* a desire to run your own successful business

That’s what I find amazing about this business. Anybody who is good at organizing can do it, and can make a great income at the same time.

My good friend and organizing expert, Maria Gracia, has come up with a comprehensive resource that shares every single thing you need to know to start, manage and grow your very own professional organizing business. She makes everything easy-as-pie and fun! I highly encourage you to have a peek at her material.

Get all the details here:
http://www.getorganizednow.com/aff-1shop-ultimateguide.html

Renew Your Passport

Wow, it was minus 14 C this morning with a high humidity index of around 91 % and combined, that is cool and is equivalent to 14 degrees fahrenheit. Now water starts to freeze at 32 F and at 0 C so you know what's happening outside. Inside it's starting to put thoughts of warmer climates in my head.

The Missus noticed it starting last night when her friend "arthur" one of the "itis" boys payed a visit and stayed all night. Her hands were both red, swelling and sore as heck.  Oh yes, she popped her faithful Aleve but that only helped for a little while. She's better today because the Sun came out and its a balmy minus 10.. Hmm I took a bit of a sidetrack there for a minute because this is supposed to be about Renewing your Passports.

So the Missus pulled her passport  out and said " I've got to get mine renewed before the end of 2012 so I went looking to see if it could be done on line.  Eureka, I went to the Canadian Government passport link and sure enough you can --- sort of.

Here's the deal, you still have to get your pictures taken and submit the fees and then wait while they process it. Processing times will vary depending on the way you applied. Here are some general guidelines: 
Processing times — not including postal delivery times

In person (at a Passport Canada counter)		10 business days
By mail		20 business days
Via a receiving agent (Service Canada or Canada Post)		20 business days
From the United States		20 business days

If you plan to travel within the next 20 business days, please submit your application at a Passport Canada office.

There's another great resource page called Traveler's Corner that provides handy tips and suggestions and another link that provides a warning about not getting swindled.  It seems that there are a few nefarious types out there just waiting to get there hands on your travel money or just your money by offering a service to guide you through the process. You don't have to do it because all the resources are right on the page.  If you do get in a bind your local Member of Parliament is a handy resource as well. 

US PASSPORTS

The US passport process is handled by the Department of State (DOS)and they have a completely different process that utilizes the mail service or appearing in person. So far I haven't found an online source yet but I'll keep looking.  One nice thing I noticed is if you are in a hurry and you plan on travelling internationally you can get a passport within 2 weeks.

A VISA might be another option. The Visa section of this website is all about U.S. visas for foreign citizens to travel to the U.S. Before traveling to the U.S., a citizen of a foreign country must generally obtain a non-immigrant visa for temporary stay or an immigrant visa for permanent residence. The type of visa you will need is based on the purpose of your travel. There's also tons of information on the D O S site about visiting, attending college, temporary working visas and Immigrating and living in the United States full time.

There's certainly several areas I'd like to return to live including Austin, Texas area, the Oregon Coast, Memphis or Nashville Tennessee, and Seattle, Washington to name a few. And, one area I would love to see is the New England states. 

Regardless of your destination though your passport is your best form of identification and you will want to protect it at all times. This document is extremely valuable in the wrong hands so be aware. Enjoy your travels and we'll see you where its warm. Dave