Today we welcome the phenomenal Monica Ricci as a guest author on Unclutterer. She’s the organizing adviser for Home Depot and Beazer Homes, and you may have seen her on HGTV’s Mission Organization. A professional organizer hailing from Atlanta, I’m happy to call her a friend and to have her share her uncluttering wisdom with our readers.

Remember that song that went something like "your foot bone is connected to your ankle bone?" Well here's a cool video from Good Magazine that makes the same sort of connections all the way from dinosaurs to oil to high food prices.

Photo by free parking Editor’s note: This is a guest post from Leo Babauta of Zen Habits, a father of six children. Being a father can be a wonderful thing, once you get past all the gross stuff, all the stressful events, the loss of privacy, and the bewildering numbers of ways you can screw it up. But other than those few things, fatherhood is wonderful.

This is a reminder that I will be scarce this week. I will be working to manage my mother’s affairs while she’s in the hospital. There’s an overwhelming amount that needs to be done, both for her immediate needs, and for her needs when she’s finally discharged. (And we still don’t know when that will be.)

By Paul MichaelThis is a big hypothetical but I thought I’d throw the question out there and open it up to the wise readers of Wisebread. Let’s forget the other alternatives, there are amazing jobs with stellar pay, and way too many of the opposite. But if you had to choose between the two in the headline, which would it be? Let’s look at each on the pros and cons. First, the great job.

Can the self be improved? What is the self, anyway? Does the currently popular “self-help movement” really help us or is it a paradoxical diversion from our true self?

Each Sunday, The Simple Dollar reviews a personal productivity, personal development, or business/entrepreneurship book of interest.

Bike storage solutionsThere are many storage solutions available that will keep your bike out of the way when it isn’t in use. July wrap upAs the month comes to a close, let us take a few moments to look back over some of the things that made July 2007 a great month at Unclutterer.com.

Quite often on The Simple Dollar, I’ll mention the advantages of getting your debt paid down. For most debts, paying them down is the best thing you can do with your money, provided that you have a small emergency fund set up to protect yourself against the unforeseen and at least some retirement savings.

This is a guest post from Steve Ross, a pastor at a church in rural Oregon. I learned something about how wealthy I am recently.

Clemens has been kind enough to design a Twitter profile for FSw where you can see all our new articles as they’re published. Follow us here! Anthony at Positive Space gives us ‘Design Processes & Why Every Designer Needs One‘. Truly a great read for any web-designer or even freelancers working in other fields.

I am an avid reader. I love books. I believe that literacy is one of the most important gifts we can give our youth. First Book is a charity that provides children from low-income families the opportunity to read and own their first new books.

Could you make it to Leeds on the 12th of September? If so, you might want to check out Going Solo, a conference for freelance internet professionals. More information after the jump! Going Solo is a one-day educational conference for freelancers and small business owners of the internet industry and beyond.