Let's celebrate the Valentine’s Day love! The "Be Mine" Organizing Giveaway is here! I've put together some of my favorite goodies that are fun and fabulous. We're talking The Container Store $25 gift card, Tate's mouth watering Chocolate Chip Cookies, Anne Taintor's sticky notes and so much more!

During the three plus years I’ve been writing The Other Side of Organized blog, an amazing community of people including you, have come together to share ideas about change, clutter, organizing, letting go, life balance, and more. My deepest gratitude goes to you for your wonderful feedback, tweets, posts, reviews, and support. If you haven't already done so, I personally invite you to join in the conversation and of course, enter the contest.

The “Be Mine” Organizing Giveaway of goodies was selected to organize, inspire, relax, and delight you. It's worth over $100. The winner will receive everything described below:

• The Container Store $25 gift card
• “Had she really hit Reply to All?!?!?” Sticky Notes from Anne Taintor
• Oh, So Organized! coffee mug
• “get relaxed” Tea from The Republic of Tea
• Starbucks $25 gift card
• Tate’s Chocolate Chip cookies
• Hershey’s Kisses
• Tribeca bin from The Container Store
• “To Do” clothespin
• Autographed copy of The Other Side of Organized by Linda Samuels

I know you can't wait to win this handpicked selection of my favorites! The “Be Mine” Organizing Giveaway starts on February 5th. One winner will be picked on February 11th. There's no time like the present to enter. Keep reading and act now!

Contest Rules:

• Comment on this blog post below about what you love to organize, what you're passionate about, or your most treasured Valentine's Day tradition or memory.
• Comment about the giveaway on the Oh, So Organized! Facebook page.
• Re-tweet about this giveaway on Twitter and include @LindaSamuels when you do.
• Subscribe to The Other Side of Organized free monthly e-newsletter for continued inspiration and motivation.
• Follow Oh, So Organized! on Pinterest and let me know which of my boards you like best by commenting on this blog post.
• Comment on Pinterest about Oh, So Organized!’s “Organize for Winter” video.
• Do one or all of the above to enter. The more you do, the more times your name will be entered to win (up to 6 total entries!)

Come join the conversation about love, chocolate, organizing and more. What are your thoughts? I’m looking forward to hearing your “voice.” Happy Valentine’s Day! Wishing you love and luck!

This was a first for me. After having some tea and checking my email, I started writing this blog post on my iPad at Starbucks. I arrived too early for my client appointment and had some extra time. I'm a frequent Starbucks customer and while I’ve spent many hours at various locations sipping lattes and relaxing, I’ve never actually done any writing on the premises until today.  I find this funny because I always see other people working on their laptops and wondered how they could focus with all the noise.

My preferred time and place to write my blog has typically been at my desktop surrounded by the quiet, privacy and comfort of my home. Starbucks has a completely different atmosphere. There are a multitude of sounds like continual music, steamed liquids being prepared, the buzz of many conversations, beverage requests being taken, feet shuffling and chairs moving. To add to the activity, this particular Starbucks where I sat was located in New York City. There was as much going on inside as there was outside.

To my complete surprise, I enjoyed the change of scenery from where I usually write. It breathed new life into one of my 2011 goals of writing a weekly blog post. This month I’m writing about "Fresh Start, " which corresponds to chapter one in my book, The Other Side of Organized.

Beginning again with a clean slate or a completely different slate can be enervating. It's exactly what I experienced this morning. So, as you're setting your goals and making some changes, think about shaking things up. For me, I accidentally stumbled upon this at Starbucks simply by changing the location where I normally write. What slight alteration can you make to bring you closer to accomplishing one of your goals?

I’d love to hear about your best goal boosting strategies.