Don’t Let The Name Fool You It is not a sad book. Döstädning. Dö is “death” and städning is “cleaning.” In Sweden it is a term that means that you remove unnecessary things and make your home nice and orderly when you think the time is coming closer for you to leave the planet. The book is written by […]
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The Power to Pause As a subscriber to The Institute for Challenging Disorganization (ICD) I have the opportunity to listen to teleclasses. “The Power of the Pause,” Presenter David Giwerc was a recent Teleclass. “Learning to pause is the difference between reacting impulsively and responding rationally. Pausing is a disciplined skill which can significantly improve your emotional intelligence and your ability to […]
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This was a quote from one of the speakers, Jessica Butts, at the NAPO 2018 Conference. It struck a cord with me. How often has it been said that we ought to be well-rounded? Jessica suggests that we focus on doing the things in life that we enjoy and are good at and “don’t do stuff you suck at.” (her book […]
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Eight Tips to Kitchen Sanity You walk into your kitchen and you don’t want to cook anything. So you settle for popping a lean cuisine in the microwave not only because it’s simple and easy, but also it keeps you from digging through your drawers to find stuff. Settling for that microwave dinner protects your head from food items falling from […]
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Does this picture look like a space in your home? With my client’s permission, I am sharing a before photo of his basement. This is 50 years worth of stuff piled into a room and forgotten about. He put it off for many years and finally was ready to get things sorted out. There is hope to getting an area […]
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Many people share with me that their closet “drives them nuts!” What is it about their closet that is so frustrating? Typically they can’t see everything they own, so therefore they only wear what they can see. Studies have shown that the 80/20 rule very much applies to clothing: many people wear 20% of their clothing 80% of the time. […]
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A fellow Professional Organizer and friend, Amy Melaragno, mentioned watching the movie “Minimalism: A Documentary About the Important Things.” I watched it. This is what happened next. I asked myself, “How much is enough?” I started walking around the house and began addressing things one category at a time. Some of the questions I asked myself: Is it worn out, […]
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As a Certified Professional Organizer, I help people sort through their belongings and donate items to places that feel good to them. Of course, there are a number of reasons why people hold on to things. Here are a few reasons people share with me: • I paid good money for it • It is a family heirloom • It […]
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In mid December I got a call from an 81- year old woman. We will call her “Ethel”. Ethel was seeking help from an organizer to get things in order. She shared with me how her husband had died a year ago. She called herself a packrat and described the basement as being full of stuff. Ethel uses her kitchen […]
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Like many people, I too had a couple of boxes and bags of donations to remove from my house after the holidays. My husband offered to do the drop off on Monday, January 2. Unfortunately when he arrived, the Organization was closed in observance of the New Year’s Day holiday. He was able to put the clothing in an outdoor […]
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