This past week I experienced my own whirlwind. I left the house at 10:00 a.m. on Friday to meet my friend from kindergarten at the Cincinatti IKEA. After spending three hours exploring we rested for an hour and then enjoyed dinner at a cozy lodge. Saturday morning she ventured home and I entered an eight-hour long conference. As if three […]
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“Conscious Order: Clear Your Mind, Leave Clutter Behind” by Annie Rohrbach Immediately upon meeting Annie at the May 2014 NAPO Conference I knew we would know one another a very long time. Both of us believe in a Holistic Approach to helping our organizing clients. In her book, she gets us thinking about why we want to get […]
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“The Boomer Burden” by Julie Hall (The Estate Lady®) A fellow Organizer Colleague and friend, Deb Heimann made me aware of this book earlier this year and I can hardly stop talking about it. Why? Because as a Professional Organizer I help people sort through their stuff and de-clutter. AND my parents are nearing 80 and guess who will be […]
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Coming and going from college for four years can really cause some clutter build up. Every time I would come home from school, more boxes and miscellaneous items would wind up in the back of the my closets. My family also started using one of my closets, since I’m the only one with two, for storing things that didn’t fit […]
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Do you have 3 minutes to be a better leader? Grasp the 10 Truths! “The Truth About Leadership” by James M. Kouzes & Barry Z. Posner, was introduced to me by Ned Parks, the facilitator of the ’13-’14 Leadership Stow Group. Summarizing a book is the best way that I learn and a great way to defy the trap of […]
READ MORE Looking for a way to make your organizing project more efficient or to support someone else’s organizing project? Here’s a key tip to reach that objective: get the family involved! My experience as a Professional Organizer has taught me that family support and involvement has several positive impacts. First, the client feels that they are not “in this alone”. Support […]
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An interview my Assistant conducted with one of my clients. What impresses me about this client is her practicality and acceptance in letting go. She has inspired me to let go of books that I haven’t looked at in four years! Why books? Well it’s really anything I’m not using. I’ve always felt really connected to books, but there is […]
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I grew up being told to hang on to all of my childhood toys and memorabilia. The message was: “These are memories you are going to want to keep to share with your children.” “Your toys are going to be valuable collector’s items.” So I hung onto to everything. The reality of it was I moved it from one home […]
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Since August (my last post), I have been delegating. 🙂 Delegating is an art. Delegating is about letting go. An organizer needs to support their clients in their choices to let go and delegate. What better way to support a client, than to practice the action? I am practicing delegating and letting go during this holiday season. In preparation for […]
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Do you have a space that looks something like this? Are you sick of it? Are you constantly looking for “that piece of paper?” Here are tips to get you started on sorting through piles of paper: Useful supplies to collect right before starting: Bag or box for papers that can be recycled Bag or box for papers that will […]
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