Some people don’t see the point of organizing. They equate organizing with being uptight, overly rigid, and deadly to the creative process. They embrace the mess in their house and insist that they love it that way. But here’s the truth about organizing. True organization is freedom! When you can find WHAT you need to [...]
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Do you know what is often the hardest part of getting organized? Getting started! At first getting organized sounds like a great idea. You are inspired after seeing images of perfectly organized rooms in magazines and on TV. You look at new containers and storage products in the stores with anticipation. Then you look at [...]
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Question: I would love to get organized, but when I look at the piles of stuff in my house (and there’s piles in every room), I don’t have the slightest idea where to begin. I’m so completely overwhelmed! So I end up not even trying to get organized. Can you offer me some advice so [...]
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I can tell you first-hand that there is a kind of “high” that comes with finally getting a space in your house organized. All that hard work sorting and purging pays off in a big way when we get to stand back and survey all the clear space we created. We feel a sense of [...]
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I recently read an interesting statement from Rachael of Kitchen Courses, who was guest posting over at Organizing Junkie. She said: “The way you organize your food defines your eating habits.” She went on to explain that if you keep your junk food front and center in your pantry, you are most likely to reach [...]
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In honor of Valentine’s Day, I wanted to write about love and organizing. I love all of my wonderful, hardworking clients, but because they all sign confidentiality agreements prior to our sessions, I cannot tell you delightful stories about why I love them (but know that I do, dear clients!) So instead, I want to [...]
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Take a few minutes to visit the Urban Mamas blog, where I guest posted for them about why we moms still do the bulk of the housework, even if we work full time out of the house and have a partner or spouse. Did you know that a 2008 study showed that being married increases [...]
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Sometimes our disorganization isn’t caused by a lack of motivation or organizing know-how — it’s caused by a lack of time. Some of us may be looking around at huge piles in our house and wondering when we are ever going to have free a afternoon to tackle them, especially if we have children underfoot. [...]
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For those of us who struggle with disorganization, overly doing a lot of normal, everyday actions leads to the suffocating piles of clutter and unmanageable stress we face in our homes. For example, it’s completely normal to save some sentimental items like a few pieces of our children’s school work, a handful of greeting cards [...]
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How often have you hit the January sales at places like the Container Store and bought a bunch of products, determined that THIS time you would get and stay organized? How many times have you promised yourself you would get your home organized once and for all, only to find the clutter has creeped back [...]
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