For many years now, I have belonged to a wonderful association of professional organizers who focus on more complex organizing situations (e.g. ADHD, hoarding, depression, OCD, grief, etc.) than what a typical organizer might see. This association is called the Institute for Challenging Disorganization, and they produce these free info sheets for the public. One […]
Do you dread getting started on your organizing project?
At first getting organized sounds like a great idea. You are inspired after seeing images of perfectly organized rooms on Instagram and Pinterest. You look at new containers and storage products in the stores with anticipation. Then you look at your room that needs decluttering and a feeling of dread and exhaustion overtakes you before […]
Want to know the cheapest, fastest way to get organized?
I once worked with a client who owned two black garbage bags of mismatched socks. She had moved from one house to another with these two bags of socks, and refused to part with them. “It could easily take us a couple of hours to sort through all of these socks to try to find […]
Paper Organizing Secret: All hail the Hour of Power!
I was recently working with a client who struggled to keep her counter tops clear of paper piles. The paper mostly consisted of mail, magazines and catalogs she wanted to read, documents she needed to sign, flyers for classes she wanted to sign up for — all the usual papers that we all end up […]