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Oct 2021

7 Easy Guidelines For Organizing That I Always Follow

By |October 6th, 2021|Uncategorized|0 Comments

I’ve learned over the years that there are a few guidelines for organizing that are essential to being able to stay organized. When I go to a client’s home, I can usually see that they’ve tried to get organized before. In fact, I often hear from clients that they have tried 5 or 6 times to get organized on their own and it just doesn’t work for them long term — they struggle to maintain it. The guidelines for organizing that I’ve used over the years are basic principles that help me get the job done. They also make it easy for my clients to maintain an organized space over time. So if you’re wondering what the trick is to stay organized, my 7 easy guidelines will give you some insight!

Find the right product for the job

There are so many different organizing products on the market today. It […]

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Sep 2019

How to Opt-Out of Mail, E-Mail & Phone Calls

By |September 10th, 2019|Blog|1 Comment

One of the easiest ways to stay organized is to limit the amount of things coming into your life. The less stuff you have in the form of belongings and information, the less you have to organize. In my fifteen years of being a professional organizer, I have helped countless individuals sift through their piles of papers and overflowing email inboxes to find what seems to be an overwhelming amount of junk. In addition, so many people I know receive multiple telemarketer calls each day. All of these unwanted communications become distractions and noise in our already busy lives. In this blog post, I’ve created a checklist for you to follow in order to opt yourself out of unwanted mail, e-mail and phone calls. In addition, I’ve included a few other things you need to know to keep unwanted info from coming into your life. Hopefully, after accomplishing the tasks […]

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Aug 2019

5-Step Plan to Organizing Any Space in Your Home

By |August 7th, 2019|Blog|0 Comments

Imagine that it’s a Saturday morning and you are finally ready to organize your garage. You’ve put the task off for way too long, and today is the day you’ve decided to get it done once and for all. As you open the garage door and are staring at the cluttered contents before you, you feel overwhelmed and discouraged because you have no idea where to start. In this blog, I am going to outline a five-step process called S.P.A.C.E. to help guide your organizing. 

As a Professional Organizer people tell me all the time that they are overwhelmed with their clutter and have no idea where or how to start organizing. I am going to share with you the simple process I have used for years to organize just about any space.

When I was just starting as a professional organizer over 15 years ago […]

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Jul 2019

9 Packing Tips for an Organized Summer Vacation

By |July 10th, 2019|Blog|0 Comments

It’s summertime! Summer often means fun-filled trips to the beach, road trips, summer camp, and family vacations. But with travel comes the need to prepare for traveling.  Packing can be especially stressful when you aren’t organized. Set yourself up for a successful summer vacation even before it starts. Save more of your energy for the trip itself by using these 9 super simple tips to create your packing process.

  1. Use a Packing Checklist

For as long as I can remember I have used a packing checklist to help me prepare for every trip I’ve been on.  This checklist continually gets updated as my needs and the needs of my family change. I usually print this checklist out about a week before I head out so I can slowly gather everything that is needed. You can download the packing checklist I use by clicking here or you could try using […]

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Jun 2019

Home Organizing: Summer is the Best Time for Organizing School Papers

By |June 12th, 2019|Blog|1 Comment

Your children are free (or almost free) for summer break! Although school is over, the mountain of school-related papers in your home remains.  As the beach beckons, do you wish there was an easy way to calm this chaos once and for all? Do you fear the next school year will be much of the same with an overabundance of artwork that gets damaged and overtakes your counters?

If this resonates with you, you are not alone! As a mom and Professional Organizer, I understand the struggle to keep up with art masterpieces and school papers that seem to multiply overnight. With so many other daily to-dos facing your family, it’s tough to manage all that is coming in. The good news is that the start of the summer is the best time to set up a system that will set you and your children up for success next year.

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May 2019

Organizing your Life with Evernote

By |May 7th, 2019|Evernote|8 Comments

The Problem

You have a stack of papers that’s been sitting on your desk for weeks, you know you need to keep it all but you aren’t sure what to do with it. If you file it away you feel like you will never see it again and you aren’t even sure what file it would go in anyway! Does this sound familiar?

Or how about this one… Your e-mail inbox is filled with e-mails you might need to refer to in the future. You’ve deleted what you can but the rest could be useful at some point, however it’s nearly impossible to weed through it all to find what you need.

We have all dealt with situations similar to these and oftentimes feel that ideas and information becomes lost simply because we don’t have a reliable system to capture it. Well, the good news is there is a solution and it’s an […]

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