Blog: Organizing Tips

Working in the organizing industry, I’m always on the look-out for tools to help people become more organized in their daily life.  Whether it’s for their work life or their personal life, I love investigating the different tools that are out there. Below are my 3 personal favorites that I tend to use almost every [...]

February!  Ahhhh…the month of love (and chocolate).  I’m sure you have all heard the saying, “Many hands make light work.”  Well it’s true, especially when it comes to organizing! Why not spend some quality time with your significant other, a loved one, or a friend and tackle one area of your home?  Here are some [...]

When it comes to organizing – whether it’s your office, your home, your personal life, procrastination seems to easily creep in on people.  Before one knows it, a pile of paper has grown, clothes have taken on a life of their own, and many jobs are not getting done. One key area that I ask [...]

I recently met with a colleague of mine who is a Productivity Professional.  Her name is Dawn and she owns a company called Work in Order.  When Dawn and I met we talked about our past lives and what we did before we became Professional Organizers.  If you didn’t already know, I had been an [...]

This week I have started to work on a house that is filled with ‘stuff’.  In fact, it’s a hoarding home filled with: memorabilia, un-opened items, clothes (new and old), antiques, and various items from the past.  To create a visual for you, imagine this:  when the front door opens and you walk through, there [...]

The ads are on TV and radio and the sales are in full swing in the stores.  You guessed it, it’s ‘Back To School’ time!  Having taught school for seventeen years, I always found I had a mixture of emotions around this time of year: Excitement – starting a year with well-rested students, new faces [...]

When I used to be a classroom teacher, my teaching partner would giggle at the way I planned.  You see, I’m a very visual learner and I needed to see a calendar (by the month), to plan out a unit/theme.  With my trusty calendar in hand, I would start to plan the end of the [...]

I recently had a client who was in need of getting help with time management.  This client, I’ll call him Bob, had a typical work day filled with constant interruptions.   With the constant interruptions, Bob was ending up staying late to get his own work done and really starting to dislike his job. When [...]

Today started off as a great day.  The sun was shining, the birds were singing and my kids are officially done school.  What could be better?  Like a typical morning, one of the first things I did was make myself a cup of coffee.  Once my coffee was done, I logged on my computer and  [...]

A couple of weeks ago I was fortunate to meet another woman business owner.  She too, had started her business a little over three years ago just as I had.  We also both worked in government positions – I as a teacher and she as a nurse.  When she asked me about what I did [...]