Archive for the ‘Clutter Control’ Category
The To-Do Box Promise
13 Jun 2011There is a time to sort-and-purge clutter and a time to act on your to-do’s. It’s counter-productive to mix the sorting with the acting. To truly understand why these two things are incompatible, it is first important to recognize the difference between getting organized and staying organized. It’s not unlike the difference between cooking a [...]
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- Tags: action items, to-do's
“But Someone GAVE That To Me”
In: Clutter Control
21 May 2011My approach to helping folks get organized is always the same: take the less important stuff out of the way, so you can get to the most important stuff. Many is the time I pick up what appears to be a less important item and ask my client, “Do you love this?” And many is [...]
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- Tags: donate, gifts
Is This The Worst You’ve Ever Seen?
In: Clutter Control
16 May 2011There are some questions I can always count on as I begin work with my new clients. On the first inquiry, I get “What does something like this cost?” Before our first session, I always get “What should I buy for the session?” And for the first visit to the home, the number one question [...]
The Art of Taking Away
In: Clutter Control
1 May 2011Michelangelo is famous for defining sculpture as the “art of taking away,” as opposed to painting, which is the art of adding on. Good organizing is also about the art of taking away. The question a new prospect most commonly asks me is “what do you charge?,” but the question a new client most commonly [...]
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- Tags: containers, sculpting, taking away
Professional Gordonizing
In: Clutter Control
5 Apr 2011I happen to be a fan of celebrity chef, Gordon Ramsay and, believe it or not, what I enjoy about his shows is related to what I enjoy about getting organized. In Ramsay’s shows, particularly Kitchen Nightmares, he cuts through all of the unimportant stuff so that the restaurant owners can focus on what’s most [...]
About Matt Baier Organizing
Professional Organizer Matt Baier and his team declutter and organize homes and offices in Stamford, New Canaan, Greenwich, Westport, Darien, Norwalk, Fairfield, Westchester County, and New York City.
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- Lisa Corrado: Matt, you are so right when you say many of what we consider tasks are actually projects. And I real [...]
- Steven: Tasks are simple. If you try to finish the tasks then think that you have completed the project. You [...]
- Elaine Hoffmann: I want to thank you and your amazing team for the great work you have done organizing my basement,at [...]
- Linda Kuppersmith: What a brilliant concept. As a business owner that wears several hats (Sales, marketing, accounting [...]
- Matt: Karen, sorry it's taken me so long to get back to your inquiry. I have used several different smart [...]