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What’s YOUR Revelation?

One of our greatest obstacles is overcoming the suspicion that Professional Organizers are shysters who have figured out a way to get paid from making you throw out all your stuff. Not true. Our focus is not on throwing everything out. The fact is, our focus is on what you are KEEPING and how much, and why, and where it's all going to go. How do we get the best results? It does NOT come from us telling you what you MUST do, but from creating an environment, where you make your OWN revelations. We do this every day, but in this post, I want to share one of our most beautiful examples.

2023-10-21T02:09:53-04:00June 17th, 2013|Clutter Control, Home page|

Book Review: Organizing From The Inside Out

Ten years ago I didn't even know there was such a thing as a PROFESSIONAL Organizer. The first one I knew of was Peter Walsh from TLC's Clean Sweep. Not knowing where else to turn, I emailed Mr. Walsh, who started me out with two excellent pieces of advice: join NAPO and read Julie Morgenstern's Organizing From The Inside out.

2024-09-11T15:17:37-04:00June 13th, 2013|Home page, Product Reviews|

Are Vampires Lurking in Your Closet?

Last week a woman was giving me a tour of all the organizing challenges in her home and when we came to a closet upstairs, I asked her, “can I see what’s in here?” She said “Oh, I don’t want to show you that. It’s a DISASTER!” After explaining to her that I was in the disaster business, she let me have a look.

2023-10-21T02:10:15-04:00June 10th, 2013|Closet, Clutter Control, Home page|

Book Review: A Mom’s Guide to Home Organization

If you find that your biggest organizing challenges come from the trials of being a mother, A Mom’s Guide to Home Organization is a great resource. It’s written by Debbie Lillard, a mother of three children and a professional organizer since 2003.

2024-09-11T15:23:01-04:00June 4th, 2013|Clutter Control, Home page, Product Reviews, Time Management|

Quantity Dictates Systems

One of the questions I get asked most frequently, before starting an organizing project is “What should I buy?” I have a very simple answer: nothing. This is especially true for the big projects we tend to get this time of year, like garages, basements, attics. The reason comes down to this very simple organizing rule: "quantity dictates systems."

2013-06-03T09:22:19-04:00June 3rd, 2013|Clutter Control, Home page, Systems|

Product Review: The Fujitsu ScanSnap iX500

Our clients often ask, “Shouldn’t I just scan everything and go paperless?” My first thought is that there is probably a lot of paper that should be purged first. My second thought is that, for what’s left, your standard flatbed scanner is not going to cut it. The Fujutsu Scan Snap iX500, however, will.

2013-05-20T22:29:41-04:00May 20th, 2013|Home page, Product Reviews|

Do You Have “Dishes in the Sink”?

As I’ve so often stated, my central organizing philosophy is circulation prevents accumulation, but what exactly do I mean by this? Effective organizing solutions must be built on movement. There must be a reliable advancement from one manageable stage to the next. If this circulation is blocked by an unmanageable stage, the whole process starts to fall apart and an accumulation of clutter is inevitable.

2023-10-21T02:11:07-04:00May 7th, 2013|Clutter Control, Home page, Paper Management, Systems|

Product Review: “The Fold n’ File” by “Thirty One”

Last week I attended NAPO-CT’s Vendor Fair and one of the companies represented was Thirty One. It so happened that I won one of their products, The Fold n’ File, in a raffle, so I thought I would review it.

2024-09-03T07:45:26-04:00May 3rd, 2013|Home page, Product Review, Product Reviews|
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