What Are You Waiting For?
Do you have a set of good china that rarely gets used, perhaps only once or twice a year, on major holidays? Maybe you also own a second set of good dishes, inherited from your mom or grandma, that never…
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Could You Be Ready to Move in 5 Hours?
Earlier in January, the residents of the White House changed. The Washington Post published an interesting article about the shift of inhabitants entitled Five frantic hours in the White House: How to move a new president in and the old…
Psssst…It’s Expensive to be Disorganized
If you’ve been reading my monthly articles for a while, you know that each holiday season I usually assemble a list of non-physical gift ideas. I am a big believer, both personally as well as professionally as a Certified Professional…
Organizing & Gratitude at Thanksgiving
As Al Stillman and Robert Allen wrote, and Perry Como initially crooned, “there’s no place like home for the holidays.” However, this year, in the midst of a global pandemic, many are opting not to travel and instead, for the…
Do You Know What’s Scary?
Skeletons and goblins and ghosts, oh my! If you know me, you probably know that Fall is my favorite season. Each year, I anxiously wait for the magnificence of the changing hues, as the leaves spectacularly evolve from green to…
Found Time: The Organizer Gets Organized
tol-er-ate : [verb] to allow the existence, presence, practice, or act of without prohibition or hindrance; permit. to endure without repugnance; to put up with. The above definition from dictionary.com defines “tolerate” as allowing or permitting something to happen without…
When the Hurricane Comes, the Answer’s Not Blowin’ in the Wind!
As a child, I was a Girl Scout. As yummy as those Thin Mints are, it’s not about the cookies. The Girl Scout motto is “Be Prepared.” The importance of this was emphasized by my troop leaders. According to the…
Why Do People Keep So Much Stuff?
This past week, I was working with a new client, helping her edit and organize her wardrobe. In the process of going through items, she turned and asked me, “Why do people keep so much stuff? And why is it…
I Wonder What’s In That Bin?
I was walking my dogs around my neighborhood early one morning last month, shortly before the garbage trucks were scheduled to make their rounds. In front of a neighbor’s house, I saw this storage bin sitting at the curb alongside…
Do You Know What Day It Is? Staying Organized & Having Fun in the Time of COVID
Have you asked yourself “what day is today?” more than once (a week) since you have been sheltering-in-place? The days definitely seem to merge into one another. Last week, a friend declared on his social media post, “From now on,…
