When dealing with an overwhelming array of clutter and mess, clarity is key. We may find clarity is the farthest thing from our organizing toolbox. Yet through our willingness and commitment to follow through with a plan of action, we can gain the order we desire. Clarity is the state of being clear, of being […]

While organizers help clients deal with the physical things in their lives, we also help them with the emotional and mental clutter that goes along with it. I would estimate that organizing is about 70% mental/emotional and 30% physical. Helping clients move past the emotional and mental barriers is the key area for organizers. Helping […]

Holding onto possessions from the past, we can often find ourselves clinging to times and places that are not relevant to today. We find we have one foot, or both, in the past, and we find it challenging to move beyond where we were, especially when we have many possessions that remind us of a […]

When we are faced with a mound of paper, mail, a cluttered desk, a kitchen table piled with books, letters, clothes and assorted things, we find our minds fog over and we can’t think clearly. We may find we are alone in a sea of  stuff that we try to push aside each day and […]

Paper is a nuisance, though it sometimes holds important information, and it can clutter our work and living spaces beyond measure. Paper comes in the forms of bills, legal documents, letters, cards, subscriptions, notices, parking tickets, catalogs and more. Sorting through it and keeping up on it can feel like a full time job. Many […]

While we can meet new people, replace our cars, sell our homes and trade up, buy new clothes, artwork or furniture, we can never buy more time. Once this moment, this hour, this day is gone, it’s gone for good. We can never get it back. Time is the one precious commodity we can never […]

Everyone’s space matters, whether it’s a studio apartment, a spacious glassed-in office, a multi-room mansion or a cozy bungalow. Having a space to call your own is important and making that space function to its utmost is imperative. Having too many clothes, a non working kitchen table, oveflowing closets, an unusable garage, a desk piled […]