You know that item that you bought a long time ago but you never used it and now it just clutters up your closet? Yeah, that one. We had a closet full of those. Well, not a whole closet. But what we had was bulky, so it seemed like it. A few weeks ago, I decided that the large unused items had to go, and I made some plans for them. One item, a full-sized piano keyboard which connects to…
Read more →I spent Veteran’s Day engaged in what might described as a busman’s holiday. (For those not familiar with that quaint phrase, it means spending your vacation doing something very similar to your normal work.) In my case, the activity was cleaning out closets, sorting and packaging items for donation and recycling, and discarding the rest. What made this activity different was that the items belonged to my mother, who passed away earlier this year. I had help from my sister, and moral…
Read more →I just had the most fun weekend. What did I do? I organized, of course! In the process of organizing, I made some interesting discoveries that I wanted to share with you.
Read more →In law, the “reasonable person standard” is used to judge a defendant’s behavior by asking whether “a reasonable person, under the same circumstances, would have acted in the same way as the defendant”. So what does this have to do with organizing? I sometimes use the “reasonable person standard” to help my clients determine how much is too much.
Read more →It’s hard to ask for help, especially if it’s something that you feel you should be able to do on your own. “Why can’t I do this?” you ask yourself. “Everybody else can. What’s wrong with me?” This feeling often prevents individuals from contacting a Professional Organizer, even when clutter is bringing down the quality of their lives. So I’d like to share with you my experience with two professionals that I hired to do something that “everyone else” can seemingly do…
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