A professional organizer helps individuals, families, and businesses create and maintain personalized systems and spaces that work. An organizer can:
Your reasons for de-cluttering and organizing your home, workspace, or life are not the same as your neighbor’s. There is no “one system fits all,” as people have different needs, family configurations, work habits, lifestyles, learning styles, preferences, and requirements for the space, task, or project they want to organize or address.
Clearing out clutter and creating new space that meets your most important goals is a big undertaking. Doing so can improve your home, work life, and relationships; reduce your stress, and may even bring added health benefits.
Now you can get organized from anywhere! Our first session will begin with an Initial Assessment, usually lasting about 60 minutes. Using a comprehensive questionnaire, we will define your most important goals. Together, we will discuss your space and/or calendar and/or projects to identify and examine your areas of concern.
You may find that this Initial Assessment is all you need to jumpstart your organizing efforts, and that it provides the impetus you need to begin on your own. Or you may wish to schedule regular or periodic organizing sessions to keep your momentum going.
Virtual organizing may work for you when:
Virtual organizing sessions normally are scheduled for one hour, and can be conducted by phone, Zoom, FaceTime, or What’s App, and are paid at the end of each session (or by prior arrangement) with a check, or credit card via PayPal.
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You initially may feel fear, embarrassment, reluctance, or shame. You may be overwhelmed by the prospect of change, of having to deal with all the clutter that surrounds you. Please be assured that I will be patient and respectful, and that I will keep our work together completely confidential. We always move at your pace. And no, you never are required to throw away anything you really want to keep – the choice is always yours.
Challenges with space, clutter, and time are closely interwoven. If you are constantly looking for your phone or a critical document, are often stressed about being late, or wish you didn’t have so many social or volunteer commitments, you are spending time and energy that could be better spent in more important and enjoyable pursuits. If you often feel overwhelmed by busyness, I offer support as you pare down your “stuff” to make your daily routine more manageable and your life simpler. If time management is your top concern, I will assist you to determine your key priorities and goals, then help you create a plan to allow you to spend the majority of your time on the people, places, and things most meaningful to you.
As you might imagine, it depends. If having too much stuff or too many commitments has been a long-standing challenge for you, it may take several sessions not only to work through the clutter or time management issues, but for me to teach you new skills and for you to develop new habits. If you recently have become overwhelmed because of a life transition, such as moving, marriage, having a baby, retiring, the loss of a loved one, or starting a new job, you just may want some help to get things and routines back into place.
You may need a whole house or office makeover, or require help in just one room or area. In all cases, one main criterion is how quickly you can make decisions: about what to keep, what to donate, what to toss, what to sell, and what to give to friends or family.
Being organized is an ongoing process. Once I help you create systems that work for you, you then will want to allocate regular time to maintain the systems – on your own, or with periodic check-ins by phone or text.
Cancellations less than 24 hours in advance of the scheduled session will be billed for the entire session, except in case of illness or emergency.
The benefits of being organized are beyond what you can imagine! In making an investment in bringing order to your home, workplace, or life, many report these advantages:
Plus, we’ve often seen that when one member of a household or organization starts getting organized, others follow suit even without prompting – it’s inspiring!