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I see this all the time: folks trying to run a business, or manage a household without a proper, organized space in which to do so.  They might be able to get by for a short time, but in the long [...]

Do people really stay organized after you leave? Oh do I hear that question a lot.  Not often do I hear it from potential or actual clients. Although the people that ask are probably curious if [...]

Paperwork, of any kind, can be messy. Figuring it out can feel daunting.  I don’t know many people who would disagree with me.  I love to dig into disorder and make sense of it all, and [...]

There is a ton of information out there about how to live a certain way, how to be healthy, how to lose weight, how to be happy.  There are so many articles written telling you to “do [...]

As a professional organizer for the past 20+ years, I have come to expect to hear certain words and phrases from clients as we start the purging process and the work of lightening their load.  [...]

I like to think of myself as an uncomplicated person. That should not be read that I don’t have layers — or complications in life.  It is more to say that I always try to find that [...]

I have heard people jokingly say that sanity is so overrated.  That to feel sane means you are too tight, not relaxed enough. That you perhaps put too much effort on things running… [...]

Minimal gets a bad wrap!  Well, to be honest, the word does sound at little scary.  But the meaning of minimal is nothing more than owning what you love, use and need. Nothing too scary about [...]

It wasn’t my intention when I made a vow of sorts to write more letters that I’d get letters in return. I intended to try my hand at doing something that has become a lost art of [...]

Before motherhood {which is now just about two years in the making} a lot of people used to tell me that I would have to let a lot go with motherhood when it came to “stuff”.  [...]