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Mar 26
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Reasons To Organize Your Closet With A Professional Organizer

By How To Organize 8 Comments

Is your closet ready for a spring make-over? Have you ever thought how great it would be to organize your closet with a professional organizer? Recently, I have been organizing lots of closets. There is something very satisfying about creating order in a closet. I love the look on my clients’ faces as we work together to make their closet functional for them. Each of them at one time or another during the process said, “I never would have thought of doing that”. As a professional organizer I can look at the space objectively and provide lots of different storage…

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Mar 19
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How To Downsize Your Home Without All The Drama

By How To Organize 18 Comments

Are you getting ready to sell your home and move to a smaller place? Or, are you downsizing and staying where you are? No matter which you are doing you will need to evaluate your belongings and decide what stays and what goes. If you have lived in your home for more than a couple of years you will have lots to assess. How will you do this with a minimum of fuss and bother? Is it even possible to downsize your home without drama? As a professional organizer, I can tell you the answer is “Yes!”.  I have done…

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Mar 12
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The 3 Best Reasons To Take A Mini Vacation

By Rightsize Your Life

In years past I rarely took vacations except for the ones you may expect. My family and I usually went away around Christmas. We also typically took a Spring Break vacation. I don’t know why but since my children are grown and on their own, my vacations have become a thing of the past. This year vacations are making a re-appearance in my life in the form of mini-vacations. I just returned from one and I can’t say enough good things about it. What is a mini vacation? I am defining a mini vacation as a long weekend away from…

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Mar 05
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The Truth About Being Kind To Yourself

By Be A Better Version Of You

There’s all sorts of advice out there which tells people to be kind to themselves. This advice also says to treat yourself the way you would a friend or to give yourself grace. I was sharing this information with a friend of mine who asked me what being kind to yourself really means. I told him what it means as it applies to organizing. Since I am a professional organizer, I can tell you about the ways you can be kind to yourself as you go about decluttering and organizing your home. Let’s review these two expressions one at a…

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Feb 26
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Use Life Hacks To Begin Creating Better Home Maintenance Routines

By Control Clutter

Last week I wrote about the best reason to declutter and organize your home. It is, in case you don’t know, for you. Declutter and organize your home to make it look the way you want it to, to make yourself happy. Often we let things slide because no one else is around to be clean, tidy, and organized for. We ask ourselves ‘why bother?’ and ‘who cares?’.  The flip side of this is that if we don’t bother to clean up, tidy, and declutter after ourselves we end up with a home that is so disorganized that we become…

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Feb 19
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The Best Reason To Declutter and Organize Your Home

By Control Clutter

Have you ever scurried around quickly decluttering an area before someone comes over? Why am I asking this? Don’t I already know the answer? Of course! I know you do. Everyone does this, myself included. Yes. Even professional organizers toss things in a drawer, a cupboard, a bag, or a closet from time to time. Doing a quick fix. I think it’s not human to always have everything in place. We do this because we don’t want to be embarrassed by the stuff we have out and about. When I do this, I make a mental (or physical) note to…

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Feb 05
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Want A Romantic Valentine’s Day? Here’s How To Declutter Your Bedroom

By Control Clutter

Do you have a special person, someone you love with whom you are planning to celebrate Valentine’s Day? This day will be here before you know it. It’s time to get your home (in particular your family room, dining table, and your bedroom) organized. As a professional organizer, I want to teach you how to declutter your bedroom and your family room and dining table so you can have a romantic Valentine’s Day. Are you wondering why I am singling out these three areas? When you invite someone into your home the first room they might relax in is the…

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Jan 29
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3 Reasons To Update Your Will Now

By Rightsize Your Life

Before I talk about the reasons to update your will, let’s talk about wills in general. Some people think talking about your will or someone else’s will is a bit morbid. I understand. No one wants to talk about death and it can feel creepy or somewhat disrespectful to ask someone about their plans to divest their belongings when they die. However, having a will is one way to take responsibility for yourself, your belongings, and to show respect to those you love. That puts a different spin on it, doesn’t it. Do I have you thinking about this? Maybe…

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Jan 22
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How To Organize Your Clothes When You Don’t Have A Dresser

By How To Organize

Keeping clothes tidy is something that can impact how your bedroom looks. When clothes are piled all over the bedroom it looks disorganized and cluttered. Some people don’t have a closet and others don’t have a dresser to use. Today I’m talking about how to organize clothes without a dresser. There are many creative ways to organize clothes without a dresser. Some people even prefer having no dresser because it’s easier to see the clothes that are available to wear. It is also easier to put clothes away when you don’t have to open and close a dresser drawer. Here…

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Jan 15
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Why Organized Clutter Is A Step In The Right Direction

By Control Clutter

Most professional organizers probably agree that clutter is the result of postponed decision making. So, this thought begs two questions in my mind and, I bet, also in your mind regarding the title of this post. The first question is, what is organized clutter? The second question is, why would a professional organizer think that organized clutter is a step in the right direction? Let’s define organized clutter I did a little research on the term ”organized clutter” and found this article in which professional organizer, Matt Baier, answers the question “Is there such a thing as organized clutter?” One…

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