Getting Ready For The Holidays ~~It's the holidays and can you believe Thanksgiving is next week? As you are rummaging through the pantry looking for ingredients to cook your fabulous meal or getting ready to decorate, take a few extra minutes for organizing. These few simple tips will help your holiday to be smoother, your home will feel tidy, and you will be creating extra storage. All this is a bonus when the holidays are over and you … [Read more...]
What is the first step in organizing?
What is the first step ~~ What is the first step in organizing? Usually you need to figure out what you have first. The next step in any organizing problem, especially the overwhelming ones, is to empty the space. You won't be able to assess your space and make a plan for arranging that place until you pull everything out, see and take account for what you have. This thought is kind of scary for some people because it means things will become … [Read more...]
How to stop avoiding the issues
Stop avoiding the issues ~~ For most people, a mess starts with a busy schedule and a lack of time and attention to devote to cleaning it up. Small piles of clutter turn into big piles of clutter which turn into an over-run closet. At this point, time should be committed to this issue and the mess should be dealt with, but the question is how to stop avoiding the issues? When the mess becomes too big and you feel overwhelmed, a common reaction … [Read more...]
How do you pick yourself up after a loss?
Loss ~~ As a home organizer, there is no easy answer for getting through hard times. Catastrophes happen and the question becomes, how do you pick yourself up after a loss? It has been more than 13 years since hurricane Katrina. Being a born and raised in New Orleans, I know the pain that came in with the flood waters that overtook so much of the city. I am very proud of how the people there came together to recover and rebuild the city. It … [Read more...]
Stop worrying about what people think
Stop worrying about what people think ~~ We should stop worrying about what people think. "That's none of your business". Have you ever said that or thought? Imagine...You have had a rough day, you open a brand new container of ice cream and before you know it you have eaten half. What do you do; of course you hide it under the cauliflower, surely your spouse or room mate will never know. Later that evening you hear "who ate half a container … [Read more...]
