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Make Your Holidays Merry & Stress-Free

December 5, 2024

The holidays are a time for joy, but they can also bring stress. A little preparation can help you stay…

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Organized and Safe: Tips for a Senior-Friendly Home

October 10, 2024

We all want our senior loved ones to be safe in their homes.  I recently presented at the Senior Safety…

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Seasonal Refresh: Top Fall Organizing Tips

September 25, 2024

Fall offers an opportunity to get organized before the busyness of the holidays. A clutter-free, cozy space can help you…

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Here’s to finding more space, more time and more joy in your summer!

June 11, 2024

Summertime and the living is easy.  Well, sometimes anyway…Being organized goes a long way in making your life simpler and…

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What can you let go of on World Organizing Day?

May 20, 2024

Happy World Organizing Day 2024!  Didn’t know that was a thing?  You’re welcome!  This is the day that professional organizers…

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Tips for Organizing Your Digital Space

March 19, 2024

A messy home office = negative mental health. Everyone knows that a messy home office can negatively affect your mental…

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How to Make Taxes Less Taxing…

March 17, 2024

Getting organized for your taxes can be easy as a three-folder system. Folder A:  Income & Personal Information Folder B: …

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Organizing Resolutions for 2024

January 1, 2024

Did you know that “getting organized” is one of the top 3 resolutions every January 1st?  If your New Year’s…

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Fall Organizing: Pick a Calendar

September 15, 2023

Full disclosure – fall is my favorite time of year.  Cool mornings and warm days.  Apple picking and harvest festivals. …

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Organizing for Back to School 2023

July 31, 2023

Yes, it’s almost August, and back to school is looming.  Getting kids ready and set up for success takes some…

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Sun and Skin – Organizing for Safety

May 1, 2023

What items in your transitional space can keep you safe? Entering and exiting the home easily and with less stress…

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In the season of MORE, what about LESS?

December 15, 2022

It’s that time of year.  A time of excess, buying, and spending.  But in this season of more, I’m here…

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Organizing your pantry for healthy eating…

May 6, 2021

Everyone wants to eat healthier.  Organizing your kitchen and pantry makes this process more doable.   Check out these tips to…

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Kitchen Spring Cleaning

April 1, 2021

Everyone wants an organized kitchen.  But one of the greatest obstacles to keeping that space organized is the sheer volume…

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7 Steps to Get to Your “Happy Place”

March 7, 2021

Want to make your home more joyful and less chaotic?  Start by following these simple steps to declutter your home…

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The story of the stuff

March 1, 2021

Why am I holding onto this? This is one of the most frequent questions I hear when I work with…

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Setting up your home office? Here are the top 5 recommendations from a professional organizer.

December 7, 2020

#WFH? Check. Since the start of quarantine in March, many of us have been working from home. And in the…

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Reducing your footprint

October 30, 2020

Downsizing your (commercial) space What’s one of your largest business expenses?  Salary?  Benefits?  How about rent?  And if there’s one…

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Top 5 Organizing Tips to Help Your Family Thrive

October 16, 2020

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Readying for Moving Day in the time of COVID

September 14, 2020

The last push. You’ve planned, organized, and checked (and rechecked) the details.  You’ve packed the seldom used, seasonal, and non-critical…

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Planning, purging, and packing during COVID.

September 4, 2020

Countdown to your move. As you’re planning your move, use this as an opportunity to purge.  How much storage is…

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Moving safely in the time of COVID

August 27, 2020

Trust; and verify. Words to live by. And even more so now during the time of COVID. If you’re organizing your move,…

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Organizing your move during COVID

August 20, 2020

Start with a plan and a timeline. Moving is stressful. Period. This is one of the universal knowns like death and…

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Back to School 2020 – Effective Systems Maximize Learning Time

August 10, 2020

I control what I can. In the midst of pretty much EVERYTHING being “unprecedented” these days, this year’s back to…

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The transition of divorce…

August 2, 2020

The statistics of divorce The statistics of divorce are not great.  44% of first marriages and 67% of second marriages…

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How much does it COST to get organized?

June 27, 2020

Well, it depends…. “How much will it cost me to hire an organizer for my organizing project?” Well, it depends. …

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Planning your kitchen renovation

June 16, 2020

Kitchen renovations are disruptive. Plan accordingly… Ready to get started on your kitchen renovation? Vetted and chose a great contractor…

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Planning for “THE AFTER” in your business…

May 20, 2020

Did your systems work? Now is the time to plan for what comes next and determine just how prepared (or…

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decluttering and donating

Donating is great. Here’s how to do it thoughtfully and intentionally.

May 7, 2020

What do I have to donate? If we’re lucky, we’ve all been stuck in our homes for the past few…

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Organizing during the quarantine…

April 23, 2020

The closets are done.  Now what? Congratulations.   Organizing closets, the junk drawer and even possibly starting on the “nether regions”…

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