An Infographic is Worth a 1,000 Words
This to-the-point infographic from MakeSpace storage, a full-service storage company based in NYC, Chicago, LA and Washington DC, illustrates many of the overwhelmingly compelling reasons we Organizers wish EVERYONE who needs organizing help would get organizing help. CLUTTER IS RUINING YOUR LIFE. Please, get going, with this link to a full set of…
Read MoreNational Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals
Yes, it’s a name change from National Association of Professional Organizers. More accurately reflects what we do, and how we do it. And it’s got a particularly fun resource, a blog which gathers contributions from the far-flung tribe around the globe. Take a look! http://www.napogetorganized.com/
Read MoreNational Coming Out Day – LGBTQ without apology
I am bisexual, capable of loving, committed, supportive, long-term physical and emotional relationships with either men or women. I’ve been out since 1982. I’m neither proud nor ashamed of this, any more than I’m proud or ashamed of being a redhead, short, having extremely bad eyesight or being right-handed. It is just me. I am…
Read MoreAdventures with Machinery, or Stubborn Self-Care – Always look for resources!!
Facebook as diary… October 8, 2017 – I have car. I have gear back in car. My tool kit – oh lovely lovely needle-nose pliers which pulls humongous nasty biting staples out of cardboard. Industrial light, which lights the way past Shelob in Mordor and dark basements. More room for more boxes. Always more boxes.…
Read MoreDoes This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat? by Peter Walsh
No, it’s not a cruel book. Walsh is exploring the idea, which he has seen in his clients many times and which his readers have described to him, that a person’s clutter can lead to a vicious cycle of the clutterer losing hope, neglecting self-care, getting depressed and anxious and therefore even more disorganized, then…
Read MoreComputer-free does NOT mean fancy-free
Day 6 without a computer. My phone feels like the marvelous machine in the photo (not mine, I stumbled on it in Sumner, WA) in comparison to the computer. I wish the truck was mine: day 52 without my RAV4. The Loaner Lexus just doesn’t make the grade.
Read MoreMy computer went on strike Wednesday 9/20/2017
So I’m getting a lot of reading done. That adaptability thing again. Taunton’s Home Storage Idea Book, written by Joanne Kellar Bouknight in 2003 is worth every second of effort to find on Amazon and worth every penny to buy. She’s FUNNY, creative, practical. I found myself wishing I could review this book just by…
Read MoreC. Melita Webb
It was marvelous fortune that I met C. Melita Webb when she consulted me for organizing help. She has taught me a great deal about courage, and what it means to aspire to graceful, compassionate dignity for oneself and others. I am not a Christian, but I think Ms. Webb’s ideals are universal to all faiths and I…
Read MoreLevel 1 Certificate of Study in Basic ADD Issues with the CD Client
This is the second course of study I’ve now completed with the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. I hope that this list will give people a glimpse of the rich nuances involved in getting and keeping people organized, with or without challenges. Heck, I’m using some of this stuff on myself – nobody is up for tedium all…
Read MoreSpark joy by Marie Kondo
I disliked Ms. Kondo’s first book, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing. I’m warmer to Spark Joy: an illustrated master class on the art of organizing and tidying up. It’s significantly gentler: Ms. Kondo has softened her “my way or else” invocations, acknowledging that people can use other approaches to their…
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