Posts Tagged ‘Certified Professional Organizer’
THANK YOU COSTCO
Costco published Corral the Chaos, a marvelous article about working with Professional Organizers, in its February 2025 Connections magazine for members. THANK YOU COSTCO!!!!! ANOTHER REASON I’M A SATISFIED MEMBER.
Read MoreBuying Organizing Services as a Gift
Buying organizing services as a gift. Sounds like a great idea, right? On New Year’s Eve, when you may be thinking of gifting organizing services to someone for her New Year’s Resolution, or thinking ahead to his Valentine’s Day present, or already panicking about your wedding anniversary with them… Let the buyer beware. A surprise…
Read MoreThe Works Seattle
I am delighted to announce that I’ll be offering an organizing class through The Works Seattle on Thursday May 16, 7:00PM. It’s a beautiful space in one of my favorite neighborhoods. I may just let myself goof off that day and then saunter in to teach. My beloved Coco is star of the show. About…
Read MoreI don’t like real-life mysteries
I don’t like real-life mysteries. I’ll read fiction all day every day, cut my teeth on Nancy Drew and The Hardy Boys, graduated to Sherlock Holmes, Miss Marple, Lord Peter and Nero Wolfe. I avoid the real-life stuff at all cost. I’m reviewing some of my bookkeeping, which prompts this self-reflection. Worry about the client…
Read MoreCareful What You Wish For – Hallie Ephron – Organizer Don’ts & Spoiler Alerts
Hallie Ephron, author of Careful What You Wish For, did a superlative job immersing herself in an Organizer’s world. I have huge respect for a writer who visits NAPO-New England (National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals) to get the insider’s perspective. Was even more gratified to see Kathy Vines, Clever Girl Organizing, herself the…
Read MoreMe, I’ve found something to brand!
Me, a Certified Professional Organizer who’s reluctant to give most clients a business card! I’ve found something to brand, something I’d pass out like pens at a bank. I’ve come to a standstill trying to teach a certain person, who shall remain nameless, about calendars. And many of my clients dislike calendars – “too…
Read MoreA Client and a Dog
One of my former clients texted today, showing off an absolutely adorable moose of a just-adopted-from-a-shelter dog. I admit, unabashedly, I started crying. A competent, seasoned Organizer doesn’t come into a client’s home and start wondering where the pretty baskets go. A qualified Organizer comes in and checks that a client can get to all…
Read MoreUnstuff Your Life! Andrew J. Mellen
Andrew J. Mellen, once-upon-a-time VirgoMan and now “simply” “The Most Organized Man in America,” began in the organizing profession in 1996. He’s another of our giants – a little more literally, since he stands at 6′ 1″ – alongside such luminaries as Judith Kolberg and Julie Morgenstern. Luminary is appropriate in another sense – Mellen…
Read MoreOrganizing Pep Rally Movie-Star-Style – virtual
Casual Uncluttering’s “Organizing Pep Rally” is a great virtual get-together with family or friends, your favorite social club, the monthly Home Owners Association gathering, your small-business networking night, or any other combination of colleagues, chums and blood-relations you might desire. THIS IS ME So, what is an Organizing Pep Rally? I come to your space using…
Read MoreOrganizer on the Road Show Goes Zoom
There’s a virtual demonstration of an organizing session, to let anyone get familiar and comfortable with the process, available through Casual Uncluttering LLC. It’s a bin of items my clients and I often encounter in our sessions. The featured photo is a sample of what you’ll see. “The Organizer on the Road Show” is practical,…
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