- 5 Tips for Giving Gifts without Adding ClutterIt’s holiday season – and we all know what that means: Presents! Whatever holiday you’re celebrating this month, it will most definitely include some form of gift giving. Everybody loves a great gift but it’s not always easy knowing just what to buy. As an organizer, I would say buying gifts is one of my most …
- Life is Messier Than it Looks on Social MediaI recently posted this adorable conversation my twins were having while eating their pizza. Twin A: This is the same as Mommy’s. Twin B: No, Mommy’s is better. Twin A: It’s the same ingredients. Twin B: Except one. Twin A: Right. Love. Twin B: Mommy’s secret ingredient. While every word was true, there was so …
- Making Our Days CountLast month I attended two funerals. The first was for a thirty-year-old young man who had bravely fought illness for 18 months; less than a week later, I attended the second funeral, for a two-year-old baby girl, born already destined for a short life. All funerals make us think about life and how we spend …
- 40 Ways Life is Better at 40Ever since my 40th birthday last year, I’m different. I am calmer, I walk with a skip in my step, I smile more easily and more frequently. I wake up every day feeling the way I do after clearing a closet or organizing my junk drawer . I think it’s because I have been doing a …
- Today I Lost a Rib RoastHave you ever had one of those days that makes you question not only your sanity, but your very identity? Today was one of those days. Today ended with me losing a rib roast. An actual 3 pound piece of meat. Lost. Let me start at the beginning. Today was one of those days before …
- Can You Keep a Secret? Confessions of a Professional Organizer“You’re an organizer? Your house must be perfect, right?” Nope. Not so much. The truth is, unless we live alone, and maybe even when we do, our lives are easily filled with clothing, and paper, and dishes, and stuff, and more stuff. No one is immune to clutter. Even those of us who clear clutter …
