My house was filled with boxes. My parents had died, and a lot of their belongings ended up in boxes in my living room and office. I had a kitchen, laundry room and bedroom remodel done, and things from the kitchen and bedroom were in boxes in my living room. I had retired from teaching and 19 years of teaching stuff was... you guessed it, in boxes in my living room and ofice.
I had paths to get through all the stuff. My living room was unused except for boxes. It wasn't that I wanted all this stuff, I just didn't now where to start to organize and discard. It was just too overwhelming.
I had met another organizer before I met Lauren, didn't hire the other person because just in casual conversation, I knew I would have difficulty working with her.
Then one day I asked this woman, Lauren, sitting next to me in a ceramics class, "What do you do for work?" Her answer, "I help people get organized." just about saved my life!
She helped me figure out what I wanted the room to be, asked great questions and then started the weeding out process. As another review said, she set up a staging area, and started labeling everything. Empty boxes labeled Keep, Toss, Donate, Recycle, or Think About. And then we started on a corner of my living room. At first the Think About box got the most use, but as we continued to work, I got much better at donating or tossing. And some things I decided to sell.
I was able to get stuff out of storage, and almost immediately, with Lauren's help sort everything out. How nice to save the storage money!
It took awhile, but for the first time in way too many years, if I need an envelope, I know where one is. I know where my tools are, where my office supplies are, where my kitchen stuff is. Everything has labels, everything is organized.
Lauren is punctual, fun to work with, and just amazing! I want to keep her in my life for ever! She even helped me organize my stuff to get my taxes done! There are not enough thanks in the world! (I had talked to another organizer before I met Lauren, didn't hire the other person because just in casual conversation, I knew I would have difficulty working with her.) read more