I am often asked when I talk to new clients or when I tell people I am a professional organizer, what does that mean? What do you do? What can I expect when you show up? […]
good habits
What if? What if disaster struck and you weren’t at home with each of your family members or beloved pets? What would you do? Would you have a family emergency plan that automatically goes into place […]
Creating a Family Emergency Plan
Here is a truth of life: if feels better to let go of something than it does to acquire something new. When you get something it’s new, interesting and exciting, for a brief moment in time. […]
How to Organize a Donation Drive
I used to leave a pair of Spin shoes at a gym I frequented. The shelves were a sea of black heels. I took two little round smiley face stickers and popped them on the heel. […]
If you like it then put a sticker on it…
Just last week I discovered an amazing organization, Not Just Tourists. I found them in the midst of a typical scenario, I have a box of unopened medical supplies from a client, the company doesn’t want them […]
Not Just Tourists : Giving Back
Does your organizing world consist of shoulda, coulda and one days? Then it’s time to think about hiring an organizer. Whether you have a closet that dumps on you every time you open the door, a […]
When to Hire a Professional Organizer
I thought it would be fun for the Beautifully Organized Team to take the Four Tendencies quiz. If you are new to the blog, the Four Tendencies is a framework created by Gretchen Rubin to explain […]
GO-TEAM! Get the Right Mix of Tendencies in the Workplace
I have my fingers crossed for spring. It’s so cold in Toronto still. March is always the harshest month. Winter should be lifting it’s icy grip, but instead it’s snowed every day this week and […]
20 Things to Declutter Today!
We are ¼ of the way through 2018. It’s a little hard to believe, but we are starting to see signs of spring in Toronto so it must be true. At the beginning of the […]
18 for 2018 Check-in
I have a confession to make… I hate meal planning. I really do. I sit down and usually make it waaay more complicated than it needs to be, turn it into a mess and then […]
No-Nonsense Meal Planning
My son just turned one. It’s impossible, yet somehow, it happened. In his short life he has been on ten flights and we are staring down the face of a cross-country flight in less than […]
Travelling With Baby
Are you an under buyer or an over buyer? Do you always find yourself running to the corner store for toilet paper and toothpaste or do you stock for an army? I would consider myself a […]