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What did you feel when you read that title? Terror? Secret relief? Anxiety? Yes, I feel the same and got to feel all those things recently when I took an unexpected dip into the Ipswich River when my kayak and its contents overturned. Thankfully the water was only hip deep, but it was October in […]
Recently my partner and I went to Nova Scotia, which is over 8 hours away by car. Since we both love nature and scenery, we decided to drive. We were also visiting New Brunswick, and planned a whirlwind tour that involved staying in a different hotel every night for 10 nights (except for a 2-night […]
Last year, my mother and I consolidated all of the family photos into one huge pile so that we could find some pictures to use for my dad’s 70th birthday. I wanted to put together a slideshow, and was delighted with the results from local media conversion service, Everpresent! My dad loved it, and it’s great […]
Have a day of cleaning ahead of you? Check out these inspiring and fun songs to get you rocking and rolling! The Middle – Jimmy Eat World The Time (Dirty Bit) – Black Eyed Peas Pump it – Black Eyed Peas Short skirt/long jacket – Cake Groove is in the heart – Deeeelite Guallando – […]
I think sometimes our clients believe that we professional organizers are perfectly put-together, that we don’t have any messes or piles or junk drawers in our own lives. I’m here to tell you that it just ain’t so…and sorry if I’m bursting any bubbles! We organizers are quite human, and my worst hotspots are my […]
Every year, the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals (NAPO) holds a nationwide conference. It’s packed with education, networking, and a vendor expo to keep us organizers up-to-date on tools, trends, and digital software/apps. This past April, they decided to change up the format into more of a retreat-style offering, so the focus was […]
There comes a time when you have to have a conversation with your kids about decluttering/donating their things. With my kids, it came when my son was around 8, and his bedroom floor was reduced to a one-layer high display of all of his put-it-together-yourself kits. Mini-trebuchets, papier-mache volcanos, replicas of pyramids and Lego fill-in-the-blank […]
Hello fellow empty nesters! Well, full disclosure: my fledglings have returned to the nest, but their stuff really does belong to them. Since many of us are in similar situations with kids who are at home/then not/then at home again, even if it’s college, it can be confusing to make decisions about their things. Here […]
In Part 1 of this topic, I discussed what Death Cleaning is: a technique originating in Sweden (“Dostadning”), death cleaning is a way to decrease your possessions over time so that your next of kin has much less to deal with (e.g. “get rid of”) after you pass away. I talked about my own process […]
Death cleaning, you say? A technique originating in Sweden (“Dostadning”), death cleaning is a way to decrease your possessions over time so that your next of kin has much less to deal with (e.g. “get rid of”) after you pass away. According to an article in the New York Post, “In Sweden, people start the […]
