Tips from a Professional Organizer: Inside Secrets
Organizing Tips from a Professional Organizer
How do professionals transform cluttered messes into tidy homes? Have you ever found yourself wanting organizing tips from a professional organizer?
Janine Adams is a certified Professional Organizer + owner of Peace of Mind Organizing®. Below, Janine answers readers’ most pressing decluttering and organizing questions.
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Declutter smarter.
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The benefits of an organized home:
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A decluttered, organized living space boasts many advantages, including peace of mind, freedom + extra time, to name a few.
Additional benefits of a decluttered, organized how include:
– You experience less stress, because you find what you want when you need it.
– It is possible to regularly leave the house at a moment’s notice because you never lose your keys/wallet/handbag.
– You pay your bills on time, thus avoiding late penalties + higher interest rates.
– Your maintain your home’s systems with ease because there’s a clear pathway to reach them (the furnace isn’t blocked by clutter, for instance).
– If your dream home comes on the market, you can move at a moment’s notice because you don’t have months of decluttering to complete first.
Did you know?
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Why is it so important to start any decluttering endeavor with a vision?
Decluttering is challenging + can be expensive. Having a vision keeps your eye on the prize.
A vision also helps inform decisions about what to keep versus what to let go of.
Questions to ask yourself while decluttering:
1. Do I love it?
2. Do I use it?
3. Does keeping this item contribute to my vision for my space?
4. How likely is it I will need this item in the future?
5. If I do need this item in the future, will I be able to find it?
6. Can I get another?
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Already Organized? Tips from a professional organizer for staying that way:
– Keep less stuff.
– Be mindful about what you bring into your house.
– Create a daily tidying habit. Put things in their places at the end of Every. Single Day.
Notable quotes from the episode:
“Your vision doesn’t need to be detailed, it just needs to be.”
“Letting go of excess is the answer for everything in my work, I believe.”
“The solution to the problem usually involves letting go of stuff.”
“I don’t consider myself a minimalist, but I’m a big believer that less is more.”
“The bottom line is this: Keeping something you don’t need or love has a cost associated with it.”
“Letting go + having empty space is so valuable to one’s psyche.”
