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Is Your Schedule To Full??? Thoughts from a Professional Organizer and How To Do Less

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  Is Your Schedule To Full??? Thoughts from a Professional Organizer and How To Do Less Guilty over here! Do you open your calendar and see something scheduled for every day for the rest of 2024 and beyond? How does this make you feel? Stressed, anxious, overwhelmed, exhausted? Or a nice big blend of it all? Yes, to all!   There is the part of me that likes to know all the things that are coming up so I can plan accordingly, but I still ask myself, where is the time for relaxing and doing nothing, or for spontaneity? Here is the thing, all the things that I do have scheduled are things that I love and want to do. I just know it is too full and not sustainable in the long run. So what am I going to do about it? Here is what I have been actively doing in my calendar, to make me feel like I have some control over it: 2024 is set - I have obligations that I will fulfill. I have looked carefully at the rest of the year, and those pockets of time I do have with some space - they are now bloc
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Email Management - Tips from a Professional Organizer

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  Email Management - Tips from a Professional Organizer I am sure we all can relate to the struggle in the volume of emails and messages we get, am I right? My hand is raised! There are days when the ping of a new email/message notification really triggers something in me and causes me to stress and experience some anxiety. However, I am really working on NOT letting this happen and I am feeling the change from the work I am putting in. It is not perfect all the time, as each day differs, but more and more, this feeling is getting increasingly manageable.  How am I doing this? While there is no one size fits all solution, here is what I am practicing and finding to be super helpful:   Unsubscribe to anything that is not relevant to you - do this as they come in and are saying to yourself, why am I getting this email?   Create folders/files for those important and dealt with items that need to be kept - really think about what needs to be kept, as you don’t want to contribute to build
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Tis the season - to start early!!!

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  Tis the season - to start early!!! What can I do now to make my life easier in one of the busiest seasons? Start early!   If you celebrate over the December holidays, then you know it is inevitable that this season will come, and it always comes so fast! One minute it is summer, then it is back to school and before you know it, Christmas carols are playing in the stores.   Do you tell yourself every year that you will not be last minute this time and that you will plan early so you can actually enjoy the season? Have you made this happen yet, or do you fall further behind every year? Maybe you are getting closer each year to achieving your goal of preparing early! Regardless, you can make this happen. Here is how:   Stop reinventing the wheel each year - if you buy gifts or send cards - have a list of the people you do this for and edit it each year by either adding or removing people to keep it up to date.   Have their addresses on the card list and if they ever send you updates, ma
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LEVEL 41

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I saw this idea of turning a level rather than an age somewhere on the internet ( insert internet credit here! ) and I love it! So here I am, about to turn level 41 😊 Reaching this level really has made me reflect on my life, all of the experiences I have had, and how they have led me to where I am today. It is interesting to look back and to think that one different choice or path may have lead to an entirely different life… Through travel, about 30 moves, living in 2 countries outside of Canada, across much of Canada, countless different types of jobs, all the people I have met along the way, love, intense & painful ongoing grief for the loved ones I have lost, all of life’s ups and downs that are part of being a person, tough decisions and the laughter, it has been a wild ride! Would I make some different decisions? I have concluded that I only would have if I was who I am today, and know what I know now, otherwise, the decisions would likely have been the same, over and ove
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These are a few of my favourite things!!

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These are a few of my favourite things!! While most of my product knowledge is all things organizing, as a lot of my time is spent sourcing the perfect items to help my clients achieve their organizing goals, I also like to prioritize finding the perfect things to help me streamline my processes and how I practice enjoyment in my life. I am a strong believer that less is more, and enjoyment is found in our experiences and the people we surround ourselves with, but there are some carefully thought out purchases that have added that extra bit of joy to my life! I would love to share some of them with you, just because of how much I enjoy them 😄 Dry brush set - Who knew I would find so much enjoyment in this simple practice a few times a week! My skin truly feels so soft and luxurious after a little dry brushing - https://amzn.to/3V6uX8u Egyptian Magic - Game changer for dry skin and gives me the dewy glow that I didn’t know I needed - https://amzn.to/3yyEEDK Puzzle board - I
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Location: London, ON, Canada
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What is your Why??

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What is your Why?? This is a big question - in everything we do, and in this scenario - Organizing!!! Everyone will have their own answers, which is technically the right answer, in my opinion anyway 😉 Find your Why …before you even think about starting your organizing journey. Yep, I am jumping right into this topic, because it is a favourite. Find your Why!  It is easy to just impulsively open your closet one day and start to pull everything out, get excited about the idea of a curated, less bulky and appealing looking closest space (and hey, this might actually work for some people!) - but that feeling can dissipate quickly when you find yourself buried under a heap of clothes and you’ve been there for hours, you have dinner plans in 20 minutes and you feel like you’ve accomplished nothing. Plus, you are now in a much bigger mess than you started with, and zero time to get back in there to finish anytime soon. Does this sound familiar? You are truly not alone. What went wrong? It
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Location: London, ON, Canada
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Grief and Possessions

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  Grief and Possessions  This is a complicated place to be, I know because I am a fellow griever myself. On November 10, 2021, my beloved brother died suddenly and tragically, now forever 35, leaving behind a heartbroken and grief stricken family. Through a tangled web of trying to navigate my grief, this tragedy lead me to follow my dreams and start my own small business as a Professional Organizer.   Within my first few months of business, I started working with some long-term clients experiencing their own grief, and am continuing to work them. It almost felt like it was meant to be getting to work with them as I got my small business up and running, as I am a part of this club too, a place no one wants to be, but once you are in it, you just get it. As difficult and heartbreaking as it is, overtime, if you let it, your grief can teach you many lessons. My heightened compassion, empathy and connection to their pain was a perfect match. Somehow, I am able to sit with them in it and
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Location: London, ON, Canada
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