Motivation

Oh, Professional Organizing Career, How Do I Love Thee?

Thinking of joining the organizing industry or know someone who has a natural talent for creating order and helping others?  It can be a very rewarding and satisfying career. Certified Professional Organizer®, Helene Segura, explains why she loves being an organizer. Oh, Professional Organizing Career, How Do I Love Thee? Let me count the ways. It’s rewarding. [...]


5 Ways to Get Back on the Decluttering Wagon

Studies have shown that most New Year’s resolutions are forgotten soon after the new year begins.  Certified Professional Organizer®, Helene Segura, shares a few tips on how you can keep your resolution to stay organized. As December was ending and January approached, you were excited about the prospect of your New Year’s resolution: Get Organized!  [...]


How’s That Resolution Coming Along?

By now, you’ve read a lot about Get Organized Month on OTR.  Professional organizers across the country, myself included, have been using the 31 days in January to shine a light on the benefits of being organized.  Now that the month is coming to a close, how’s your mindset?  How’s your resolution to get more [...]


GO Month Day 27: See the Possibilities

It’s day 27 of Get Organized Month.  GO Month is all about the possibilities – the potential for “what can be.”  Have you thought about your possibilities?  Can you see your future, a more streamlined future?  One without scavenger hunts for important papers?  ..without racing against the clock to get to meetings on time…without special [...]


GO Month Day 6: How to Stay Motivated

It’s only day six of Get Organized Month and life is still happening.  Though your children may be back at school, you’re also back at work with all – or more – of your usual responsibilities.  When life goes back to normal after the holidays, it’s easy to slip back into “I’ll do it later” [...]


January is GO Month: 31 Days to Get More Organized

Nearly half of American adults make one or more resolutions each year, according to Proactive Change . Traditionally the most popular New Year’s resolutions pertain to weight loss, exercise, quitting smoking and better money management. [Will Your New Year's Resolution Last? · Mike Brody · www.myfoxdc.com] While getting more organized is not on this particular [...]


Fact Friday: Year’s End

We hope you find today’s “Fact Friday” inspirational, and wish you a “going on” filled with joy, success, and organized spaces! Year’s end is neither an end nor a beginning, but a going on, with all the wisdom that experience can instill in us. ~Hal Borland, American Author [ThinkExist.com] //


Motivation Tip: Break Tradition

“We always say tradition is the biggest roadblock to progress, and I think it’s tradition in law enforcement,” says Brandon Clabes, chief of the Midwest City Police Department. Instead of saying there’s a 417, officers now just say there’s a man with a gun inside the 7-Eleven store. Image via Wikipedia I heard this statement [...]