Getting Started on the Road to Getting Organized
With Get Organized Month(SM) soon to be ending, have you made progress yet with your New Year’s resolution to get organized? It’s not too late to get started, but it is important to start, otherwise procrastination will set in. Most of the time when we begin a task or project that feels overwhelming, we discover that it wasn’t quite as bad as we thought. So break it down into smaller chunks and get started today.
One of the best parts of getting organized is going shopping for organizing products after you’ve decluttered your space! If you love to shop, maybe that is just the motivation you need!
Don’t like organizing? Consider hiring a professional organizer to help you to get started. Even if you only work with an organizer for the first 2-6 hours of a project, it can help to save you hours of frustration and stress in the long run. Wasting time looking for things, stepping over clutter and being late for appointments will eventually take its toll. Don’t you deserve to be more organized?
Jacquie Ross is a Maryland based Professional Organizer, writer and owner of CastAway the Clutter! Jacquie has been writing for Home Storage USA since 2007. A member of the National Association of Professional Organizers and Maryland Association of Professional Organizers, she teaches homeowners how to reclaim their time and space, and offers Time Management workshops to businesses to maximize productivity. Jacquie can be reached at jacquie@castawaytheclutter.com. Visit CastAway the Clutter to sign up for her free organizing tips at www.castawaytheclutter.com.
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