Anna’s House, a part of Catholic Charities, provides housing for homeless women and children in Harford County and helps them on the road to self-sufficiency. They face the same types of challenges to getting and staying organized as many non-profit organizations do; a very busy staff, limited storage, tight budget making them hesitant to get rid […]
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Sleep Diet & Exercise lead to better organization! What do diet, sleep and exercise have to do with getting organized? Everything. Often, I hear from clients that they want to get organized or get a handle on their time in order that they may cook healthier meals, have time for exercise or manage their sleep […]
What is Professional Organizing?
What is Professional Organizing? Professional organizing is a service that helps individuals gain control over their homes and/or offices, so they function efficiently, by creating systems & solutions tailored to the way they work and think. How long does it take to get organized? There are many variables to each organizing project that will determine […]
A Garage Makeover
INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER OF THE B’MORE ORGANIZED CONTEST This month we are talking with the garage makeover winner of NAPO Baltimore’s B’More Organized Contest. Chris received organizing from Sappari Solutions, Arrange Professional Organizing and Home Organizing Made Easy. She also received paper shredding services from The Shred Mill and junk removal from Bumble Junk. […]
Nettie Owens Interviewed on ArtBeat!
The ART of Organizing! You can listen to the recording here: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 ArtBeat Recording Tune in Tuesdays at 12:30pm to WHFC 91.1FM for Harford County’s Center for the Art’s show ArtBeat with Rebecca Jessop
Get Organized for the New Year
All this talk about resolutions has got me thinking about that one I hear the most, “I resolve to ‘Get Organized’ this year.” But what does it mean? January is GO Month (Get Organized Month) and for the past two weeks my email has been hopping with people going on FindMyOrganizer.com and looking for organizers […]
Approaching the Holidays
It has begun. The approach to the holidays. The Christmas decor has appeared in the stores, advertisements are talking about shopping, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Holiday parties are in the works. In fact, I am going to one tomorrow night. With just two weeks ’til Thanksgiving and a month and a half until […]
What’s Hampering Your Habit?
Are you getting in the way of forming a new habit that would make your life run more smoothly? Why do we put so much pressure on ourselves to change our lives quickly and drastically? I have found that small changes make the biggest difference. What’s so great about small changes? They allow you to […]
What is Too Much?
Recently, I sat down with Barbara Wagner, owner of Bahoukas, president of the Havre de Grace Green Team, former Havre de Grace Council Woman, mom and registered dietician. We have been meeting regularly discussing ways to share what we know and love with others. When we sat down to this conversation, we had ideas about […]
Organized Living
What is Organized Living? Often when I share with individuals that I am a professional organizer and provide organization for a living the response is, ‘Oh, I could use THAT!’ or ‘My goodness, my mother needs you!’ When I share that I work with the chronically disorganized population as well the next statement is a […]