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Living between Two Houses!

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Well, Sherryl Cook, I had to give your request some thought….  Any great organizational tips for people who practically live in their cars?  I came up with two (2) major factors, which must be considered:

  • You want to feel at “home” at each other’s house
  • You do not want to feel like you are living out of your car

Common Sense right?  But the question is How?  Here are just a few suggestions:

You each need a space to call home.  Now I am not trying to imply that you don’t feel like you are at home.  But you each need a designated space for your “stuff”.  You don’t want “stuff” all over the house.  You need to know where to find what you need, when you need it.  Some basic essentials; the favorite book, slippers, hair products, etc., that you don’t have to carry back and forth.  This also means that you need to know what you have at his house and what he has at yours.  Keep in mind that I am not trying to over-complicate the matter.  This is a relationship, so you don’t have to make the process too formal.

My second suggestion is that you “sorta” map out what you are going to wear for the week or at least have some idea.  I’m getting really creative on this one.  You want to plan ahead, so that you are not always carrying clothes and other stuff, from one house to the other and back again!

Now I may have made a number of “assumptions” along the way :-), but maybe I said something that may help!

Please let me know how it works out…..

2nd “Order Out of Chaos” Workshop, Another Success!

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Hello Everyone,

Welcome to another Blessed week!  Just wanted to let you all know that my second workshop for Seniors was even more fun than the first. There seemed to be even more participation and sharing…

A Special Thanks to Brenda, Activities Coordinator at The Lodge, she said, “Your common sense approach to handling disorder was well received by our residents. We look forward to your working with us and perhaps coming back to the Lodge in the new year.”

Below is a 50 sec. video, please watch and I hope you enjoy!

For more pictures, please go to my “Order Your Steps” Facebook page.

I wanted to acknowledge another milestone, we exceeded the 5000 Hits mark on last week.  I want to thank all my followers, readers and Facebook fans!  Stay Tuned for my next organizing post for the couple trying to manage two (2) households.

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A year and almost a month has passed…

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On September 13, 2011, Order Your Steps became a reality.  It has truly been an interesting ride since last Sept.  I haven’t made a lot of money :-(… But it hasn’t been about money yet.   My Xerox checks didn’t stop until mid-August and my pension checks started in mid-Sept.  So we are still eating and we have a place to stay. 🙂 But my primary mission has been to help people to find order in their chaos. I did not want money to be the showstopper…  Let’s work out a special rate or a payment plan, because this is more to me than just putting order to peoples’ stuff.  My desire has been to help others to de-clutter, de-stress and de-compress their daily lives!

I have had an a wide variety of clients, some easy and some difficult. There have been organizing projects with big clutter and little clutter. Many of my clients have come and gone over the past several months, but the pace has been relatively steady.  I’ve learned to enjoy the periods of rest between jobs.  In order to broaden my horizons, keep money coming in and add to my business portfolio of service offerings, I completed designer training for ShelfGenie (click the link and find out more).   

So what is next for me?   I want to continue to grow and prosper Order your Steps (OYS)!  I see OYS and ShelfGenie operating in tandem with one another.  I want to expand my workshops to other community and church groups.  I also want to start consulting with small businesses owners in organizational effectiveness.

For now, all is all, my life is really good! Satan would have me to believe that WOW!  Things are just TOO good. The devil is a liar.  This is what God wants our lives to be.  He has a Divine Order for our lives. This does not mean a “perfect” life, but for us to have the peace of God that passes all understanding. Some of you may say, Who is she kidding?  Well, all I can say is, if you  only knew from whence I came… you already know some of it from previous posts, but you don’t know the half of it.

I know that God will continue to Order my Steps, as I take one Step at a time…..

P.S.  I have written about all my children, so on Wednesday, find out more about my other half, my husband of 28 years…..

Honeymoon in the Poconos – 1984

P.S.S.  I want to solicit your requests for topics and ideas for future posts on organizing and other points of interest.

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“Order Out of Chaos” …Success!!

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Well, my first “Order Out of Chaos” workshop was a blast!

I asked them to return the paper handouts to me… can’t let paper accumulate!

Everyone was attentive. I was in my element…

Can you tell that I was making a point?

I love teaching, organizing and teaching organizing!

I learned something too. It was really cool!

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Thanks to All the Wonderful Seniors at The Vistas at Lake Largo!

For more photos at Order Your Steps…

“Order Out of Chaos” Workshop

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Sorry for the lateness of my post, but I just wanted to take a moment to let you know that tomorrow I will be conducting my first “Order Out of Chaos” Workshop for Seniors.  I will be posting a recap with pictures on Wednesday.  I am expecting a phenomenon turnout…  Pray for me!!

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Space for the Car!

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When I am cleaning and organizing a garage, my main objective is to sort, purge and to help the homeowner to know what they have and where to find it when they need it.  BUT…

BEFORE

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AFTER – Part 1

Unfortunately, your “neat” may be the other persons’ “nightmare”….

AFTER – Part 2

So, the idea behind this exercise was to simply make room for the car!  🙂

Organizing Tip for Today!

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We are going to stay in the garage for a minute, because we want to make space for that “little” car.   🙂   I would really suggest that we tackle our garage a little bit at a time. As you see in the picture below, I took a shelf and tried to make some space to start my sort.

But there is an old adage that says that the more flat space you have, the more stuff you will find to put on it.  Well I apparently left the flat space vacant TOO long. 🙂   Although the picture is taken from a different angle, it was taken only two days after the first pic…..  whazzup with that!

I probably should have told you that the person that owns half of this garage, REALLY doesn’t like neat. So, you may have to find a common ground between “neat and nightmare.” As we start to sort through the “stuff” and organize as we go, we will find more space…. “that person” may start to discover what’s is in the garage and better yet, might even consider throwing some of it away. (i.e. the oil filter for the 1999 Honda, which was TWO vehicles ago!

Organizing Tip for Today!

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Many of us moved into our once “new” homes, because we needed MORE space. Interestingly enough, when we moved our “stuff” in… the space seemed to shrink. But, finally, we have a garage for our CAR??… NOT!   Unfortunately, the garage has become the storage bin that we thought we left behind. A garage does not have to be neat & clean, but it should be organized, an oxymoron? If we can sort and if we are willing to throw SOME things away … we may even find room for our car (a small car).  🙂

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Organizing Tip for Today!

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Happy Monday!  So sorry for the lateness of my post…  I anticipate my work schedule becoming a little busier.  I have added “Designer” for ShelfGenie Glide-out shelving to my portfolio, so I am scheduling appointments for that as well.  Busy is a very good thing for someone with a new business…

Now, for the important stuff!  One of the simply ways to begin organizing is to start a “To Do” list. It only takes a few items and can be done in a few minutes. Now the key is once we write the items down and we have to plan to do the things on the list.  When I was still at Xerox, almost everyone, at every level of management, had a spiral notebook and as you accomplished your task, you would check it off the list … but never tear the page out of the book… Think about it!!  We would always have a running list of what was done, when it was done and what else needed to be done.  Even today, in the world of technology, your spiral notebook may be your task list in microsoft office, OneNote, etc., but it serves the same purpose… to help us to outline the things that we have to get done and hopefully, will help us to develop a plan “to do”them.

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For more organizing tips,  please check out… Order Your Steps

Organizing Tip for Today!

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Another aspect of personal organizing is “Time Management”…  No, I can’t give you more hours in the day, nor can I make the work go away… But by modifying your work process, re-organizing your office or workspace, may allow you to be more effective and less stressed! … You may be surprised to find that you have a little “extra” time to just sit back and breathe….

Maybe a little TOO clean, but you get my point! (NWI.COM)

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