As I said in a recent post, as an NYC professional organizer, I make it my business to think ahead. That means reflecting on subjects running the gamut from the relatively light, such as how to deal with excess paper in the workplace, to the more serious, such as how to prepare for a sudden… Continue Reading »

It’s the start of a new day and already, before you walk out the door, things are in a frenzy. The permission slip for your little one’s field trip is missing, as is that important file you brought home from work yesterday – and, oh, do you know where your keys are? If this little… Continue Reading »

Next month we will all see a lot of media stories about America’s PrepareAthon. As an NYC professional organizer, I decided to get an early start since preparedness is absolutely central to what I do. Natural disasters feature prominently in the PrepareAthon. President Obama certainly thinks so! His message to the country earlier this year… Continue Reading »

Saying no is hard. And it can be especially hard in a business setting. But a lot of the time management tips from professional organizers are focused around a central idea: Learning to say no is crucial. We all want to be team players, and we all want to be part of as many interesting… Continue Reading »

Little kids can make a big mess. Toys everywhere, juice boxes perched on tables, teeny tiny shoes and sneakers tossed here and there and pastel colored everything. You get the picture.  And whether you have or had children you’ve probably visited a home that was simply a shambles caused (mostly) by these messy pint sized… Continue Reading »

The urge to procrastinate is present in us all. But actually procrastinating is another thing. Some people procrastinate so much that they are more or less paralyzed, and others procrastinate so little that they have effectively become non-procrastinators. If you’d like to become one of the latter, our NYC professional organizer can help make that… Continue Reading »