Project 333: What I learned from Courtney Carver about my clothes, and about myself.
I recently had the opportunity to go see and hear Courtney Carver, of Be More With Less. Courtney is the creator of the minimalist fashion challenge, Project 333, launched in 2010. What started as a quest for her own goals has become a movement with tens of thousands...
What Happens When a Professional Organizer Gets Upset, and Finds She Has Much to Say?
What I am sharing today is less of a blog post, and more of a personal essay. It’s personal, passionate and, well, long. (If you choose to read it, you should just refill your coffee cup or wine glass now.) If you watch “Last Week Tonight with John Oliver” on HBO,...
Letting Go is Hard, Even When You Know It’s Right.
I’m in my mid-40’s. I don’t have children. I say these things to give you context on the story I’m about to share. This weekend, I said goodbye to a possession of my childhood. It was a rocking chair, the kind you can imagine a little toddler...
A Professional Organizer’s Film Review: Minimalism: A Documentary About Important Things
This week, I got to attend a premiere of the new documentary, “Minimalism: A Documentary About Important Things.” It was film created by Joshua Fields Millburn and Ryan Nicodemus, known as “The Minimalists”, who share their stories...
2016 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: All 16 Weeks, Wrapped Up!
Did you participate in the 2016 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge this year? Did you start, but then wander away for a bit, and want to get back to it? Here is a round up of all the challenges! Weekly Challenges: Week 1: In the Kitchen, Part 1 Week 2: In...
Need Help? Is Virtual Organizing Right for You?
Many people who read my blog probably have a basic understanding of what a Professional Organizer does. We work with people, in their home or office, on the spaces and systems that are causing challenges in their life. We work together to improve the space or their...
Getting Organized When Couples Aren’t On the Same Page
People rarely come into a relationship together and discover they’re on the exact same page in terms of being organized, cleaning and housework, and how they interact with their space in general. Couples are made up of lots of combinations of styles, and each...
Week 9 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge: People in Our Lives
It’s Week 9 of the Clever Girl Organizing Challenge, and so we begin the second half of this 16-week adventure to help you reclaim your homes and lives back. If you’re following along with The Challenge in real-time, you know that today is February 29th:...
Are Unfinished Projects Every Where You Look?
Projects. Projects can be a big enemy in our efforts to get organized. What’s a project? This is how I typically hear a project described: Oh, that’s broken. Someone was getting rid of it. I’m going to fix it. That ugly piece of furniture has so...
Fighting the “I Might Need It Some Day” Force
I know these words have crossed your mind, and maybe your lips, when you’ve been going through the piles, the stacks, the racks, the cupboards, the closets. Amazingly, those words have the power to paralyze forward movement, and make you fear an imagined life...
Facing Sentimental Items While Trying to Get Organized
Sentimental keepsakes, mementos, and memorabilia. It’s one of the toughest categories that I go through with clients, and I talk quite a bit about this in my book, Clever Girl’s Guide to Living with Less. I bet it’s a tough one for you, too. ...Kathy Vines
Certified Professional Organizer,®
Productivity Consultant
Based in Melrose, MA.
Clever Girl Organizing® works with clients in their homes or offices to transform their space and systems, minimize stress, and maximize efficiency, productivity, and serenity! Her superpower is helping people untangle their relationship to their stuff!
