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Productivity Under Pressure: When Time is Ticking Away, You Can Still Be Successful!
When Autumn arrives, it comes with what I always feel is a shift in how the world looks and feels. Leaves start to turn and then fall, like sands in an hourglass. In many ways, it starts to feel like the "Countdown Season" to me. Countdown to what? Maybe the holidays,...
Five Years: A Reflection of the Clever Girl Journey (so far!)
May 1, 2013, I launched Clever Girl Organizing. It is a little bit of an arbitrary date, as anyone who has ever started their own business will attest to. Launching a business has many steps before you leap. It wasn't when I joined NAPO (The National Association of...
How to (Finally) Conquer That Room You Hate and Love it Again
It's been a while since I've posted a "before and after" on an organizing project. The story around this one applies so broadly to many of my clients, and many people who just struggle with their space, I had to! I wanted to share this story of what my client was...
How to Make Birthday Greetings Special Again, Without the Clutter
Remember when sending birthday cards or thank you cards or get well cards were something we did as a regular part of life? Are you still that person? Do you know a lot of people who are? I've come to realize I'm just not that person anymore, and I wasn't feeling 100%...
Out but where? Exit strategies for Your Evicted Items.
"How do I get rid of...?" It's the most common question I get from people, clients, friends, family, people who *just* met me and learn I'm a Certified Professional Organizer®. People are coming around to the idea of letting go of things more every day, but that exit...
It’s Time To Tackle the Photos and Paperwork
A few months ago, I decided that the 2018 Clever Girl Organizing Challenge would be focused on photos (printed and digital) and on paperwork. Between the hurricanes, the floods and the wildfires in the country, I was seeing more and more examples of people facing...
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!