Why hire a professional organizer?
This post will outline the benefits of what a professional organizer does and how they help their clientele. Maybe your interested in hiring a Professional Organizer or after reading this you didn’t know that you’re actually in need of one. From my experience of direct feedback from my clients; organizing your home, even if its just one room, is life-changing. It not only affects your day-to-day, but communication with those who live under your roof. For this week let’s focus on two of the most common reasons why someone would hire my expertise to organize their home; no time & no energy.
Time is our most valuable resource, once its past, you can never gain back. We all live busy lives, demanding work schedules, errands, staying fit, eating well, children, the list is infinite of life’s responsibilities. What about your personal downtime, how do you spend it? HA, what an EASY question to answer! A majority of my client’s hire me because any and all free time they have, organizing is the last thing they want to be doing! What they really want is to relax, spend time with loved ones or go do something fun (even though I think organizing is really FUN!!)!
Procrastinating on getting your home organized is so easy, but have many long term affects. I believe, this is why people have junk closets, drawers, or sometimes rooms; its a catch all for the crap in your house that don’t have a ‘proper home’ to store. Usually these are the types of areas in your home that are “out of sight, out of mind” and in that case, it’s easy to forgot about it.
Eventually there will be a day, where you will get fed up, too stressed or can’t fit anything else in there and you will then be forced to make a change. When that day arrives to make the change, thats where I come in, clients contact me to help begin the organizing and purging process. This is not to say thats the one and only reason WHY people contact me, as there are many reasons to call a Professional Organizer.
Its a physical and emotional toll to begin the organizing process, but very rewarding when you’re done. Like I mentioned before, life’s responsibilities consume so much energy and as humans who crave balance in our lives, we need to consciously choose where to spend that energy. A professional organizer is a unbiased and non judgmental person to assess your organizing challenges and goals. Once these challenges and goals are identified, the sorting, purging and organizing process is ready for take off.
Next, I want to talk discuss the life long value & where to begin when it comes to getting yourself and your space organized!
You know that feeling when you have so much on your to-do list, like I mean so much to where you don’t even BEGIN?! Thats basically how majority of my clients feel when it comes to getting their house or space organized. They feel paralyzed by the idea of taking the next step to make a change, but unfortunately some people just learn to live with the mess until they are forced to make a change. They know they need to make a change, but creating a goal, a game-plan and the first step is mentally taxing, let alone staying motivated after that first step! Professional organizers help facilitate this journey with you, they should discuss your needs, must-haves & nice-to-haves when it comes to your organizing goals. As everyones goals are different & unique to their everyday living and lifestyle.
Discussing out loud with an unbiased person what you ideally want in your home or space is freeing! There is no pressure, and a lot of time you begin to uncover new goals or an ‘aha moment’ when brainstorming what you envision. Having someone write down your goals with you, assist in making that first BIG step, creating a to-do list & most importantly keeping that motivation with constant follow-up is priceless!
For those that have watched the new #Netflix hit, #tidyingupwithmariekondo, you’ve now witnessed the emotional, physical & behavioral toll lack of organization and #clutter is taking on people. Their day-to-day living, relationships, communication, & lifestyle is not up to par. At least one person cries on every episode, someone falls or trips over something & another is angry or frustrated because they have had it!
They are done with the mess, realizing that have too much junk in their home, they don’t use, didn’t know they had it, won’t ever use it the future or it doesn’t #sparkjoy! Don’t get me wrong here, I LOVE that show & it absolutely bring me so much joy, because a professional organizer is more than buying pretty bins and showcasing Instagram worthy photos, its life-changing.
Think about it for a moment, let’s picture your home where there is a ‘home’ for everything, it’s organized, you & other members of your household know where things are AND you possess items that only bring you joy, you have balance. If that was the case, don’t you think you would feel emotionally better? You wouldn’t be running around the house looking for lost crap! Your shoulders would have such a huge weight lifted off them! You would begin and end each day with clarity. Of course you would because all of that sounds amazing and thats what we strive for when we create a ‘home’ with loved ones. Your environment plays a vital role in how you act, think and behave. So its time people, don’t push off getting your space organized, time to make a change for the better.
If you or anyone you know that can benefit from my 1:1 approach of #homeorganizing, please reach out to my directly at 760.571.9292 or @balancehomeorganizing on social media.
