Category: Productivity
Back-to-School Without the Chaos: Simple Systems for a Smoother Transition
Sahiba Bassi, CPO® Back-to-school season can feel like a fresh start. It can also feel like a tidal wave of backpacks, countless papers, permission slips, lunch containers, sports and extracurricular... Read More
Clutter Is Data: What Behavioral Science Can Teach Us About Organizing
Corinne Berry, PhD When I design organizing systems, the goal isn’t perfection—it’s real life. I look at the space, what it needs to do, and the routines already happening the... Read More
Swedish Death Cleaning for People Who Aren’t Downsizing (Yet)
Kelly Brask, CPO® If you’ve seen the phrase Swedish death cleaning pop up online and thought, Nope. Too morbid. Not today! I get it. I’m a Certified Professional Organizer® (CPO®) who lived in ... Read More
The Mental Weight of Clutter
Susie Marsh, LBSW This is the second blog post in a two-part series (read part 1: Taming Stress in the Body: How Clutter Keeps Us on Alert here) honoring Mental Health Awareness Month (May). W... Read More
Taming Stress in the Body: How Clutter Keeps Us on Alert
Melinda Rathkopf, MD, MBA, and Ashley Sewall, PhD May is Mental Health Awareness Month, a time to consider how mental well-being is shaped not only by our thoughts, but also by our environm... Read More
Your Clutter Has a Carbon Footprint
Katie Neary Earth Day and organizing are more connected than people realize. At first glance, Earth Day might bring to mind recycling bins, reusable tote bags, and planting trees. Organizing, on the o... Read More
When Motivation Is Not Enough…How To “Jumpstart” Your Organization Project
Michelle Zorbas, CPO®, CWC We can have plenty of good reasons and motivation to get something done, and yet starting still feels impossible. Maybe you know you need to go through boxe... Read More
Organizing with Compassion
A Soft Reset for Seniors and People with Physical and Emotional Challenges Pat Rose Organizing is often portrayed as a purely practical task—sorting, labeling, and tidying up physical spaces. But fo... Read More