It’s never just one Mail Monster, is it?  It’s all the little monsters that add up to make handling paper a big chore.   The Never-Ending Monster – It seems, sometimes, like the amount of mail coming into our homes is never ending.  The Never-Ending Monster multiples when you make a purchase or a donation to an organization.  Catalogs, magazines, donation requests and flyers flow into your mailbox and increase at will.     You can tame the Never-Ending Mail

I am often asked HOW I became a professional organizer. And, I typically just do a little hand waving to describe what brought me into this profession and how I love to help people change their lives. It all seems a bit cliche. But, today, I open my heart to you to share the journey on how I became an organizer and the impact that my organizing has had on my family and vice versa. I believe 100% that this work is

What is a ‘sanctuary’? Today, I am sharing with you just a little bit about the word sanctuary.  It’s an appropriate word for February because this is a month of love and caring.  We really celebrate our relationships not only with others but also ourselves in February.  We should celebrate acts of love and kindness and creating a sanctuary in your home is an act of love and kindness for yourself. Based on the Wikipedia definition, a sanctuary is a

Seek those who foster communication and build trust.   One of the most important human gifts is the gift of self awareness. Hand in hand with that special understanding is the ability to communicate what we know. Animals communicate with each other in certain ways, when they are hungry, angry, frightened or lonely, but those things are all about satisfying needs. Humans are the only creatures that have the ability to understand who they are, and to relate that understanding