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10 Acts of Organization Month 6: Anna’s House

Anna’s House, a part of Catholic Charities, provides housing for homeless women and children in Harford County and helps them on the road to self-sufficiency.  They face the same types of challenges to getting and staying organized as many non-profit organizations do;  a very busy staff, limited storage, tight budget making them hesitant to get rid of anything they might need in the future, periodic influxes of donated items, and many people using the facilities. Cindy, the Development Coordinator and her

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Getting the Horse Before the Cart

Sleep Diet & Exercise lead to better organization! What do diet, sleep and exercise have to do with getting organized?  Everything. Often, I hear from clients that they want to get organized or get a handle on their time in order that they may cook healthier meals, have time for exercise or manage their sleep better.  It is true that managing your time and getting organized can help with these goals, but the opposite is also true.  Getting a handle

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Nettie Owens

What is Professional Organizing?

What is Professional Organizing? Professional organizing is a service that helps individuals gain control over their homes and/or offices, so they function efficiently, by creating systems & solutions tailored to the way they work and think. How long does it take to get organized? There are many variables to each organizing project that will determine how long the process takes. Here are a few of them: • How large is the project? • How much actual “stuff” is involved? •

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A Garage Makeover

INTERVIEW WITH THE WINNER OF THE B’MORE ORGANIZED CONTEST This month we are talking with the garage makeover winner of NAPO Baltimore’s B’More Organized Contest.  Chris received organizing from Sappari Solutions, Arrange Professional Organizing and Home Organizing Made Easy.  She also received paper shredding services from The Shred Mill and junk removal from Bumble Junk.  Read on to hear more about the transformation Chris’ garage underwent. Q. What made you decide to enter the B’More Organized Contest? A. I have

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Nettie Owens

Nettie Owens Interviewed on ArtBeat!

The ART of Organizing!  You can listen to the recording here: Tuesday, March 4, 2014 ArtBeat Recording   Tune in Tuesdays at 12:30pm  to WHFC 91.1FM for Harford County’s Center for the Art’s show ArtBeat with Rebecca Jessop

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Nettie Owens

Get Organized for the New Year

All this talk about resolutions has got me thinking about that one I hear the most, “I resolve to ‘Get Organized’ this year.”  But what does it mean? January is GO Month (Get Organized Month) and for the past two weeks my email has been hopping with people going on FindMyOrganizer.com and looking for organizers in their area.  (As an aside, if you are truly looking for an organizer, try NAPO.net or ChallengingDisorganization.org for a more reputable list of qualified

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Nettie Owens

Approaching the Holidays

It has begun. The approach to the holidays.  The Christmas decor has appeared in the stores, advertisements are talking about shopping, Black Friday and Small Business Saturday.  Holiday parties are in the works.  In fact, I am going to one tomorrow night.  With just two weeks ’til Thanksgiving and a month and a half until Christmas the signs are everywhere that the holiday madness is beginning.  Do you feel it? Organized Holidays I do.  But my anxiety comes in the

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Nettie Owens

What’s Hampering Your Habit?

Are you getting in the way of forming a new habit that would make your life run more smoothly? Why do we put so much pressure on ourselves to change our lives quickly and drastically? I have found that small changes make the biggest difference. What’s so great about small changes? They allow you to make a big change incrementally and with great success. Get Organized 15 Minutes a Day I will often recommend that if you are not already

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Nettie Owens

What is Too Much?

Recently, I sat down with Barbara Wagner, owner of Bahoukas, president of the Havre de Grace Green Team, former Havre de Grace Council Woman, mom and registered dietician.  We have been meeting regularly discussing ways to share what we know and love with others.   When we sat down to this conversation, we had ideas about what we THOUGHT you wanted.  But, realizing that we really didn’t know what YOU wanted, we asked. Check out the survey here.   This is

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Nettie Owens

Organized Living

What is Organized Living? Often when I share with individuals that I am a professional organizer and provide organization for a living the response is, ‘Oh, I could use THAT!’ or ‘My goodness, my mother needs you!’ When I share that I work with the chronically disorganized population as well the next statement is a listing of that person’s friends and family members that are ‘hoarders.’ The truth is that my goal is not to organize you to perfection, to

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