When I started my organizing career in 2006 I had such high aspirations! I wanted to be the do all, be all organizer!
If you needed help moving, I could help. Downsizing assistance, I was up for the challenge! Helping set up yard sales, ugh what was I thinking?! When I opened up my doors for business I didn’t want to have to turn anyone away. Luckily when I first started I didn’t get any of these requests but in my mind I wanted to take it all on. I learned though rather quickly that I needed to narrow down my offerings. I needed to narrow down what I was best at. I needed to find my niche.
I found while being a stay at home mom that my passion was helping busy families get their homes and lives organized. I also happen to love organizing papers and more recently how to help people go “paper less”. Those are the areas of organization I am most passionate about.
In 2007 a client recommended that I start a blog and life as I knew it changed forever! I loved sharing the organizing ideas I came across and meeting so many people from around the world. I write about the topics that I am passionate about and it brings me great joy to share it with you all.
Still I see the potential for this blog to do more. To me “organizing the way you live work and play” stands for organizing all aspects of your life. However, there are just some things in life that I am not as passionate about tackling. Like cooking. Just to name one. :) I know there are people like me with weaknesses in certain areas and want to know how to be the best home managers they can be but they just don’t know where to start.
With that being said there are going to be a few changes coming this week and I can’t wait to share the news.
For now I would love for you to share…
What is your favorite home management task? What is your least favorite?
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favorite:
planning and organizing special events with our family and friends!
least favorite:
housekeeping – esp. laundry and dishes – seriously, the minute it’s ‘done’ the dishes and clothes start getting dirty again, and round and round you go…
Favorite:
catching up our bills and bank statements on the computer. it’s such a sense of completion when it’s all done and I love the piece of mind of knowing where every penny is. at least for the moment!
Least Favorite:
mopping the floor. it never seems to get clean enough and getting down on your hands and knees is such a huge chore!
Favorites: Planning, Making things tidy, Baking
Least Favorite: Ironing!
Favorite:
I really enjoy my meal planning. I have managed to stream line the process so much that it only takes me a matter of minutes of have every meal planned out and the shopping list ready to go!
Least Favorite:
Paper Work! I leave all of my paper work, from doing the books to registering our animals to the very last bitter second!
Oooh, exciting news? Can’t wait to hear!
Favorite: freshening up the house with flowers and color
Least favorite: laundry, folding and putting away
favorite: planning dinner and event
least favorite: cleaning up afterwards
My favorite: Keeping track of the activities of our large family in my online calendar.
My least favorite: Running errands. I especially dislike the trips to the bank and post office.
I can’t wait for the news!
Favorite:
Sorting papers & putting them in their files or sorting/tossing things & putting the keepers in a nice organized container.
Least favorite:
Putting the files away for finding somewhere for the organized container to go.
Just found your blog and I’m in love. Makes my OCD very happy indeed!
My least favourite task is my nightly routine. My husband and I like to watch tv together at night and spend time together. We make dinner, put the dogs to bed and settle down to watch tv. By the time our shows are over, we’re exhausted and nothing else gets done. So much gets forgotten during these hours. Laundry, dishes, errands, important things we need to remember.
My favourite task is shampooing the carpet. There’s nothing more satisfying that dumping out the dirty water from my carpets knowing that they are much cleaner.
Can’t wait to hear the news!
Favorites: tidying, baking, laundry, planning/throwing a party
Least Favorites: cleaning the bathtub, dishes