“The sheer amount of clothing in my cupboards used to confuse me and I thought I had nothing to wear!  Now that I have put the summer clothes away I have much less in the cupboard but strangely, no urge to buy a lot of clothes. I can see what I’ve got and where the gaps in my wardrobe are and plan accordingly. It’s like magic.
I loved getting your worksheets  and I am pretty chuffed at the progress

I have been putting labels on shelves in the kitchen so I can see instantly where things are (even though I think I “know” where they are) and it has been so helpful when making a shopping list. It is saving me money already. So proud of myself for doing all this.

I went to Bunning’s and got the new shelf  today and have been re organising the linen etc closet. What has amazed me is how much better I am at planning and making the changes we worked out together. I make lists and only get what I need, and if they don’t have what I need I don’t buy anything! Particularly surprised  at how little I really  need to buy to get all this done.
I have a little list of items to get tomorrow, with measurements. Can’t wait to get this place really humming.  Susanne, I can’t thank you enough. It has actually been FUN! I reorganised my desk drawer tonight and enjoyed it! ”

Sally-Anne, Drummoyne

… which is a major disaster. And for me as a Professional Organiser very, very unprofessional indeed. And it’s not any old notebook with a couple of scribbles and notes, no: it’s the one and only place I keep phone notes when prospective customers ring. I don’t put details into the computer before they become “real” customers, meaning before they book an appointment with me. And it’s worked so far, because this notebook is always handy. I don’t have to start the computer when someone rings with an enquiry in the middle of cooking dinner.

Until yesterday when I realized that it’s gone. And I am not even 100% sure when and where I used it last. I always do “the right thing” because I know this little notebook is potentially worth a lot of money –I always put it back where it belongs, never take it out of the house…

So I didn’t really know where to look for it, because there is just one spot it lives and it always goes back there once I am finished. So I panicked and started what I can do best – I organised the pile it normally lives on, than started on nearby areas, maybe it slipped. Looked under the shelf and cleaned and organised there. Maybe my husband found it and put it where he likes to quickly stash thing out of sight – so the cookbooks got an onceover. Short of running out of ideas I thought maybe the kids… so I started on their bookshelves.

I am feeling I need to call an Organised to help me go through my whole house to find this bl…y notebook. I can definitely feel the panic I can hear in a lot of my enquiring customers.

I’ll continue my journey, but in the mean time – all you prospective customer out there: don’t wait for me to give you a follow up call – your Organiser has lost a bright green, A5 size notebook.

Of the people killed in house fires over the last ten years, near 30 per cent were hoarders

When a room is cluttered and untidy, the best thing is: start with the floor. An empty, tidy floor emidiately looks much more organised, even if there is still a lot of chaos left in the room. The Quakers – a religious and social group in America- made it their mission to have an empty floor and created lovely furniture for that. They basicly hung everything on the wall: Form brooms on hooks to kitchen appliences – even chairs hung from the wall.

That was one of the first thing when we moved into the house we have now been in for 11 years. We bought a dinner table with six chairs but didn’t need 4 of them in the beginning (two adults one child in a highchair) so we hung the spare chairs above the door in the office. Easy enough to grab if people come around, but out of the way for normal days.

I spent my day with the quickest sorting and chucking client since becoming a Professional Organiser. The amount we got done was absolutely amazing. We even had a tip waiting outside to happily take everything we decided doesn’t need keeping any more. And my van was full of things to be donated to my Charity of choice, The Salvation Army. It made my weekend – I  love my job!!!

Finally- my first Blog post:
And although I have been collecting ideas for quite some time now, I am a bit nervous. I obviously want it to be a great start, worthwhile to read. And in putting this pressure on me, I make it all that harder to get started.
Maybe I should take my own advice and start little. Don’t fret over it, just get it out and done.
This is a common conversation I have with my clients. “It all looks so big and overwhelming.” You want to have it all done by tomorrow, including the garage? But let’s face it, if it took you 10 years (or 20,30,40…) to accumulate all that stuff, it will take some time to get it organised. So don’t be overwhelmed, give yourself permission to start with the easiest and start small. Because it is not important where you start, it is important that you start.

So that is it, my first ever blog post!!