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Who’s taking a summer vacation? Mine is planned.

I’m looking forward to some rest and relaxation. I’ll be on vacation from August 9th to August 25th.

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Hi Janine,

Hope all is well with you, and I hope that summer is on it’s way. I’m ready for sunshine and visits to the beach. In this newsletter I wanted to share more details about how I work with my clients and my price increase. The two articles below provide more details about my organizing consultation and my organizing process with clients. The price increase will take affect once I return from vacation, August 25th. I will be increasing my hourly rate by $10.00 per hour. If you have questions regarding how I work with my clients or the price increase please contact me by email or call me.

What happens during an organizing consultation?

Below are some questions that I typically ask while doing an on-site consultation. Based on the answers I ask more questions in order to get a complete picture of how I can best assist.

1. How are you feeling about having me here and showing me your home?

2. What is your goal for your home?

3. How long have you lived here? How long has your home been like this?

4. Do you want to reduce? If so, by how much?

5. What bothers you the most about your home?

6. What is your biggest stumbling block when you organize?

7. How difficult is it for you to get rid of things? What steps do you take to get rid of them?

8. How difficult is it for you to make decisions on what to keep or not to keep?

9. How good are you at maintaining order once it’s established?

10. How would you like me to help you? What do you consider my role?

11. Ideally, what would your home look like?

12. Are you willing to put in the necessary time and effort to organize?

If you want to organize on your own, think objectively and ask yourself these questions. The answers will help you plan your organizing strategy.

What are the Organizing Steps I use with my clients?

Here are the organizing steps I use.

1. Pick a target area.

2. Tackle the floor and flat surfaces first.

3. Sort like items together into categories and label each category.

4. Go through each category and decide what stays and what goes.

5. Get rid of what goes as soon as possible.

6. Decide where to put the items that are staying, even if it’s a temporary place until you can address the target area it will be in.

7. Pick another target area and repeat steps 2 through 6.

The work definitely goes faster when another person is present and physically helping you. If that person is me I also provide input, possible resources, support for decisions, and knowledge of donation and recycling options. My physical presents also helps hold you accountable to do the work, helps you stay focused and on task, and helps you make decisions more quickly and objectively. If you’d like more details I’d be happy to have a conversation.

From,

Janine Cavanaugh, CPO®

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