Your Organizing Coach

Get Organized in the New Year

You may already know that "getting organized" is consistently one of the top five new year's resolutions. Maybe it's been on yours. It ranks up there with losing weight, quitting smoking and spending more time with family.

Most people end up not following through with their resolutions. The ones who do have this in common: they got support. They joined Weight Watchers, for example.

Support is necessary because we're creatures of habit. Making positive changes in your life is much easier when you don't try to do it all by yourself. Having help can be the difference between achieving a goal that's dear to you and resigning yourself to failure next year, again.

If getting organized is on your list of resolutions, I'm here to help you. You can have more ease, more space and more time in your life.

Call me at 510-768-7913 or email me at claire AT cluttercoach.net (substitute an ampersand for "AT").

 

Hi, glad you're here! How can I help you?

There's a ton of info in my posts about overcoming procrastination, getting things done and reducing clutter. All the things that get in the way of you living the life you truly want to live. Because that's really what it's all about. The point of organizing your time and your stuff is to make your life easier, to do things that are important to you and to eliminate the obstacles that are currently preventing that.

Don't miss my free ecourse that will take you through the seven steps to getting organized at home or at work. The ecourse gets you started at the beginning, defining why you want to get organized, so that you'll have the motivation to see it through.

Hiring me as a coach is a great way to keep yourself on track and get customized help. Short phone sessions are amazingly effective for your focus and incentive.

My audio program, Five Ways to Seriously Get Things Done, is the first one of a new series I'm creating. This recording gives you practical, specific ideas to be more productive and effective and it comes with worksheets to help you plan.

I'm excited to announce that I've published my first ebook, 52 Simple Ways to Get Organized! This book is filled with my very best tips and strategies for getting it all under control and keeping it there. You can use it as a once a week inspiration for your ongoing project, or dip into it when you are feeling stuck and need instant motivation.

Finally, I send out a very short (fast read!) monthly ezine with quick tips, product recommendations and spontaneous, helpful ideas.

Hope you enjoy your stay! Let me know what you think in the comments section, or contact me with the "Email Me" link on the right. Thanks!

Donating is Green

Your local Goodwill store, never on the cutting edge of anything at all, has leapt into the spotlight with a campaign to increase donations, complete with Facebook and Twitter buttons. Wow!

They've got a logo that they want to be as ubiquitous as the recycle logo so that people are always reminded to donate. A nifty graphic calculator lets you enter in your donated items and see what services they provide, such as an hour of on-the-job training. You can see the direct link between your unwanted items and helping someone get a better job. Pretty nice. And inspiring.

Keeping usable stuff out of the landfill is what makes donating green. I know my clients are always happier to fill up a bag for Goodwill than they are to throw things in the trash. Here's my tip: keep a shopping bag in your closet so every time you come across something donatable, you can toss it right in. As soon as the bag is full, take it to Goodwill! Your clutter could be someone else's classic.

Phone Coaching to Get You Organized

Getting yourself organized is not rocket science. Unless the Muppets' game "One of These Things Is Not Like the Others" left you scratching your head, you can sort stuff into categories. You're also capable of making decisions instead of adding to your teetering pile of things you'll decide on at some later, unspecified date (which, honestly, may never come).

Jumping rope is not rocket science. Making and eating a healthy salad isn't rocket science. But people don't always do those things on their own. They hire personal trainers, or go to gym classes, or join Weight Watchers. Of course, you can learn the "how-to" from trainers and classes. But there's another big thing they provide, and that's accountability.

If you avoid the jump rope session in your living room, no one will know. At the gym, your trainer is standing right there, so of course you're going to jump. Also, you've decided to be at the gym at that time to do that very thing. Working with a professional organizer provides that structure too.

Say you don't really want to hire an organizer, what can you do? Well, I'm glad you asked because I'm offering a new service; accountability coaching. It's a simple way to stay on track with your organizing goals, whether you're decluttering a closet, managing your time or sorting out the paper on your desk.

The way it works is that you call me once a week and we'll talk for 15 minutes. We discuss what you got done last week, how it went, what problems came up and how to deal with them, what you're planning for next week and how you'll make that happen. It's amazing how much progress you can make when you know you'll be reporting in to someone! Also, talking about what you are doing can uncover issues you might not have recognized and help you overcome obstacles you now know how to handle.

Accountability coaching is perfect if you have a pretty good idea of what you want to organize but you don't seem to be getting to it on your own. It's also great if you don't live in my area and can't see me in person. Click the link above for more details, or the one under Phone Coaching in the left column. Or right here.

As always, the initial half hour phone consultation is free. I'm also offering a money-back guarantee. If the sessions don't help you make progress after one month, I'll give you a full refund. What have you got to lose?