Trust me, I'm as shocked as you are. 

If you knew me in high school you might have remembered my car being packed with clothes, trash, food and all assortment of crap. 

If you knew me in college, you might remember the bonkers state of my dorm room. My poor roommates (Sarah, Monica and Marci . . . all deserve Sainthood!)

If I’ve ever been to your home, I’ve left my water bottle, sunglasses or something else behind. 

If you’ve ever been to my home, you’ve heard me say “Where  the $&&*%#* is my wallet?!”

Over the years, I’ve learned a lot of tools to reign that chaos in a bit. Not to conform to some social standard, but to make my life move along better, with less stress and more fun. Oh, and an ADHD diagnosis and the appropriate therapies helped!

A few years ago, I left my corporate job and needed something while I was figuring life out. I got a little part-time gig working for a friend of a friend. She needed a hand with all sorts of things - errands, housework, technology, packing for travel. But soon, my job became 80% organizing the stuff that had accumulated after 50 years of living in her home - raising kids, hosting grandkids, building careers, enjoying retirement, sampling hobbies, experiencing losses. She wanted to be ready to downsize should the need arise. She wanted to have it easier to get to the items she needed on a daily basis. She was even thinking about the next generation who would inherit all of these items. 

I absolutely loved this work. There's a trio of elements to organizing that I think work with my greatest strengths - compassionate listening, creative styling and  out-of-the-box problem solving. But I still wasn't sure I was worthy of calling myself a professional organizer. I dipped my toe in by taking courses from the National Association of Productivity & Organizing. (The organization organization! Ha! I never get tired of that joke.) Soon, more opportunities came my way and I've been filling my car with client's castoffs ever since. (I'm on a first-name basis with the thrift store workers around town, as well as the guys at the e-waste center.) 

It's been scary to take this step at making professional organizing an official career. I've dabbled in many other trades (florist, event planner, vintage seller) while I led a career in marketing/copy writing/customer management, as well as prioritizing raising my children. But I've decided this really is my path. And I couldn't be more excited about it. I look forward to helping lots of people have happier homes so they can have happier lives.