Organizing Tips and Resources

to Organize Life, Inside Out

Confused and Overwhelmed?

You've come to the right place!

Want to better organize life but not sure where to start? Feel like there aren't enough hours in the day? Like you're never getting things done?

Well, since the journey to home organization and an organized life begins with one step, this website is the perfect place for you to start.

Those who are most successful at organizing their lives understand one profound principle:

Your outer environment is a direct reflection of your internal thoughts and feelings.

I learned this lesson the hard way.

I volunteered many times to help friends and family to organize their homes. It was great! We would declutter, clean, and simplify all the rooms in the house. They were happy and I was happy... for a little while. Almost without fail, within 2 months, their homes reverted back to the old mess of clutter and disorganization. Why? What happened?

We tried to fix the environment they lived in without changing their internal thoughts and feelings!

For example, if you are considered a "pack rat", I could help you organize your home, but you would just fill it up again with more clutter and junk if we didn't explore why you are a pack rat in the first place! Click here for reasons why you may be a "Pack Rat".

After helping people get organized and seeing them regress back into their old habits, I finally learned my lesson. Instead of attempting to fix the "symptoms" of being unorganized, we needed to treat the underlying cause. The underlying cause is usually some unconscious belief or programming that has affected your thoughts, your feelings, and, as a result, your actions.

If you don't tell the Universe exactly what you do want to experience, you end up adopting the limiting beliefs of others as your own.

"When an inner situation is not made conscious, it appears outside as fate." ~Carl Jung

Let's get back to basics...

For each space in your home that I have written about, I always use a simple 3-step, back-to-basics approach to home organization which includes the following:

1. Declutter
2. Clean
3. Simplify

But first, we can use the same approach to help organize life and your internal environment (thoughts and feelings). This includes the following actions:

Declutter (your schedule)

• Schedule some alone time, away from all distractions (family, friends, pets, TV, music, books, magazines, etc.) I recommend going somewhere other than your home such as a park or even a hotel room for a day. During this time you will be doing some self reflection. You MUST clear a space mentally before you can make lasting change in your physical environment (your house).
1. Clean (your thoughts and feelings)
• In order to release the unconscious and limiting beliefs we have, I recommend an easy-to-use technique called the ZPoint Process. With this technique you identify unpleasant thoughts and/or feelings, and by using a series simple statements you may be able to decrease or eliminate the unconscious and conscious roadblocks that have been preventing you from being the happy and organized person you are meant to be.

• Check out the free and easy ZPoint Tutorial here. Get prepared to organize life and start making some fantastic changes!
2. Simplify (your intentions)
• Once you "declutter" your mind from feelings of fear and procrastination, it becomes much simpler to know what you truly want to experience in your home environment. You can start by making a list of intentions and affirmations for what you do want in your life. Use the present tense, as if you already are experiencing it.
  
  
  For example, if you want to feel good and relaxed when you arrive home, your intention could be: "I am so happy, grateful, and excited to arrive home to a warm, welcoming, and organized home where I am free to relax and spend time with my family and friends". Then take a few minutes to visualize yourself actually feeling that way as you are driving home, pulling in the driveway, walking up to the door, and then spending time doing what you have intended.

Additional Resources to Organize Life, Inside Out:

Articles and Tips You Can Use

• The Top 3 Feng Shui Tips to Organize Life, Inside Out
• The Pack Rat 90-Day Challenge: Organizing Clutter At A Pace You Can Handle
• The Truth Behind Being a "Pack Rat"
• The 80-20 Rule: How You Can Use It To Organize Your Life
• Simplicity is in the Eye of the Beholder
• Natural Cleaning Recipes: How to make your own Natural Cleaning Kit
• Overcoming Fear
• Procrastination

• Time Management
• Services & Helpful Products - learn more about services I offer and products that can help you to organize life, inside out.