Like nearly all of my clients I’ve flown to, Monica found me through a YouTube video.  She’s not even sure she spent any time on my site before filling out the assessment and setting up a call.  We worked together in April for 3 extremely productive days.  We made incredible headway in clearing her kitchen and home office of paper.

A couple of weeks ago I was poignantly reminded of how organizing is never about the “stuff.” A client from two years previous called with a new, urgent project.  Since we had worked together, her husband had been placed into hospice care at home.

Do you have “chronic” file folders? If you’re like most of my clients, you do.

Last week I was working with a client who I hadn’t seen in a year.  In revisiting a step rack full of folders that we evaluate year after year, she realized that they were all empty!  

Two weeks ago when so many of you graciously replied to my request for feedback on what you want from The Inspired Office this year, you told me you are intrigued by my concept of “organizing your head,” but aren’t clear on what it means. 

A few weeks ago I drove from my home in Silver Spring, Maryland nearly two hours to Winchester, Virginia.  The scene accurately matched my client’s story.  She told me ahead of time that she felt paralyzed by her piles. 

Some of my clients think “If I only had a bigger office, I’d be more organized.” Offices of all sizes are plagued by clutter though.  This was the case with a large home office that I organized over a couple of years ago; this set of photos is from back then.