Hello, I'm glad you visited Organize Your Life online!

 I am Sherri Papich, Professional Organizer, CD 

Organize Your Life LLC.

I have been professionally organizing for many years.  Before becoming a professional organizer, I worked as a smoking cessation and weight loss therapist for approximately seven years.

Both working for many years in one of the world's largest banks and in the supply room of a hospital started to teach me the meaning of the word organization.

It also gave me a taste of learning how to be organized, and I liked it!  I have been learning to organize different things ever since. 

I have organized for family and friends over the past eighteen years(quite possibly longer) and have successfully turned it into my career.  I have read many books, watched "the shows", attended seminars, received coaching and schooling in professional organizing.  

I am a member of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers). This is a great network of my peers from which I gain vital knowledge.  I am also a subscriber to the NSGCD (National Study Group on the Chronically Disorganized) Education:Certificate of Study in Chronic Disorganization -March, 2010.

http://www.nsgcd.org/certification/graduates/subcertificates.php?name=SPapich

I actually love to organize just about anything. Organizing is a skill.  I will pass on my organizing "secrets" to you, happily.   Whether you would like to completly clean a closet/room/desk or if you just need some guidance we can help you! 

Thank you for checking out our website.  I hope you find some things you can use here today.  Give us a call or Email with any questions or to make an appointment. Have a great day!

Sherri Papich,

Professional Organizer

Organize Your Life LLC

What SIX words could bring an amazing amount of organization into your life ...

STOP!...Take a minute to look about you

BREATHE...Notice the things that make you smile, even slightly

VISUALIZE...Imagine what you would like added/subtracted

PURGE...Rid yourself of obstacles, enormous and minisule

UTILIZE...Sort and Place items in/near specific project areas

MAINTAIN...Fully complete each task and have scheduled maintenance times.

SOMETHING TO THINK ABOUT:

HAVE YOU EVER..... 

• needed to call someone and couldn’t find their number?
• purchased the same thing twice because you didn’t know you already had it?
• lose your keys on a regular basis?
• paid late charges on library books, videos or credit cards due to clutter or disorganization?
• missed out on something you wanted to do because you were too late or lost the details?
• lost your homework or paperwork on a frequent basis?
• lost your shoes, rake, hammer, phone, dog/children(we are kidding)?   

We will help you gain strategies and techniques to help you...

Organize Your Life!

Some of my favorite organization tips include:

Label everything:

I used to think it was rude to label everything.  Now I’m much more realistic.  I can’t expect everyone in the house or office to know and/or remember where I move things to.  Once everyone remembers where it goes, you can take off the label.  Hiding labels on the bottom or back of boxes or baskets is a good solution to the unsightly tag issue.

Family dinner time:

During dinner, plan meals together for a week or two.  Write down any of the ingredients you will need on your shopping list for the week. And of couse, visit with one another. Reconnect and see if anyone has an issue that the family can help solve as a group.  Celebrate acheivements!

Closet clean out:

Clean out your closets every 3 to 6 months.  Schedule it on your calendar.  Turn all your hangers around backwards. 

On your clean out date, get rid of anything still turned around backwards. 

Coat closets only usually need organizing once a year. 

Organize the way you think: by color, type, or by outfit (just remember that you have to schedule in the time to put outfits together). 

Make sure to look through everything.  And for goodness sake, throw out or donate the jean jacket/mini skirt you wore in high school (assuming it was along time ago).  Your life is now.  Your closets need to be able to help you now.

Guard your privacy and your finances:

Photocopy the contents of your wallet: credit cards, licences, insurance card, etc.(both sides). File the copy safely away in a fire + water proof safe or in a safe deposit box at the bank.  If your credit cards, insurance cards and license all get stolen or lost, you have all the necessary information you need to replace these very important items.

Star tip: 

By putting "like things together", it makes it easier to purge. When you see you have 10 pairs of the same color/kind of shoe or seven hundred miscellaneous pens and pencils, it makes purging so much easier. 

Using some sort of system, will save you time and let you know at a glance what you have and what you need.

Let us help you with the process. 

 Schedule your Consultation Visit Today.

 Email me at:

Sherri@youcanorganizeyourlife.com

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ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE

   716-560-5990