The Wiser Organizer

Introduction: When you're feeling overwhelmed by the chaos, you need enduring tools, strategies, and systems to regain control of your stuff and your space. My approach is unique because it focuses on two main aspects, emotional and logistical, which are interrelated. Most people feel like the logistical aspect is more difficult to master. However, it is actually this feeling that creates most of the obstacles in organizing. Anxiety leads to resistance and sometimes collapse, and attachment to objects makes decisions more fraught and sometimes painful. For this reason, my approach prioritizes emotional care. The process is to first get an idea of the full scope of the project. We then break it down based on urgency and feelings of resistance. We then triage every object into trash, give away, or keep and keep. Everything we keep is categorized and storage needs and strategies emerge. Every object is given a home. As we go, we usually do some cleaning and reminiscing.