Articles tagged with judith kolberg
15 August 2011 | Comments [0] »
Some people just can’t organize alone. For those folks, organizing and decluttering are jobs that require company. I see it all the time with my clients. No matter how motivated or well-intentioned they are, they just don’t continue the work between my visits. It’s not that they’re lazy. They just can’t bring themselves to do it. But when I’m there, they’re focused and diligent and we get a lot done.
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focus,
judith kolberg,
social organizing
7 January 2010 | Comments [0] »
I was re-reading Judith Kolberg’s excellent book, Conquering Chronic Disorganization
, recently and was struck by a concept. (One of the things I love about this book is that new things jump out at me each time I read it.)
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paper management,
paper piles
21 January 2009 | Comments [2] »
Organizing is an activity that many people find difficult to do on their own. In the study of chronic disorganization, it is recognized that a chronically disorganized client needs to work with others. It’s called “social organizing.” Indeed, some clients simply can’t go through the process of sorting and weeding and organizing if they’re by themselves.
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chronic disorganization,
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judith kolberg,
social organizing
18 April 2008 | Comments [4] »
St. Louis isn’t exactly known for its earthquakes, though we’re near a major fault and back in the early 90s there was an unfulfilled earthquake prediction that got everyone thinking about disaster preparedness.
This morning about 4:30 a.m., my husband and I were awakened by the sound of the windows in our 100-year-old home rattling. It was bizarre. We speculated on the cause. I thought a high gust of wind. He suggested it was an earthquake, which I dismissed out of hand.
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earthquake,
judith kolberg