I was delighted to be asked to be part of an article on GQ’s website titled, 6 Ways to Create a Healthier Home Routine This Spring. The article details six different ways you can introduce new, healthier habits into your life. I was interviewed along with four other experts in various arenas.
My advice isn’t necessarily spicy, but it is about spices! I was interviewed recently by a writer for Consumer Reports’ website for an article on spice storage and organization.
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I was approached for an interview by Nat Miller, co-founder of Sunbound, a a one-stop relocation service that works with professional organizers across the country to help older adults (55+) relocate to their retirement destinations.
On December 30, I was interviewed by Jennifer Blome and Wendy Wiese on The Jennifer and Wendy Show on KTRS-AM here in St. Louis. It was lots of fun and we covered a lot of topics, including whether people are born organized (or disorganized), the difficulty of parting with sentimental items, my advice for decluttering and organizing, Marie Kondo, and the benefits of living with fewer clothes.
Consumer Reports recently published a story on its website called 10 Organization Pros on the Storage Items They Can’t Live Without. The writer contacted ten professional organizers and asked a simple question: “What is the one storage item you can’t live without?”
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Last month, my advice appeared in two articles in the same week. The first was on ReadersDigest.com, in an article called 12 Things Professional Organizers Declutter Every Day. I was specifically asked about things I do in my own home, so this is truly real-life advice.
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A couple of months ago, I was interviewed for an article on time management in USA TODAY’s Best Years magazine. Best Years is a newsstand magazine for people over 50. It went on sale on August 22.
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You know I love talking about perfectionism on the podcast I co-host with Shannon Wilkinson, Getting to Good Enough. So I was thrilled to be asked to be a guest on Keeping You Organized a weekly podcast presented by Smead, the big filing products manufacturer.
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I enjoy coloring in grown-up coloring books and I have blogged here about how I organize my colored pencils and how I organize my coloring Sharpies. I was tickled pink when I was contacted by the editor of The Coloring Studio a quarterly publication from Stampington & Company that’s part magazine, part coloring book, about reprinting some of the information I shared on my blog. The result is an articled called How to Organize Your Coloring Tools.
I was delighted to be included in articles on a couple of high-profile blogs published by prominent magazines recently. I had to share.
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I was delighted when I was asked to organize the pantry of St. Louis Magazine’s dining editor, George Mahe, for an article for the Winter issue of the glossy newsstand magazine, St. Louis At Home.
The SpareFoot Blog, a blog published by SpareFoot, an online self-storage location tool, has come out with its top 12 Decluttering Blogs You Should Be Following Right Now. I’m delighted that the Peace of Mind Organizing blog is one of them!
I’m thrilled to be one of the three productivity experts interviewed for a story on FastCompany.com call 6 Simple Habits That Can Save You Hours.
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I was recently interviewed for an article on the Sparefoot.com blog. (Sparefoot is a website that helps people find storage units.)
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Last week, iVillage.com had an article, Clutter-Free and Awesome: 12 Pretty Organized Spaces, in which the writer solicited photos of favorite spaces in the homes of organizing professionals. I found it highly enjoyable to gaze at the photos and read the explanations.
I was interviewed for an article that appears in the March 2011 issue of Energy Times a glossy magazine that is distributed at health food stores around the country. The article, called Organized Calm: Clearing clutter can make you more efficient, and more peaceful appears in the magazine’s “Holistic Healing” section, which somehow tickles me. If you want to pick up an issue, it’s the one with Raquel Welch on the cover.
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Just yesterday, I was interviewed by the fabulous journalist Michelle Rafter for an article called Paper Chase: Should It Stay or Should It Go? about how long to keep certain types of records. It’s already up on the website Second Act, which aimed at people who are (like me) 40 years or over.
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…if you’re in St. Louis, that is. I was interviewed for an article on organizing for St. Louis Woman magazine. I think it’s a good article. (I hope I don’t come across as a Scrooge.) Also interviewed for the article was my fellow NAPO St. Louis member, Jodi Granok, who gives some terrific advice.
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I’m lucky enough to have an accountability partner in another state. She’s Betty Huotari, of Logical Placement, the president of the Southeast Michigan chapter of NAPO. We’d met at the NAPO national conference in the past, and this year, when the audience was encouraged by speaker Lisa Montanaro to have accountability partners to keep each other on track with our goals, Betty approached me about working together. We talk once a month or so and it’s been great.
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The current issue of Arthritis Today, the consumer health publication (available on newsstands) that’s published by the Arthritis Foundation, includes an article by Sharon Ann Waldrop, on six tips to control clutter. In addition to two from me, it features tips by several professional organizers, including Jill Graham of Operation Organize! in Arizona and Rosemary Chieppo of Born to Organize in Connecticut.
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It’s not a large article, but to me it’s significant. The Career Journal section of today’s Wall Street Journal features “Professional Organizer” as the career it examines in its Pay Grade column.
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Last night on the St. Louis NBC affiliate’s news broadcast there was a “cover story” called Decluttering Your Surroundings Could Help You Live a Better Life.
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I was please to be included in an article on organizing that appeared in St. Louis Spaces, a quarterly glossy publication that is distributed with and published by the Riverfront Times, St. Louis’s alternative weekly paper.
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I was interviewed recently for an article at AuditNet, a website for auditors, about clearing your workspace and keeping it in order. Check out my tips at the Q&A here: Taming Office Clutter
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I’m quoted in a couple of articles published on the Internet recently.
Today’s edition of Gimundo.com has an article by Kathy Hawkins entitled, “How to Kick the Clutter Habit.” I’m the main source for the article.
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My company is included in Sauce Magazine’s" holiday gift guide.
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