Real Life Professional Organizing
San Diego Professional Organizer: Clearing Clutter & Creating Calm
Tip #1 Start Early & Put Safety First If you know your home is unsafe, or the family and/or friends you’ve invited over feel that it is unsafe, consider what you can do to make it safer. Some examples include: making sure all exits are easily accessible in case of an emergency; clearing items away… Continue reading Holiday Help & Tips for Individuals who Hoard (And Their Loved Ones)
If you are a journalist interested in interviewing Bethel, whether it be about professional organizing or another topic, please reach out via the contact page on this website. Bethel Swift is a trained writer whose prose articles and poetry (featured on her author website) have appeared in various publications. Past organizing related interviews and articles… Continue reading Pinned Media Post
You might have seen, or heard about, Marie Kondo’s ritual of thanking items for their service in your life prior to letting them go and maybe that was a little too woo-woo for your taste (admittedly, it is a bit much even for me), but I do believe that gratitude plays a strong role in… Continue reading The Role of Gratitude in Decluttering & Organizing Your Home
I was speaking with a friend recently about the judgmental aspect of getting started on decluttering, downsizing, dehoarding, packing, unpacking and/or organizing your space - especially when it is a whole home. Some of the hang-ups this friend mentioned was their spouse not having done any decluttering or organizing (and the underlying feeling that their… Continue reading Three Mantras for Dealing with Judgment
Some organizers might disagree with me on this one, in favor of the classic “Everything has a place, and everything is in its place” or a “A home for every item and every item in its home.” (Both quotes of unclear origins.) But I maintain that the golden rule–at least of maintenance organizing–is in fact,… Continue reading The Golden Rule of Maintaining Organization
Wrapping up this Five Cycles Every Household Has series, is what seems to be everyone’s (least) favorite activity: cleaning. Not to worry, here are a few tips to make the process easier - whether it be spring cleaning or just maintenance. Declutter: I am not the first to say this but it cannot be stressed… Continue reading Missed Spring Cleaning? Here are a few Perennial Tips.
Considering that we live in a “digital age” it is surprising how much paper still piles up. If you are overwhelmed by papers, here are some steps you can take to get on top of it. Stop the Flow: “Going paperless” (or digital) for most of your bills and other important documents can be a… Continue reading Drowning in Paper Piles? Help Has Arrived
I’m not sure if it is fate, or just irony, that we are diving into the laundry cycle one week after I decided to do our household's laundry incredibly late on a Saturday night and then forgot to press start on the dryer resulting in a dreary midnight folding session… Either way, read on to… Continue reading Pro Tips on Tackling the (Endless) Laundry Cycle
New dishes don’t normally flood our homes, so why do they tend to fill (and sometimes overflow) our sinks after use? Here are a few possibilities: It feels like there just isn’t time to accomplish the task. The person assigned to wash dishes (or loading and unloading the dishwasher) has not been reliable in doing… Continue reading Solving the Dishes Dilemma
This month we are talking about the food cycle in your living space. Almost every household runs into a hiccup with this one - especially during times of stress or busyness - but there are a few tips that can get you right as rain and make resetting after these seasons a breeze. First, WHAT… Continue reading From Store to Storage – Help for Every Household’s Food Cycle