I Was Looking For That

Have you ever noticed that each home has its own unique smell? if you had guests all summer, or if a relative lived with you for a few months, there is a specific smell that was imprinted in the walls of that room. Today I am sharing with you some simple steps for a guest bedroom redo that will neutralize smells and look refreshing and inviting.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

You love to organize and are considering making it your business. Today I am sharing my experience so it can guide you in kickstarting your new adventure as a Professional Organizer.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Summertime is FUNTIME! How can you possibly get things done during this season? Here are 5 tips that will make organizing your time and tasks a breeze. It will leave plenty of time to play in the sun.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Bathroom Etiquette came to my mind after working  with the Miss Universe Pageant in Florida. Every year, the contestants struggle to share the guest bathroom because their cosmetic is unorganized and in total chaos. There is a bathroom etiquette in existence and knowing the basic rules will make your vacation stay with extended family or group of friends so much more pleasant.  Websites mentioned in this podcast: Papayaart.com, Llbean.comLearn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Last week, when I found more  school papers at my Kaleidoscope client in the garage, I decided that it was a fitting time to do a podcast about how to handle school art and papers throughout the school year. The beauty of this set up will be that it will take only a small effort in the summer to wrap up the school year and be ready for fall, when the new school year begins.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Do you have boxes of pictures somewhere in a closet?  Just looking at them is overwhelming and we have no clue on how to organize our treasured moments. This is the story of Pam and how her determination to share the family legacy convinced her to dig in and sort her photos.  Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

I am a firm believer that there is energy around us. Energy that elevates us to do things that we cannot fully explain but it feels right in our gut. This episode is about an unexpected life change and how it came about.TODAY I EMBRACE THE MEMORY OF MY PASTAND FEEL GRATEFUL FOR ALL THAT LIFE HAS GIVEN MEI ACKNOLWEGE THAT I DID THE BEST I COULD AT THAT TIMEAND NOW I AM READY TO LET IT GOI CLEAR MY FUTURE ROAD AHEADFOR MIRACLES AND HAPPY SURPRISES***Author unknown***Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

If clothes could talk, what would they say? I was wondering about that the other day when I rotated my winter clothes with my summer garments. Were they happy with me? Did I wear them all? Was I kind to them and washed them correctly? Lets find out.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

In today's episode, we are organizing your mind. The Enneagram describes personality patterns and how we interpret the world and manage our emotions. The Enneagram describes nine personality types.  Each one is characterized by a set of dominant behaviors, motivations and fears. The goal is to better understand your type so that you'll be able to make the most of your strengths and address your weaknesses in order to achieve your full potential.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Waiting for her flight, Kiah Twisselman picked up the book “Girl, Wash your Face” by Rachel Hollis. Kiah was so captivated by the story that she could not put it down during the entire flight. Little did she know that this book would inspire her to loose over 100 lbs. Rachel Hollis created the mantra “5 to Thrive”.  Even though I had no idea on how Rachel Hollis would use this statement, it immediately resonated with me to apply it to the organizing world.

The garage is not our first choice to be working out of, mainly because most of the time it is an overfilled area and used as storage. Here I share a few simple steps and ideas you can make it a workable space so that you don’t have to be annoyed by your family members interrupting or sidetracking the next zoom meeting.  And guess what; you might even get some peace and quiet when working out of the garage.

When organizing a kitchen it is always the same story: Too much items cramped into the cabinets only to be forgotten that they are there. When you are considering a kitchen remodel, it is time to evaluate what you really need because it will help to define a better picture for a successful kitchen remodel.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Spring cleaning is in the air! Let me share with you the 5 biggest mistakes  I commonly see that make Spring cleaning so hard to accomplish.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Disorganized people can transform their life from chaos to order.  It’s hard to succeed if you organize from the outside in. Follow Julie Morgenstern's method of “Organizing from the inside out” and you have a good chance to be organized for life by analyzing, strategizing and then attacking your organizational problems.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

The idea to this episode came from March Madness, the College Basketball Tournament in March. We are in the middle of March, so I thought that Closet Madness is a fitting episode for my podcast. This story is about Laura and how it needed her daughter and a broken closet bar to finally make her admit she needed help with her closet madness.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Organizing can have the effect that you become overwhelmed. Underestimating the time and energy it takes to organize papers might result in a ripple effect of chaos and anxiety.  Taking small steps has the best success rate along with staying sane. This is the story of Frances, and how post-it notes took a toll on her.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

I have never met anyone who was overjoyed to file their taxes. It takes some work to do the task but moreover it is the assembling of all supporting documentation that often brings on a headache. Having an easy filing set-up at the beginning of the year will ease the burden at the end of the year to produce the required info for tax filing.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Your attitude determines most of what you experience each day. Yet, it is something that is easy to neglect. Be someone who others want to be with, because you lift their energy, attitude, and spirit. Be someone who you would want to be around. Choose to have a positive attitude. Today, choose to be an excellent inspiration!“Watch your thoughts; they become words. Watch your words; they become actions. Watch your actions; they become habits. Watch your habits; they become character. Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.” ― Lao TzuLearn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

Time is an interesting subject. Time doesn’t look at your race, your status or your age. Everybody gets 24 hours in a day, 7 days in a week, 52 weeks in a year. EVERYBODY.What you do with your time, that becomes a personal story. This is the tipping point for people who are productive vs people who live in chaos.  If you want to get organized with your time, you have come to the right episode.Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com

You have set your goal to become organized. Congratulations! It would be my honor to help you achieve that. I will be discussing different set-ups of work stations. Being organized can be minimizing the stress of looking for misplaced items, therefore keeping you on task at work. Learn more about organizing. Visit www.fineorganizing.com. You can stay in touch with Conny by email: podcast@fineorganizing.com