ARoundTuit Organizing & Productivity

Here are the three killer questions I ask clients to help them take action against clutter:

Do you need it?

In this category fall the many types of document a business is required to keep for a limited period of time, and some not at all.  Digital files are now acceptable in many instances, which allows you to move the originals off-site, or even destroy them (WHAT?!).  Also in this category are some types of statements and invoices.

Ask a CPA or visit www.irs.gov for the latest on document retention requirements and recommendations for your type … Continue Reading

This ability to stay above the emotion allows me to give clients a fresh, empowering perspective.  One that only comes from the outside in.  Many people can not do this on their own when under stress.

Many of my clients are not naturally disorganized or scattered people.   They can feel in charge of their lives, and manage their time and space with intention.  However, it’s an understatement to say they are “busy”.  Some live like a circus contortionist, spinning 10 plates on sticks while riding a bicycle backwards on a tightrope. Raise your hand if … Continue Reading

Less is More

Translated: Choose organizing systems that require as few steps as possible from start to finish.  It doesn’t really matter how attractive it is (read: elaborate color coded filing systems) or how wonderful the professional organizer (who LOVES to organize, mind you) on tv says the systems is.

 For example: It is probably not necessary to file all your bills by year and type, in pretty color-coded hanging files in the file cabinet.  This requires you to sort bills, place them individually in the files, and maintain the filing system year after year – or it ends up like the one … Continue Reading

Problem: MIA purse / wallet / sunglasses / earpiece / security card / PDA.

Professional Organizers know to choose a home for such “mobile” necessities.  This is something people understand right away.  So, they choose a “safe” place, like their top dresser drawer, or the overburdened kitchen counter.  But items still go missing.  Humph.

“Assigning a home hasn’t helped”, they bemoan.  “I must be hopelessly disorganized”.

Not so, not so.  Assigning a home is only half the equation.  The other essential half is that the home be convenient.  “Convenient” means on the flight path to your usual first stop once you enter the house.  In most … Continue Reading

If you’ve been following my blogging launch in 2008, you may have noticed a sudden nose-dive in posts. It’s disappointing, to say the least, to feel “left hanging”. I’m here today to tell you that I’M BACK! and to let you in some personal experiences I’ve grown through recently. Keep reading – this is to your advantage!

We all know someone who thinks the world would be a better place if only we (or they) could “fix” our weaknesses. True, in theory.  In reality, trying to “fix” ourselves or someone else often leads to disappointment at best, conflict, low self-esteem and  dissolved relationships at worst.

The hallmark of my organizing and … Continue Reading

Well, thanks to my meeting this morning with the great Miriam Salpeter (http://keppiecareers.wordpress.com/), I find myself at long last propelled into the blogosphere.

Our meeting was exciting, full of positive energy and inspiring.  That is the kind of energy I am hoping to give you, dear readers, through this blog.

ARoundTuit Organizing is an Organizing and Productivity Consulting company in Atlanta, GA. I am Lauren Davidson, your professional organizer and coach.  I help people who are struggling with mental and physical clutter, as well as people who are not struggling per se, but … Continue Reading