The Miss Organized Show – Details, episodes & analysis

If you've ever thought about becoming a Professional Organizer, check out my interview on this fun podcast with Melisa Meral, host of The Pro Organizer Bootcamp ™ Podcast as we talk shop and building a professional organizing business for the long game.

Serious about becoming a Professional Organizer? Check out Melisa's course How to Start a Professional Organizing Business in 30 days.

How can you have more fun and less stress during the summer? Organize your garage.

With garages getting used more during the summer, if you can’t easily find and put back the items you use, it’s only a matter of time before your garage becomes a disorganized dumping ground.

A disorganized garage will cause preparation time to take longer and may deter you from even leaving the house in the first place. And even if you do get to your activity, you may not be able to enjoy it because you’re thinking of all the work ahead of you to put everything away.

Avoid the summertime blues with these garage organizing tips:

Tip #1 - Make a specific plan. Decide what tasks you want to accomplish in your garage and book a date on your calendar to do them. You’ll increase your chances of actually getting them done.

Tip #2 –Clear walking paths. To be able to walk easily from front to back and side to side in your garage, sort items on the floor into piles of 1) Bigger items that can’t be contained for ex: bikes 2) Items already contained in boxes, bins and bags 3) Items small enough to be contained (put these in bankers boxes), 4)trash 5)recycling 6)empty bins and boxes

Tip #3 – Create zones. Group like items together into zones based on the similarity of use of the the items for ex: sports/outdoors (camping, beach, soccer), holidays, memorabilia, tools/home maintenance & repair, kitchen overflow (aka the Costco zone).  This will help you find and put things away faster, which is key to easily maintaining your garage.

Tip #4 – Macro not micro-sort. When doing a first round of sorting, avoid micro sorting items into smaller categories but instead macro sort using bigger categories. For example, holiday versus Christmas or sports versus soccer. This will make the organizing process go faster.

Tip #5 – Use shelving and bins. Shelving will get your items off the floor and bins will make it easier to grab and go. I recommend 5-shelf metal shelving units, ceiling racks and 56- 66 quart sized plastic bins.

With summertime right around the corner, the sooner you get organized, the sooner you can enjoy a happier and more relaxing summer.

Listen to more episodes of The Miss Organized Show.

Get more tips and tricks by visiting my website Miss Organized. 

For a more in depth look behind the common reasons why people clutter and hoard check out my book "If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell." 

The dresser your mom gave you to "keep in the family", that couch your husband inherited when his dad died, the desk that Aunt Judy pressured you into taking so your grandma doesn't rollover in her grave.  As honorable as it may seem to take hand me down furniture from the family, in doing so you may be bringing more harm than good to your home and the lives of everyone living in your home. 

From the emotional toll holding on to hand me downs can take on an individual and their families to Interfering with a child's sense of ownership in their bedrooms, hand me down furniture, if it's not loved and used can often bring discord in the home and strife in it's occupants lives. 

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

Do you ever feel like the energy in your home is stuck? On this episode, I talk with Mary and Heather from MomsTown about how clutter creates stuck and can create low vibrating energy. I also share how organizing is the perfect way to get your energy unstuck and vibrating high and the catalytic effect it can have on everyone in the house.

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

Listen in as Mary & Heather from Momstown and I talk about about what what rebellion clutter is and how it plays out in our relationships.  I also share an interesting story about my light bulb moment when I saw rebellion clutter play out right before my very eyes.

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

Listen in as I talk with Mary and Heather of MomsTown about planning to get organized.  I share how my project planning strategy I call forward think and backwards plan to create project plans that are easy to take action on.   We also talk about the importance of keeping your decision-making abilities high during the organizing process and some ways to do it. 

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

Join Mary and Heather from MomsTown and I as I share tips on purging clothes from your closet and the psychological reason as to how that can help melt the pounds.

We do some on the spot "closet therapy" with Heather and help her discover the connection between her kids and her closet. 

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

On this episode on MomsTown with Mary and Heather, we discuss my tips on helping kids to keep their rooms clean and organized.  The secret?  If they actually like their rooms, they will be more likely to want to keep them clean and organized.  We also talk about setting up their rooms to make it easier for them to clean and how a dry erase board can be a game changer. 
Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

Join me as I chat with Mary and Heather from Momstown  explaining how to increase your productivity with a clean desk, how to set up your workspace using the principle of "valuable real estate" and my 3-step strategy for clearing your desk fast. 

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell 

Do you ever feel like the energy in your home is stuck? On this episode, Mary, Heather, and I talk about how clutter creates stuck and low vibrating energy.I share how organizing is the perfect way to get your energy unstuck and vibrating high and the catalytic effect it can have on everyone in the house.

Website:  MissOrganized

Book: If Clutter Could Talk....The Stories It Would Tell