Honouring or Afraid?
Honour (verb) – “regard with great respect” Afraid (adjective) – “feeling of fear or anxiety; frightened -worried that something undesirable will occur or be done -unwilling or reluctant to do something for fear of consequences When entering into your organizing journey, inevitably, there will be an item or items that have been “handed down” to […]
Guilty or Not Guilty? Environmental Guilt
If you are on social media or watch the news or even read the newspaper, you can’t miss hearing about what is happening with our environment, global warming, and the call to action to make more responsible environmental choices. Insert Environmental Guilt. The last 2 weeks we have discussed guilt associated with our stuff and […]
Guilty or Not Guilty? Emotional Guilt
Last week we discussed the financial guilt surrounding clutter and disorganization. Now let’s discuss Emotional Guilt and how we attach it to things in our space. While there can be several reasons we attach emotional guilt to items as professional organizers, we have determined to two (2) most likely reasons for emotional guilt are; Gifts […]
Guilty or Not Guilty? Financial Guilt
There are so many emotions and feelings that surround “stuff”. One feeling that often gets overlooked is the feeling of guilt. There are 3 main areas of guilt associated with clutter and disorganization. The first being Financial Guilt. All too often, we choose to keep items because we spent money on them. We associate getting […]