Go from always organizing to being organized

Why won't the clutter go away and stay away?

Decluttering teaches you how to declutter. It doesn't teach you how to stay organized.

Decluttering gives you less stuff to organize...but more stuff is always coming into your home (even if it's just the mail).

Decluttering can spark change, but it's the everyday practices of habit and mindset that help you maintain order and become an organized person

While growing up, my mother always said that if we lived in a bigger house, we’d be organized. So, to wrangle all the stuff we had, we'd store it in countless bins. But we were never organized. 

It wasn’t until I was emptying my parents’ overstuffed house that I realized the impact all that clutter had – it left me stressed, hopeless, and trapped.  

I decluttered my stuff. I was so determined not to end up like my parents and turn my home into a storage unit, that something in my mind clicked.
​I became organized.

However, my biggest source of clutter remained - poor eating habits that have left me obese. During a dark moment, I joined a medical weight loss program, only to leave it two months later.
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Of course, I started regaining the weight. Staring at the number on the scale, I was frustrated. Although I'd learned to follow their diet, I'd learned nothing about sustaining the loss.

As a professional organizer, this thought bopped my brain to thinking about clutter and how so many people spend hours decluttering their homes but then can't stay organized. 

So, I’m using my love of learning to research the techniques of true transformation – the habits and mindset that do more than help you tidy a room…that help you become a peaceful, organized person for life. ​

Clutter (or decluttering) aside, who is Susan?

I live along the Charles River in Massachusetts, USA with my husband and a fluffy calico cat named Biscuits. I crochet, love reading young adult fiction and self-help books. I volunteer for my town's Garden Club and Friends of the Library. Oh, and I love personality tests (no, I don't know which Disney princess I am).

I am...

• An INFP (The mediator)
• Adobe Creative Type - The Dreamer
• Values in Actions Character Strengths
  • Love of Learning
  • Forgiveness
  • Appreciation of Beauty & Excellence
  • Kindness
  • Creativity
• Clifton Strengths (they charge for this quiz)
  • Learner
  • Intellection
  • Strategic 
  • Input
  • Restorative
• Enneagram Type 2: The Helper
• Rubin Tendency: Rebel (not as exciting as it sounds)
• Hogwarts House: Ravenclaw

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To summarize, I love learning, figuring things out in non-conventional ways, and being supportive. I'd love to help you see ways to get through your clutter and create space for the things you'd rather do with your life than try to organize your closet (again).