About this Project

I am a wife, a mom, a business owner, a homeowner, a gardener, and I could add some few other "positions" to my curriculum. I used to be a student, too. I used to sleep 4-5 hours per night (sometimes even less than that!) to be able to juggle with all my daily positions. Everything was a priority: my online Master program that I wanted to graduate with a good GPA; our business because we were relying on it to make a living; the kids crying for my attention; my husband feeling excluded; the home cleaning; cooking from scratch; shopping (I was extremely thankful for the online commerce); paying bills; pulling weeds; planting and watering vegetables and flowers.

Everything on the list was my responsibility. Adding that due to our business's profile it is impossible to have a schedule would complete the picture. Also, my husband travels a lot for our business so I have to deal by myself with most of the situations at home. There was a time when doing laundry, cleaning up the house, cooking and grocery shopping equaled a day off.

However, our lifestyle transformed our business and paperwork in a chaos. We had boxes of documents (most of them were already scanned and saved electronically); 3 paper grocery bags full of papers that needed shredding; our medical and other personal documents were mixed up with bills and receipts. I was terrified to even start working on organize the mess because the enormous piles were overwhelming. I am thankful for being a native minimalist and resisting the urge to buy stuff just because is on sale; that would have made my life even more complicated. Also, I have to give thanks to the previous owner of our house for leaving behind a basement full of storage closets and shelves.

Even though, my house looked organized and clean one day I decided that enough was enough and I started purging and organizing. Organizing in a manner that only a professional could have done.

My action resulted in very neat business paperwork; handy house and personal documents; kids can access their toys and books without help; kitchen cabinets de-cluttered.  Even my husband is able to find everything he needs without asking me (this is a really big achievement for our household).

Going through a large palette of feelings while organizing, telling my story, offering advice and tips when asked, support and even help other people in need of organizing seemed like the next step.