Welcome to the Organized Times!
A New "Girl" in Town
The Organized Times has a new owner! For the past ten years, Debbie Williams has managed this site. Now, she has passed the baton on to Florence Feldman. Flo has been a professional organizer more than 25 years and will be sharing from a wealth of experience.
A Farewell from Debbie
"It is with mixed emotions that I write this last issue of Organized Times to you today. After ten wonderful years of sharing home organizing solutions with you, I will be closing the doors to my organizing business, Let's Get It Together." Read the rest Debbie Williams' farewell letter.
A Welcome from Flo
In these times of economic uncertainty, when we are overwhelmed by things we can do nothing about, there is something we can do. We can put our homes and lives in order. We can set priorities and realize, to paraphrase two old popular songs, that "the best things in life are free" and that "happiness lies right under our eyes—back in our own backyard."
The Organized Times exists to encourage, inspire, and inform you. I know what it feels like to be out of order because I've been there too. Although I'm now an organizing consultant, I was once an overwhelmed mom and later single mom. And I can tell you that no matter how overwhelmed you feel now, you CAN experience the peace of true order.
I will be adding to the website regularly in order to build a body of knowledge for you to use on your own unique journey.
- Flo
Taking the First Step - A Change in Thinking
Any journey begins with the first step. Usually that step seems difficult; the journey as a whole almost impossible. Often we are paralyzed when we think of the daunting task before us and around us. So we choose to focus on something more pleasant. We go shopping, watch a movie, grab a snack, or watch a "home improvement" show until the urge passes and we can do something else instead. Nothing changes. Sometimes things get worse.
I have found there are two powerful phrases that keep us stuck in chaos. They are: I DON'T HAVE THE TIME TO DO IT RIGHT NOW and I'LL JUST PUT IT HERE FOR NOW. When we believe these statements and don't follow up and actually do the task at another time our lives can get way out of control. In fact, I can guarantee it.
Conversely, if you begin to say to yourself: I'LL TAKE A MINUTE AND DO IT NOW and actually take the time to hang it up, put it away, write it down, file it, etc., your life will change and order will prevail.
The first step towards bringing more order in your life is to stop accepting the lie that you don't have time to do it right now or that putting it here for now is a viable choice. This "road to victory" is simple, but not necessarily quick and easy. That is why the Organized Times exists: to guide, support, encourage, and inspire you on your journey.
YOU CAN DO IT! WE CAN HELP.
