Flourish Organizing

Part 1: Your Home is Not a Storage Unit

10/28/2020

Our homes are meant for us to live in… to do life in. They are meant to be filled with things that help us to live and things that make us happy while we are living there. Our homes are not meant to be a storage unit... filled with boxes or piles of things that you don’t actually use.

Take a moment to reflect on your home... are you using it the way you want to? If it feels more like a storage unit, it may be time to reassess and declutter.

Bringing your VHS memories back!

8/20/2020

Guest author Soledad Buznego shares tips on how to digitize your VHS family videos!

This summer I challenged myself to bring back all my childhood memories that were sleeping at my parent’s house in boxes and boxes. If you are an 80s kid like me, you will then know that the only format that can give testimony of how you looked, how you moved, how you played and how you sounded are VCR videos.

I did know it wasn't going to be an easy task – not because of the IT part, as I consider myself a bit nerdy on that aspect – but because it meant bringing back vivid pictures that captured the essence of so many people whom I loved and who are sadly not here with me anymore (my grandpas, aunts, uncles). So, I prepared myself for an emotional task – oh yeah!

Photo Credit "In Joy Organization"

Bottom of VHS cassette tape; black with white circles; background is a light pink wall

Photo credit Pexels

KonMari tackles sentimental items (such as photos, memorabilia, heirlooms, etc.) as the last category of the tidying festival, because when you reach to this point you have already honed your spark joy sensibility and are in a better position to decide whether an item will serve a good purpose in your life. By the time I did my tidying festival -I have to be honest- I didn’t check these cassettes (shame on me! I know) but mainly because I had forgotten they even existed and because they were not 100% mine, they were my whole family’s.

Summer Declutter Challenge!

7/7/2020

Our Summer Declutter Challenge has begun! I will be posting short daily challenges on Instagram to get you started.

This week, the theme is "mental clutter". Yesterday's first step was getting everything out of your head and writing down a to do list of tasks you've been meaning to do. We will continue this week by prioritizing and writing more focused to do lists. Next week, we will be taking a look at our clothes. You can either do one challenge or try them all!

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Bronze Level KonMari Certification

3/17/2020

I am thrilled to announce that I am a Bronze Level Certified KonMari Consultant!

This means that I have over 150 hours of in-home organizing experience working with clients specifically in the KonMari Method of tidying. This method was created by Japanese organizer Marie Kondo, host of the popular Netflix show "Tidying Up".

I completed my KonMari consultant certification course in New York and now offer in-home sessions in Houston, Texas.

Let me know if you would like some help as you complete your own Tidying Journey!

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Part 1: Your Home is Not a Storage Unit

Bringing your VHS memories back!

Summer Declutter Challenge!

Bronze Level KonMari Certification

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