De-stress Passover with our weekly tips.
Get “house-ready” — Physically create space to reach and access your Haggadot and Pesadik items. Don’t confuse clearing chametz with Spring cleaning!
Prepare mentally — Add meaning to your preparations and remind yourself of holiday themes. You don’t have to feel like a slave leading up to Passover to appreciate freedom.
There’s still time to ask for help: 610-896-6896
Gardeners create curb appeal with Spring colors, lay a mulched foundation to dramatic effect, and prune dead wood from the outdoors. Let us help you turn that same attention to detail in your closet…and to YOU.
What kind of pruning does your closet need…
• You Need Less Stuff
• You Want Less Clutter
• You’ll Gain Space
• You’ll Love Freedom To Look and Feel Great
Spring Closet Clean-Up session clients say:
If you need to “spruce up” for Spring, call to schedule a closet session.
Decluttering can (and should) happen year round. With Passover less than three weeks from now, it is time to make space for the holiday. Kelly already started to CLEAR space, CLEAR cabinets, and get CLEAR on what we need (to use up before Passover — and purchase for the holiday).
Kelly’s baking cabinet full (and disorganized) in need of a Spring Cleaning.
Check expiration dates.
• toss spoiled food or open items that won’t get used.
List what kosher-for-Passover items you already have.
• create your shopping list
Eliminate items that are not chametz (leavened) from the cabinets.
• move it to an overflow pantry area
• donate to a food pantry if it doesn’t match your family’s taste
With less IN the cabinet, it is easier to see what to use up AND there’s now room to store items you don’t need OUT for Passover.
Assess what chametz items remain to consume.
• find creative ways to use up your pantry ingredients
• bring the least amount of new food in
Repeat this process for each area where food is stored.
Passover begins Friday evening, April 22. Each week we’ll share advice on how to prepare for the Seder (order) of this widely observed Jewish holiday.
While I don’t personally know enough about college basketball teams to predict who will win this year’s March Madness Tournament, I do follow the excitement as my family creates detailed brackets and fans bet on their top picks.
In my play book, we are all winners when we follow organizing rules inspired by the concept:
The less you stress…the more freedom you gain.
The less you buy…the more financial resources you maintain.
Make your own play and create MORE in your life with these tips:
M – More clarity in your priorities gives you more time and space for life.
A – Anyone can become organized when you structure your time.
R – Review your next day’s schedule the night before to eliminate surprises.
C – Carve out time daily for exercise, nutrition and sleep.
H – Handle any task that will take less than 2 minutes – now!
M – Make physical AND mental space in your life.
A – Add breathing room into your schedule for delays and transitions.
D – Delegating is a skill worth learning – develop a team mentality.
N – NAPO.net is your go-to for help if some rules seem beyond your reach.
E – Easy access is your goal for anything you use on a daily basis.
S – Simplify one area of your life today.
S – Stay focused on priorities for big playoffs…I mean big PAY-offs 🙂
Joy is a master at working with all ages to determine and teach what is the best LOOK and FIT for you. She has a great eye, she’s sensitive to fabric, color, and pattern, and she pays attention to details.
While Joy is naturally stylish…she is also a teacher at heart. She knows how to show you what’s best ON YOU. Her experience making her own clothes (and young Kelly’s) and her study of design have sharpened her eye to the “architecture” of silhouettes.
Follow Joy’s Fashion Advice:
Joy can tell you what is destined for donation or worthy of resale:
The more current your giveaways, the more benefit they bring recipients. You also earn more at resale. We love turning your closet clutter into cash.
Invite Joy into your closet — call 610-745-1236
• Discover your foundation pieces.
• Spice up your wardrobe with what you already own.
• Treat yourself to a professional seasonal swap.
To save the earth from needless trash, we recycle and repurpose client donations. We find homes for things that still have life after you say they can’t live in yours.
Our favorite local, free, and convenient donation drop-off site. Items benefit others and steer clear of landfills.
Beach-Front property is your most valuable space: When you use something on a daily basis you can’t afford to lose time searching for and reaching these things. Find the best spot for these high-use, high value items. Imagine you are literally at the beach…nothing should block your view.
• Clear everything else away so the focus on your essentials.
• Be consistent replacing this stuff to its proper home after each use.
• Don’t allow a single barrier to get between you and it.
We want you to be comfortable going on “auto-pilot” reaching for your reading glasses, car keys, and daily meds.
Prime real estate is your next level of valuable space: You need access to these items on a weekly basis so if you have to stack, put primary use items ON TOP. Make sure you can easily see, grab, use these books, tools and clothes. Think:
• Eye-level shelving
• Top desk drawers
• Easiest-to-reach sections of your closet
Out of sight or remote locations may require effort to reach because they’re less frequently or even rarely accessed. Categories include previous years taxes in basement file cabinets and off-season clothing in attic bins. Camp duffles and holiday decorations fit this category.
• Put monthly items in easier reach than seasonal
• Give seasonal items better access than annual
We’re not talking about that second cookie…
We mean anything that is out of place:
Clean laundry – Make room in your dresser.
The blow-up bed – Store it in the linen closet.
Your latest (impulse) purchase – Take it back.
Sue’s platter from hosting book club – Return it.
When too many things remain out:
• out of their regular storage home
• out of their packaging
• in the hallway
• on your desk — instead of filed away…
bad things can happen.
Worse than the item getting lost or damaged (and un-returnable), it gets in your way. It distracts you from your commitment to keep surfaces clear. It can become a magnet, attracting more things that haven’t been put back. And then you’re in a state of overwhelm.
What can you put back today?
Pick one room, one surface, one item and put it back:
• on its shelf
• with its original owner
• or returned to the store
Your reward will be greater than the refund, or the thanks from your friend…You will gain freedom from your stuff!
Many people make the mistake of creating a laundry list of commitments for the New Year. Successful people work on creating or changing one habit at a time. So don’t sabotage yourself piling on multiple things to remember.
Set yourself up for success:
THEN you can work on a second resolution 🙂
Start 2016 with a pro. Book your appointment today!