Processes/Work Flow Archives - An Organized Life

Essential Tips for a Stress-Free College Move

Moving your child into college is a significant milestone filled with mixed emotions: pride, excitement, and perhaps a bit of sadness. As you prepare for this big transition, a little organization and planning can go a long way in making the move smoother for both you and your child. Here are essential tips for a … Read more

Easy Ways to Start Organizing

by Marianna Whitson

Are you looking to get organized? Many people want to find easy ways to start organizing but but seem to hit roadblocks along the way. You are not alone. Many, many people experience these same challenges when getting organized. We can help. Try this 3 easy ways to start organizing: 1. Start Small A lot … Read more

Mudroom Summer Reset

by MJ Rosenthal

Resetting your mudroom for the season is important to keep your mornings organized and on track. Getting out the door in the morning can be chaotic enough and there is no time to waste searching for keys, shoes, or bags. Reset for summer with these simple tips. Winter Is Out Like many of us, your … Read more

How to be Organized when Moving

by MJ Rosenthal

As professional organizers, we do much more than just organize your space. We offer moving services for pre-move, post-move, or both! You can hire us to manage the entire move start to finish. By organizing a move, we coordinate and oversee the entire process of your relocation, ensuring a smooth transition. Here’s how we take … Read more

Organizing for Tax Season

by Marianna Whitson

Organizing bookshelves can be a fun and rewarding task, combining aesthetics with organizing. Here are some tips to help you create beautiful and functional bookshelves: Create a Checklist Start this process by making a checklist of the items you’ll need. Sometimes your accountant will send you a checklist, but if they don’t or if you … Read more

Gift of Organization

by Marianna Whitson

Organization. It can truly be an amazing present for a loved one or friend. But there are definitely some things to consider before deciding on this kind of gift. Who Who is your intended recipient? Think about their personality and how the gift will be received. Will it be embraced with enthusiasm and eagerness, or … Read more

Stay at Home

by Marianna Whitson

With the uncertainty of the real estate market and the high interest rates these days, a new home just isn’t in the cards for everyone. But there are lots of ways to make the most of your current spot. Schedule some time to do a refresh in your home, whether it’s the whole place or … Read more

Clutter-free Car

by Marianna Whitson

It creeps up on you slowly. That car clutter. One day it’s squeaky clean inside, the next it’s a disaster of crumbs, returns to make and water bottles rolling around the floor. Clean and Sort Bring out a trash can, recycling bin and a spare storage bin. Start taking everything out of the car. Empty … Read more

The Shed

by Marianna Whitson

Sheds are small spaces but can be hard workers (as long as they’re not a disaster and you can reach everything easily!). Sheds support yard and gardening, household utility, kid stuff, bikes and more. Make sure that all items in the here can withstand temperature changes and moisture. Clear It Put on some old clothes … Read more

School Day Mornings

by Marianna Whitson

It’s the start of a new school year. And with it comes a return to firm schedules (yay!), but it also means resuming those rushed school mornings, with everyone sleepy and dragging their feet through. Help make those mornings a little easier by setting yourself (and your family) up for success. Prep Getting set up … Read more

There are not enough superlatives to describe how much of an impact An Organized Life has made on me. Recently I downsized from a house where I had lived for 40+ years to a small condo, and I was overwhelmed with the enormity of the task at hand. I am indebted to MJ and her team for their ongoing support and understanding before, during and after my move to make this transition as smooth as possible. MJ’s organizational skills were invaluable when it came to decluttering and finding solutions to make maximum use of the space I had. She made recommendations on reconfiguring closets, adding rollouts and was able to repurpose much of storage items I already had. The end result was to carve out a space that was esthetically pleasing as welI as functional. I found MJ to be kind, caring and very easy to work with. She was astute in her assessment of how best to motivate me by skillfully breaking down tasks into manageable steps that I could digest, in turn she showed me how I could apply these same principles to my every day life. While my initial objective was to make the unpacking and decluttering as painless as possible, in the process I learned how to simplify my life and embrace a new home that I’m excited about.Gloria Voce

Lori Gilman

The Organized Life team, led by MJ, is amazing. Their ability to serve not just their clients, but also the family of their clients is unparalleled. For context, MJ supports my mother-in-law and is the primary reason my MIL's recent move out of her home went smoothly...even as my wife and I sit several hundred miles away. For such an important event in my MIL's life, it was nerve-wracking to not be there on site, however, MJ's ability to lay out a plan, execute, and anticipate curveballs along the way put our minds at ease. The Organized Life team managed all aspects of the move by handling all planning and logistics: soliciting quotes from movers, locking down contracts, helping with packing and storage needs, etc. They also anticipated and took care of smaller, though no less important items such as address updates, moving utilities, and even finding a pet-friendly hotel that was needed for a night between homes! I especially appreciated MJ's ability to ensure we were getting good deals from other vendors involved in the process, and her ability to quickly flex up the amount of support when we needed more hands - she was able to bring additional team members into the picture to ensure we stayed on track. Having gone through a few moves of my own, I assumed all moves are guaranteed to be chaotic. I'm happy to have been proven wrong - MJ and her team brought control and calm to a hectic situation, which in turn gave us confidence that our MIL was in good hands. She thought of all angles and managed the entire process - start to finish - expertly.Joe Nunziante

As a small young family, with two working parents it doesn’t take long for our house to devolve into chaos. MJ came in and helped us get things cleaned up but also organize and create strategies to stay organized. We’ve managed to stay clean and organized thanks to her help and despite the desire of our kids to destroy all things associated with order.Matthew RowleyJuly 8, 2020