According to Global Workplace Analytics, 3.7 million people work remotely at least half of the time today in the US. While this is good news for the planet, traffic congestion and introverts across America, working from home can be challenging when it comes to productivity and organization. As we all know, the ability to be [Read more…]
FREE Shred Event: June 10 2017
Beaverton FREE Shred Event Date: Saturday, June 10th, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Sunset Presbyterian Church – 14986 NW Cornell Rd. Portland Oregon 97229 It’s that time of year again! Clean out your old papers and bring them to the Document Shredding Clinic sponsored by the Beaverton Police Department. There is a [Read more…]
Mother’s Day Ideas that Don’t Cause Clutter
This year, in honor of all of the wonderful mothers (and fathers!) out there, we asked our team of professional organizers at Organizers Northwest to weigh in on their favorite mother’s day gifts to give and receive. The caveat? They have to be items that don’t cause clutter! Here are our favorites: A Fun Event “I [Read more…]
How to Be More Organized through Task Initiation
The skills of planning, time management and organization are all controlled by our executive functions, located in the frontal lobe of the brain. That area of the brain does not finish developing until as late as early adulthood, and those skills can always be improved upon! Two such executive function skills critical to being organized [Read more…]
2 FREE Shred/Recycling Events: April 22, 2017
Beaverton Location – Shred Event Sponsored by the Beaverton Police Department Date: Saturday, April 22nd, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Sunset Presbyterian Church – 14986 NW Cornell Rd. Portland, Oregon 97229 This is on a first-come, first-served basis for personal documents and you may bring up to three banker’s boxes of papers. [Read more…]
How to Create a Professional Organizer Toolkit
As professional organizers, we are often asked questions about our professional tips and techniques. I’ve had several clients ask me recently about my organizing toolkit. What are the items we use most on the job? What can’t we live without? So in the spirit of providing organizing solutions and answers, I thought it would be [Read more…]
5S Office Organizing 101: How to Reduce your Paper
A little known fact about paper organizing is that each individual piece represents a unique object with it’s own traits and information. We tend to think of a pile of paper as being a homogenous grouping of like objects. And while it’s true that paper is in one category on it’s own, to organize paper [Read more…]
Our Top Ten Spring Organizing To Do’s
It’s that time of year again! Spring is such a wonderful time to go after your long overdue organizing projects, and it can feel very cathartic to clean and organize your home after the long winter. It can be hard to get started, so we recommend making a list of to do’s and checking them off [Read more…]
An Experiment in Time Management from a Professional Organizer
There are so many wonderful ways to begin a productive and organized New Year. One of my favorite suggestions is to use a time management method called “time blocking” to create focused, productive chunks of time in which to get things done. The concept of time blocking is based on Parkinson’s Law, which is the [Read more…]
FREE Shred Event: February 11, 2017
***UPDATE*** We have just been notified that this shred event has been cancelled. The next one is scheduled on April 22nd, 2017 FREE Document Shredding Date: Saturday, February 11th, 2017 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Sunset Presbyterian Church – 14986 NW Cornell Rd. Portland, Oregon 97229 One of the methods thieves use to [Read more…]
FREE Fix-It Fair: January 28, 2017
Date: Saturday, January 28th, 2017 Time: 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Location: George Middle School – 10000 N Burr Ave, Portland, OR 97203 In March 2013, Repair PDX became the first Repair Café in Portland. Inspired by the cafés in the Netherlands, this group of volunteers will fix (or try to fix) items as well [Read more…]
A House Divided: How to Get your Whole Family Organized
As we all know, it is possible to share space with others who do not hold the same values or wishes as you do when it comes to organization. That may mean a neat-freak sharing space with a messy one, a “piler” with a “filer” or any combination of things. Or you may also find [Read more…]
New Year’s Resolution Goals
Last December, two friends and I were talking about New Year’s resolutions. One of them asked for my opinion as a professional organizer about how I help my clients to keep their resolutions. [Read more…]
A Season of Giving – and Taking Away
Every year around the holidays, no matter what traditions you practice, there is a deep sense of GIVING that suddenly prevails. Canned food, coat and toy drives, gifts for families and friends, cooking, cleaning and preparing for guests. It is a general spirit of goodness that sweeps the nation, bringing us together. But for many, [Read more…]
FREE Shred Event: December 10th, 2016
FREE Document Shredding Date: Saturday, December 10th, 2016 Time: 10:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Location: Sunset Presbyterian Church – 14986 NW Cornell Rd. Portland Oregon 97229 Clean out your home office papers before Christmas! The Beaverton Police Department is offering a FREE event for you to safely dispose of your sensitive documents. Bring up to [Read more…]
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