If you are the parent of school-aged children, then the following conversations (often shouted from another room) will sound familiar to you: “Please put your backpack away honey!” “In a minute mom…” or… “Time to start your homework!” “Aww….five more minutes dad!” Many kids struggle with the transition from school to home. The temptation to [Read more…]
4 Quick Organizing Projects When You’re Stuck Indoors
As most of our followers know, we are located in Portland Oregon. Last week, Portland experienced soaring temperatures above 100 degrees for consecutive days. As a result, many of us have been stuck indoors. One great activity to do during extreme weather events is to get some organizing done. As pro organizers, we are sort of [Read more…]
How to Move Like a Pro Organizer
Recently, we’ve been flooded with requests for organizing services to help with the transition of moving to a new home. And we understand why: there is so much to think about – from keeping new home documents organized to decluttering and downsizing your current home in preparation for the big day. After some deliberation, we [Read more…]
FREE Shred Event: August 12 2017
Bring old credit card statements, financial statements, pre-approved credit card offers, old IRS tax forms, bank checks, household bills, and other documents that may contain sensitive information to this FREE Shred Event in Beaverton on August 12, 2017
How to Create a Pro Organizer Moving Binder
There are a few certainties in life: death, taxes, and…moving. According to the US Census Bureau, the average American moves 12 times during his or her lifetime! That’s a lot of bubble wrap. Whether you are moving across the hall (I’ve actually done this, and it was surprisingly hard) or across the country, there are [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…]
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