I have had clients greet me at the door with the comment, “My mother would just die if she knew I paid someone to come in and help me with this project.” Somehow we just feel that we should be able to do everything ourselves with no support.
Well, I am a professional organizer and I have hired other professional organizers to help me – more than once. I also hire a cleaning person, lawn care, an accountant/CPA, a webmaster/graphic designer. Why should I take on projects that I could do but am not really proficient or projects where I just don’t want to spend my time? I am really much better served doing what I do very well and love doing, and hiring out the rest. This way I can devote more time helping my clients.
There are many reasons to hire an organizer. Let me list a few.
You are in way over your head and your therapist has been recommending one for years. You might be a hoarder. You might me suffering from depression. There may be many reasons but a professional organizer can partner with a coach or therapist to give the maximum help and support.
You have a permanent condition that makes it hard to get and stay organized. Clients with ADHD, TBI, or other conditions can reduce stress and anxiety by working with a professional organizer on a regular basis.
You are going through a life event that has thrown you off your organizational game for a while. You may be getting married, going through a divorce, combining families, having children, downsizing, dealing with illness or death. These events take an enormous amount of energy and added stressful tasks on top of living your day to day life. Hiring a professional organizer to get you through this event just makes sense.
You need help in an area that you are not proficient in or that you just hate to do. You hate organizing your computer files or your paper files. You are terrible at laying out an efficient kitchen. You love to look at your photographs but have no idea where to start in organizing them.
You have a couple of projects where you would like a “kick start”. You’ve let that extra bedroom or the basement get out of control over the years. Now, you’d like to reclaim that space but it overwhelms you. you may just need a professional organizer to get you started and then finish it yourself.
You can definitely do the projects yourself but you would like some accountability and support. This is where organization coaching can be useful. I have a Zone Plan Coaching teleclass where I lead groups through projects via group calls and virtual support.
As you can see, there is a wide range of possible ways to use an organizer. What is your reason to give us a call?
Jonda S. Beattie Professional Organizer