Are you embarrassed about the clutter and mayhem in your house? Does that stop you from having friends and family over? We see this all the time. It's true we help people restore order, but we also work with clients to create realistic expectations for what's important. A little mess is absolutely fine.
Around here we're big fans of reality business shows like The Profit, Restaurant Start Up, Bar Rescue and especially ABC-TV's Shark Tank. Shark Tank features budding entrepreneurs with the chance to "bring their ideas to the sharks in the tank — five titans of industry who made their own dreams a reality and turned their ideas into lucrative empires."
The contestants try to convince any one of the sharks to invest money in their idea. When more than one of the sharks decide they want a piece of the action, a bidding war can erupt, driving up the price of the investment.
Major Mom – Featured on February 5th:
We're really excited to learn that our colleague and former Air Force Major from Phoenix Angela Cody-Rouget and her company will be featured on Shark Tank this Friday, February 5th. John co-chaired a national leadership committee for the National Associations of Professional Organizers (NAPO) while Angela was the Chapter President of NAPO Colorado, so they worked together for over a year.
“Episode 719” – Veteran and military spouse entrepreneurs try to enlist the Sharks’ investments in their products—will it be a mission accomplished? A former Air Force Major from Phoenix, AZ looks to franchise her personal organization business that can keep Americans’ homes “majorly” de-cluttered. “Shark Tank,” FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5 (9:00–10:01 p.m. EST) on the ABC Television Network."
So how did Angela get on the show? "One of the producers contacted me… and said they were looking for veteran entrepreneurs for their show. Months of contracts, jumping through hoops and lots of stress landed me in LA at Sony Studios where I met five sharks in person as I pitched my business. It was an incredible experience full of many emotions and lots of prayer." According to Angela, she's under a gag order but can say she met with the Sharks for about an hour and the meeting will be compressed into entertainment value.
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If you're local to Los Angeles, join OrganizingLA founder John Trosko at WeGo! on Saturday, January 9th when NAPO Los Angeles and the City of West Hollywood present a free community event designed to educate and inspire Angelenos to get organized in 2016. John served two terms as chapter president of NAPO-LA.
From decluttering your home or office, aspiring to have a paperless lifestyle or mastering time management to achieve maximum productivity in your day, Los Angeles best professional organizers will give workshops and offer their best tips for getting organized. Ask-the-organizer panels will present attendees with the opportunity to discuss their own challenges and receive advice from the experts, while companies will exhibit products, services, tools and resources to help you get organized and stay organized.
Ask the Organizer Panels:
Ask the Organizer Panel is an opportunity for attendees to hear general organizing advise delivered directly from the experts. Participants include Leslie Haber, Dorothy Breininger, Regina Lark Ph.D, CPO®, Cynthia Smith and John Trosko.
Ask the Organizer Panel with ADHD Specialists includes experts Standolyn Roberts, CPO®, Kim Anker-Paddon, CPO-CD®, COC®, Debra Frank, CPO-CD® and Mishele Vieira, CPO®.
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Detail for weGo!
Saturday, January 9, 2016
11:00am-3:00pm
Plummer Park Community Center
7377 Santa Monica Boulevard, West Hollywood, CA 90046
About NAPO Los Angeles:
NAPO-Los Angeles is a non-profit professional organization dedicated to developing, leading and promoting professional organizers and the benefits of better home and business organization. The founding chapter of the National Association of Professional Organizers, "The Organizing Authority®," NAPO-LA has provided members with a forum for networking, professional development and raising public awareness since 1985.
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We've just completed a large Los Angeles decluttering project and was asked to stage the house with the furniture and decor the clients already owned so that the home could be listed for sale. With the plan in mind and some muscle, we started reworking furniture, art, accessories and decor so that potential clients could envision themselves living in the house.
What did we do to make the home more welcoming?
Even with the start of spring, many people will have trouble breaking open their closets and going through their garages to get going on their spring cleaning. But sometimes the mess that seemingly won’t go away can be symptomatic of a deeper problem: depression.
"The fact is that previous generations simply didn’t have all the stuff we have today. They were never tempted by 24-hour shopping channels, blasted with emails about last-chance sales, or bombarded with catalogs and junk mail. Generations from baby boomers to millennials may have it all within reach, but most haven’t learned how to keep it in balance. Homes continue to grow fuller, despite our households growing smaller. "
The March/April 2013 issue of The Saturday Evening Post, features Angelica Huston on the cover, (coincidentally we wrote about Huston's thoughts about clutter in her Venice home in 2008). The End Clutter Now! Post piece examines the connection between clutter and depression; and provides insight on how to eliminate the clutter before it piles up. Post contributor Iyna Bort Caruso details the negative cycle of stress because of the mess and how it leads to an inability to dig out. Here are some tips to focus on getting rid of the clutter:
4 Spring Organizing Tips:
More tips can be found on Post's piece End Clutter Now! You can also read our related organizing piece on Angelica Huston.
What do you think are the links between clutter and depression? Tweet us at @johntrosko or leave a comment below.
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If you had an extra hour in your day, what would you do with it?
People are busier than ever. Recognizing that, Pepsi NEXT has partnered with productivity startup Task Rabbit to add an extra hour to your day.
How the Extra Hour Sweepstakes works
Through November 12th 2012, Pepsi NEXT fans can enter for their chance to win an “Extra Hour” at https://www.taskRabbit.com/pepsinext. Every week, 50 winners will be randomly chosen to receive a dedicated TaskRabbit to tackle errands as diverse as waiting in line for concert tickets, picking up the dry cleaning, walking a needy pet, gardening, handyman services or personal organization (organizing clutter). The TaskRabbit will even bring a Pepsi NEXT for each winner to enjoy with their new found time.
"A cluttered home leads to a cluttered mind. The Task Rabbit – Pepsi NEXT extra hour package includes 1 hour of organizing pantries and closets plus a PepsiNEXT."
About Task Rabbit
Task Rabbit operates a website and mobile app enabling people to outsource jobs and tasks to fully-vetted folks in their neighborhood. Services are currently available in Boston, San Francisco Bay Area, San Antonio, Austin, Chicago, Seattle, Portland, Los Angeles, Orange County and New York City.
OrganizingLA is not affiliated with Pepsi or Task
Rabbit but we thought this was a fun clutter busting program to get
involved in. We know they're using highly vetted individuals but not
necessarily a National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO)-affiliated professional organizer.
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