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https://www.getorganizedalready.com/division-of-labor-caramel-sauce/
Read this before you get mad at your messy husband!

Included: 3 lists of tasks for people with different strengths. Ahem.
thanks for reading!
Nonnahs

Division of Labor and Caramel Sauce Division of labor can be a huge source of tension between housemates. Recognizing everyone's natural tendencies can really help. Read more.

We're looking for organizers in Long Beach and in Pasadena. Our team is:

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*fun and positive

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If you know anyone like this who lives in either area, please tell them to call me.
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I love my team so much! I can't wait to meet our new team members.

https://www.getorganizedalready.com/team-member/

No experience necessary.
You live in or around NELA/Pasadena and want a side job working with other lovely, fun ladies to help make people's lives better.

Looking for more awesome team members! Get Organized Already is hiring organizers in and around Pasadena. No experience necessary. Just a passion for tidying up! Apply today!

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I'm looking for a professional organizing assistant near NELA?Pasadena.
NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY

An ideal candidate has no kids at home and wants a side hustle working with other lovely, fun ladies to make people's lives easier.

Looking for more awesome team members! Get Organized Already is hiring organizers in and around Pasadena. No experience necessary. Just a passion for tidying up! Apply today!

How to Organize My Small, Small Business

How to Organize My Small, Small Business Basic starting points for organizing your small, small business so you can grow it slowly and without doing everything yourself.

Dear Black, Pandemic Sweatpants,
It's been fun.

Black, Pandemic Sweatpants What would Tan France say about my hideous black, pandemic sweatpants? I think we all know. So why am I still wearing them?

Have you ever wanted to see inside Nonnahs' house? Here's your chance!

This Pro Organizer's Philosophy on Tidying AND Home Are Refreshingly Realistic Nonnahs focuses on keeping her home — which she shares with her husband and kids — tidy and lived in, not perfect. Her company, Get Organized Already!, emphasizes personal comfort and living with different tidiness types.

Have you ever tried to downsize your home? It is an overwhelming task – so hard to know where to start!...

How to Organize Your RV January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 by NonnahsNo Comments Have you ever tried to downsize your home? It is an overwhelming task – so hard to know where to start! I experienced this overwhelm firsthand when my husband and I decided to live in an RV indefinitely during that first summer of the pandemic...

What could you cut from your schedule this month to make room for some holiday fun?

Nonnahs is cutting out Money Mondays (budgeting and balancing finances) to write Christmas cards during that time; and one monthly meeting to add Cookie Day! (pictured)

Get inspired by reading this very short article:

https://www.getorganizedalready.com/december-time-management-tips/

If you are wondering why you have so much crap in your house, read this.

I wrote it TEN YEARS AGO!
It's still a great read.

Your relationship to your stuff Everyone loves the idea of a dramatic makeover: Take away all the stuff and start fresh! But what if you feel anxious letting your things go?

Yesterday I went to Disneyland! They were ready for the holidays. Are you?
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Here are some of my "Get Organized for Holiday Hosting" tips from a CNN article this week 😁

1. Get your guest room ready for your mother-in-law. That way, no matter who else shows up, it will be up to s***f!
2. Declutter and stock any bathroom your guests will use.
3. Organize and declutter your mudroom or entryway and, if you are having a party, your coat closet.
4. If you are hosting a party or large meal, get the shipping boxes and detritus off the table and out of your dining room now.
5. If your WFH office is currently on the dining table, find another stop-gap place to work for the day of your event (maybe the day before and after as well). Pretending like you won't do any work for 24-76 hours is setting yourself up for producing sloppy work and/or being very grumpy and resentful.



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This photo is from 2009 with my sweet little chickens on Main Street USA.

Nonnahs has a lot to say in this interview from Jolie Kerr for CNN. There are a lot of product recommendations. But mostly, read for the tips.

How to organize your home for the holidays | CNN Underscored We spoke with experts about how to get organized before the busy holiday crush begins, how to use time management and organizational strategies to buy back time and what products can have a big impact when it comes to staying organized this holiday season.

Remember how crazy the holidays were before the pandemic?
Remember how we all said we'd try not to go back to feeling so stressed and hectic?
Remember the articles explaining how women do all of the emotional labor in a family?

🦃 This holiday season is your chance to change up the traditions at your house. If there is a dish you have always struggled to make, or a tradition that stresses you out, find a way to drop that responsibility, or at least drop part of it. Pass it on to someone younger who still cares what everyone thinks of him!

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Think about this now so you are prepared to delegate the task, or offer a caring, honest response about why you aren't doing it this year.
Be mindful about what traditions you don't want to bring back and just say no.
Ask your partner and older kids the same question. If they want to have homemade cookies, they can make them! You may be surprised by what they don't want to continue doing either.

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This photo is of a favorite part of our holidays-- my sister-in-laws yeast rolls! HALLELUJAH!
She can delegate everything else, just make the rolls! 🍞 ❤️

Oh-eM-Gee I love parties! 🎉 Do you?
I love to go to them; and I love to throw them. There are great things about doing both.

💃Attending a party is logistically easy. All you have to do is get yourself there and sometimes bring a gift.

🏠 Hosting means a lot more money, time, and effort. True. But! It also means you will love every single person you talk to, every food that is served, and every song played. It’s a control thing. Most people love having control of things. So let’s be honest about that aspect of hosting. People who throw parties are exercising their desire for control; or at least their desire to not drive anywhere for an evening. 😆
Good for us! 👏

Once I decide to host a party I could spend MONTHS thinking about it --getting excited, and coming up with a theme, a menu, and a playlist. Who will come? What introductions and connections will be made? What kind of party will it be? For me the planning is almost as fun as the actual event!

That isn't true for everyone though. Maybe months of planning sounds ridiculous and stressful. Maybe you have a demanding job, 3 kids and your parents to take care of so there’s not enough room in your head for more than a few hours of event planning.
No problem. You can still host a fun event.

Start small with a few close friends who can each bring something to eat. Or you can order a few pizzas and salads then make a cake. What if you decorate the cake at the (small) party, all together!?

Or skip the cake and eat cookies!

The brilliant part about being a host is you are free to NOT incorporate any party elements which you don’t love. Isn’t that great?

Lots of people have the same party for the same holiday every year --a great way to take the pressure off by minimizing your party-planning decisions.

Do you have party plans this weekend? Next month? Do you love the planning?

Are you flailing around trying to find a post-pandemic groove?

Try grouping similar tasks together during your "GET STUFF DONE" time each day.
-Money Monday for financial tasks
-Together Thursday for hanging out with friends
-Wellness Wednesday for scheduling doctor visits and haircuts, etc.

Read my article if you'd like more details and suggestions.
I've found this method really helpful!
-Nonnahs

Getting Back to Life (sort of) with Batching Grouping similar tasks together --often called batching-- can help you find your productivity groove again.

Are you using pool noodles in your closet?
See Nonnahs' suggestions in this article.

20 products under $20 to help organize your closet | CNN Underscored To help you out with your storage solutions, we enlisted the help of home organization experts to pick out 20 of the absolute best closet organizers, all priced under $20.

More organizing advice from Nonnahs of Get Organized Already via CNN

From bikes to basketballs, 19 storage solutions for all your sports equipment | CNN Underscored Organizing sporting equipment can be a challenge because so much of it is bulky and oddly shaped. With the help of home organization experts, we rounded up some of the best options for storing sporting goods of all kinds.

“If you wouldn’t give it to your judgy mother-in-law, then don’t donate it.”

Donation sites are overwhelmed with trash after the pandemic.

Goodwill stores have a message: Please stop donating trash Broken furniture. Flashlights with leaking batteries. Disfigured Barbie dolls. Across the country, thrift stores have been flooded by household items, the offerings of people who have been homebound for months and are eager to clear out some of their possessions.

https://www.getorganizedalready.com/prioritizing-happiness-4-steps-time-management/

Before you get caught up in the stress of "returning to normal life" read this!

Prioritizing happiness: 4 steps to time management Follow these four time management steps and reclaim time to do what you love. (updated in June 2021)

https://www.cnn.com/2021/05/13/cnn-underscored/kitchen-organization-ideas-under-20/index.html

Some ideas for you. Some from me and some are just silly. I'll let you decide which is which.
-Nonnahs

20 products under $20 that help organize your kitchen | CNN Underscored Whether you're trying to organize your cabinets, fridge, pantry or the weird corner in the back of a drawer, we spoke with experts to find 20 top-rated kitchen organizers that will change your space.

Take your unwanted art supplies to a wonderful local organization in East Pasadena. (on Washington)
https://remainderspas.org/materials-donation
Thank you, Jody, for this resource

Materials we accept — Remainders Creative Reuse - Maker Space & Materials Depot We are proud that thousands of pounds of usable materials are diverted from landfills because households and businesses have donated to us. Thank you for your generous donations! Acceptable Items Arts & Craft supplies: tools & equipment for art making, beads, jewelry, jewelry making tools, matte b...

If your husband loses his keys, you may find this funny...

https://www.getorganizedalready.com/trying-our-best/

Trying Our Best Living with a disorganized person can be stressful. It can also be hilarious! This personal post is about love and lost keys.

A personal story written by Nonnahs, of Get Organized Already. We are proud of her!!

L.A. Affairs: Why I'm so very grateful for my mother-in-law on Mother's Day Books and movies revolve around the stereotype of the meddling mother-in-law. But I couldn't have dreamed up a mother-in-law like Diana.

https://www.getorganizedalready.com/kitchen-organizing-trick/
Kitchen Organizing tricks to make cooking easier:
Move heavy things to a lower shelf.
Move your bakeware to a high, out-of-the-way place if you only bake once a month or less.

Guess who's BACK BABY! - https://mailchi.mp/getorganizedalready.com/guess-whos-back-baby

Guess who's BACK BABY!

Taste of Home

It's time to say goodbye. 👋🏼

We Asked 12 Professionals How They Made Their Moves Easier | Moving Advice from HireAHelper

Seems like a lot of Americans want to move right now.
hmmm

Here are some great ideas from Professional Organizers.
Nonnahs wrote the kitchen section.

https://blog.hireahelper.com/we-asked-12-professionals-how-they-made-their-moves-easier/

Up to 2 weeks ahead:

Pack up everything else in the kitchen by category, leaving out the bare essentials.

blog.hireahelper.com Are you moving any time soon? Be sure to check out this incredible tips from home organizers to help you out!

Must-Have Apps for 2021: Getting Organized

https://www.getorganizedalready.com/must-have-apps-for-2021-getting-organized/

These are free apps that help me organizing myself and organizing with clients. Especially the timer.

getorganizedalready.com Using apps on your phone to help you get organizing and be more productive. These are simple ideas, nothing fancy or $$