As a trained and experienced professional organizer I know that organizing anything saves busy people just like yourself valuable time and money. My name is Vicki Winterton. I work on-site with clients typically located in the Salt Lake and Orem / Provo areas. In this blog I share a wide variety of “why organize” AND ”how to organize” insights learned as I gain additional training and experience PLUS some great products and tools for organizing YOUR:

1. Home
2. Time
3. Family
4. Personal Life

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I am a professional organizer. My specialty is not in cleaning home spaces. It is decluttering and organizing:

•  A home office
• The 4 paper types
• ANY cluttered or disorganized room, drawer, or closet in a home.

However, in my seven (7) years as a professional organizer, I have learned from my clients how to clean your house with some house cleaning tools that minimize the work.

Here are a few of our favorite house cleaning tools and products:  

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How to Organize

ANY Room in Your Home (Truly!)

Is home clutter driving you crazy? Are you ready to learn how to organize ANY room in your home with some tried-and-true techniques used by professional organizers? With years of training and experience, I’ve learned some proven best solutions to save you time, money, and sanity. I’m pleased to offer you my NEWEST organizing kit:

How to Organize ANY Room in Your Home

at the special price of only $10.

This download printable comes right to your email inbox and allows you to finally organize your home so it makes sense to everyone who lives there. This kit will mean greater efficiency in your day, more balance in your life,  and more peace of mind.

This terrific 8-page “How to Organize” kit includes:

• The top 10 organizing tips used by professional organizers when they work alongside their clients.
• A one-page planning worksheet that contains “where to start” insights.
• My formula for knowing how long your organizing project will take from beginning to end.
• My 5-step process for how to organize any home space.
• The 4 simple questions you need to ask yourself for knowing what to keep and what to let go.
• A one-page form for understanding how to divide up ANY room for easy “stuff storage”.

 (READ ON to learn about the “get it right” guarantee we offer you on ALL our Professional Organizer Insider Secrets Info Packets.)

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Don’t miss the ONLY Utah hazardous waste event in Utah County this year. Thanks to the Utah county health department you can bring your “ dangerous stuff” to this scheduled drop-off event for SAFE disposal! The keyword here is SAFE! Safe for you…Safe for the collection specialists…Safe for the environment.
Please take note, the Utah County Health Department will only accept:

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At the December 2012 meeting of the Utah professional organizers group, one of our group, Traci Barnes of Tame Your Space, offered to take professional looking photos of each PO in attendance. She was not concerned that she was making her competitors look good. She was excited to offer her friends (those competitors) an opportunity to move their business and our Utah group forward in a positive way. I was impressed with Traci’s kindness. I value her as an acquaintance and friend. Traci, that day in December, exemplified well a point in the NAPO bylaws, “I will seek and maintain an equitable, honorable, and cooperative association with other members and will treat them with respect and courtesy.”

Traci will be leaving our Utah group in 2 months. She will be joining her husband in Cameron Park, California. We will miss her.  We can all learn from Traci’s example. It is smart to treat with respect and courtesy everyone with whom we associate. Thank you Traci for being a good example to me.

ADD HELP

Dorm room desk BEFORE

I just returned from organizing the dorm room of a young college freshman who had relocated to Utah from Washington D.C. His mother had called a week earlier and asked me to help her son who had been recently diagnosed with ADD. (Technically he, like most others, had ADHD. His mind is hyperactive. His physical body is not.)  He told his mother that he could not find anything in his dorm room. He could not find his homework assignment sheets. He could not find his completed homework pages. He could not find his school supplies. He knew he needed his mother!

His mother could not help him due to the distance dividing them; SO she called me, a professional organizer with specialized training, to offer her son some room functionality insights.

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We provide ADHD and ADD help with very simplified organizing systems for diagnosed individuals. The specialized ADD help we provide is necessary so you, or someone you love, can better sustain attention and concentration. Our simple organizing systems allow those with ADD/ADHD to live a little easier.

ADD/ADHD is a neurobiological condition that both children and adults can be diagnosed with. It is characterized by:

• inattention and focus concerns
• impulsivity
• hyperactivity of the brain and sometimes the physical body

If you, or someone you love, has been diagnosed with this common neurobiological condition, you are probably aware that it can wreak havoc on your ability to get and stay organized. Organizing Mind over Matter specializes in working with women and men with ADHD. We can’t promise you a life of complete ease, but we can bring order and control to many of life’s frustrations.

Feeling more in control of your days, your stuff, your home is absolutely possible.

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   Are you tired of making New Year’s Resolutions that by the end of January have become another failed attempt at improved self-image or moral? Each resolution you set represents a longing of the heart, a personal stretch toward better health, more happiness, or increased wisdom. THIS YEAR  try a new approach. By working on one resolution or goal at a time and following my few simple steps below you will find success in making and keeping your New Year’s Resolutions.

To begin, make a list or a photo board of your successes this past year. Don’t be modest! Make sure you note the learning and the progression that happened.

Next, begin the process of defining your new goals by setting up major goals broken into smaller goal steps:

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Are you ready to give yourself a VERY deserving holiday gift?

With only a one-hour investment on your part, this Holiday Management Planner has the necessary tools to:

1. Return the JOY to your Christmas season now and for years to come.
2. Energize THEN relax you with immediate results that leave you stress free.
3. Get you off to a successful start each morning with solidified holiday errands and plans.
4. AND it contains digital pages so you can print the forms you need year after year for your own personal use.

All printables included in the kit are in PDF file format and are to be printed on 8 1/2  x  11 inch paper. The minute you buy this kit the printable pages come immediately to your email inbox for you to print for years to come for your own personal use.   Read on to view all the great ideas, templates, and forms you get in this fantastic set.

Inside this 10 page Holiday Management Planner  

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