[ real neat ] free phone consultation

Think you’re beyond help? Need some reassurance that we can create order out of your chaos? Want a blind date before making a commitment? This is the perfect option for you!

• Assessment of current routines, personal habits, and organizing systems,
• Rough time estimate, plan-of-action, and verbal recommendations, plus
• Free newsletter subscription, access to downloads, and special offers.

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[ real neat ] virtual coaching services

Live more than 50 miles from Georgetown? Don’t have a professional  organizer nearby? Have a phone and/or computer with internet access? This is the perfect option for you!

• Two 30-minute telephone consultations to answer your specific organizing questions,
• Detailed instructions, ideas, options, and product recommendations, plus
• Time-saving one-on-one personalized help and unlimited e-mail support for 30 days.

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[ real neat ] productivity power hour

Overwhelmed? Know you need to tweak something? Not sure where to start? Just need a handy plan-of-action to point you in the right direction? This is the perfect option for you!

• Complete on-site tour and needs assessment of space, layout, usage, and systems,
• Rough time estimate, plan-of-action, and verbal recommendations, plus
• “How-to” organizing principles instruction and product suggestions.

Not only will you learn how to make the best use of your space, but you will also learn how to better manage your time and daily office interruptions including mail, phone calls, and e-mail.

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[ real neat ] hands-on organizing session

Know exactly what you need to tackle? Ready to jump right in and get the job done? Just need an extra set of hands to speed up the process? This is the perfect option for you!

• Define your goals, roll up your sleeves, and get your space organized (with my help),
• Unlimited phone and e-mail support for 30 days following your session, plus
• Complimentary donation drop-off to select local charity—tax receipt mailed to you.

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[ real neat ] home organizing party

Need a girls’ night out? Wish you could have a one-on-one organizing consultation, but stuck with a tight budget? Love to learn and have fun? This is the perfect option for you!

• Organizing seminar tailored to address challenges specific to your home and family,
• Built-in accountability to friends who will continue to motivate and encourage you, plus
• Mini hands-on organizing session that will transform a problem space in your home.

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[ real neat ] home staging consultation

Need a larger house for your growing family? Looking to downsize now that the kids are gone? Want to sell your current home for top dollar? This is the perfect option for you!

• Complete in-home tour and needs assessment of space,
• On-site verbal and written recommendations, plus
• “How-to” decluttering and home staging principles instruction.

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[ real neat ] hands-on home staging services

Need an extra set of hands to speed up the home staging process and get the job done as soon as possible? This is the perfect option for you!

• Declutter, neutralize, and create a “model home” appearance to attract buyers,
• Organize, pack, and store non-essential items in preparation for relocation, plus
• Complimentary donation drop-off to select local charity—tax receipt mailed to you.

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[ real neat ] gift certificates

Looking for the perfect gift for that person who has everything? Or for the one running around like a chicken with its head cut off? Most of us wish for more time and greater simplicity in order to enjoy the people, activities, and things that are most important to us. From the busy executive to the new mother, the gift of organization can be just what they need to revitalize their spaces and their lives.

By giving someone the gift of organization, you may very well inspire changes that can last a lifetime. And, your friends and family will talk about your gift for years to come!

Gift certificates are available in any denomination.

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Earlier this month, I was honored to be interviewed by Matt Brezina, co-founder of Xobni :

I had a great call with Xobni user Michelle Deo today. Michelle is a professional organizer from Georgetown, Kentucky. As you can expect, a professional organizer would be pretty excited about Xobni.

As a professional organizer, Michelle helps families and companies organize the processes by which they run their lives and their businesses. This ranges from new organizing systems for their closets at home to filing systems and work-flow management systems for the office.

While Michelle focuses on organizing people’s physical information, she uses Xobni to organize her digital information.

Michelle gets a lot of personal and business email and loves that Xobni organizes her inbox around people. She enjoys the automatic contact information extraction, the photos of her contacts, and having all of the conversations and attachments from a contact in one place. Michelle has been using Xobni for 6 months, and regrets not finding it earlier!

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So, how does one go from kitchen counter choas to kitchen counter oasis? Aaaahhh… Let me show you the way!

To start, I moved items, one-by-one, from the kitchen counter into sorted, like-with-like, categorized piles on the nearby dining room table.

What!?! You don’t think this looks any better!?! Are you crazy!?!

OK, OK… It still looks like crap, but there really is a method to my madness…

From top to bottom, left to right, I sorted everything into categories: family paperwork (archive files), junk mail (shredder), Amanda’s art supplies (playroom), business paperwork (office), personal items (master bedroom and adjoining bathroom), and miscellaneous kitchen items.

Hey, whaddya know… there were a few little things in that huge pile that actually belonged in the kitchen! Huh! Imagine that…

And last, but definitely not least, I returned all sorted, categorized items to their respective homes. So, not only do I now have a sparkling clean work surface in my kitchen, but my family can even sit down to dinner tonight!

So, what about you? Have you made any progress clearing off your own kitchen counter? Did you find any really strange things lurking in those piles?  (I actually found a pair of socks… very weird…) Anyway, I’d love to hear from you! Just add your two cents in the comments below.

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