What is a Professional Organizer?

A Professional Organizer, (sometimes called Organizing Consultant) is someone who has the skills and experience to provide a wide variety of services and assistance to help individuals and small businesses regain control over their time, space, actions and resources in order to increase productivity and reduce stress.

What Services Can Be Provided?

NEAT & TIDY provides services for all aspects of business and residential organizing. While unlimited in potential, services fall into five major categories and many   organizers specialize in one area or several:       

(1) Space Planning - setting up and laying out a home or office so people can get the maximum and most efficient use of the space they have, taking into consideration lighting, traffic patterns, noise and comfort needs.

(2) Storage/Closet Design - designing and organizing storage and closet space.

(3) Clutter Control -  restoring a sense of order and preventing the further accumulation of clutter.

(4) Paper and Information Management - helping people know how to respond to and what to do with incoming materials and setting up filing and retrieval systems.  

What Can I Expect from NEAT & TIDY?

A client can expect an Organizer from NEAT & TIDY to be competent in their specialized area,  to be honest,  responsible, to stand behind their work and to maintain confidentiality.  The Professional Organizer will work with the client’s input and provide customized solutions, suggestions, choices and methods based on the clients needs, preference and lifestyle. They will also give encouragement and support, provide behavior modification to exchange messy habits for organized ones.  Charge on an hourly basis.  They should not be confused with house cleaners, interior decorators, or secretarial support. But above all they will never be judgmental about disorganization or treat it as a moral issue.  There are people that are very messy but organized and others that are disorganized but very neat.  

What does NEAT & TIDY expect of the client?

An organizing project requires participation from both the professional organizer and from the client.  Make time to participate in all steps of the organizing project including making decisions.  Be willing to make changes and be willing to do maintenance once the organizing project is complete.

Why hire NEAT & TIDY?

We have more mail and possessions than previous generations and find our complex lives over-saturated with a never ending flow of information which must be processed.  The reason to hire NEAT & TIDY and buy organizing supplies is to create a lasting change in your environment and your organizational habits which will help you regain control over your time, space, paper and peace of mind.   

Who needs a Professional Organizer?

Clients of NEAT & TIDY are not necessarily disorganized people.  They can be people who are overwhelmed with too many projects or are unwilling to delegate. Companies which must trim off fat and compensate for downsizing by finding better ways to do more with less. People who want to reduce the stress and mess in their life and improve their self-esteem by knowing that they have more control over life, instead of life controlling them!  

What are the benefits of hiring a Professional Organizer from NEAT & TIDY?

Eliminate time wasted looking for important documents that are either buried in mounds of paper or misfiled.  No more shuffling papers from one side of the desk to another, looking for lost phone numbers, dealing with interruptions, hunting for your car keys  all of which take time away from your day.  The average human being in our society loses at least one hour per day due to disorganization - that’s more than two weeks per year! There is no reason for you to put your job or your health at risk working around the clock just to keep your clutter under control.  It’s a proven fact that those that are organized have higher paying jobs and go further in a company. In addition, being disorganized is stressful and stress can age you.  By being more organized you will have more time to vacation.  Vacations may not only relax you, they may be good for your heart as well.  Research has revealed that people who take vacations regularly may be less likely to have a heart attack or die from a heart attack than people who don’t vacation regularly.   Being organized is good for your health!