Do you feel overwhelmed by clutter? Unbeknownst to most of us, clutter does impact our health, finances and emotions. Think about the time, money and energy you've spent clearing clutter - just the thought of it spells dread. Living a clutter-free life isn't the privilege of those gifted in the ways of organizing things. In fact, everyone can be organized. It is just about having the right systems in place to help you get organized quickly and easily. Clutter happens when being organized takes up too much time. While it may seem common sense, but professional organizing isn't about just common sense. It is apply solid engineering principles and approaches to analyze how we interact with the space we're in and develop the storage design and process flow from there. In these slides, we answer the question of why you should hire a professional organizer.

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2. OBJECTIVE
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The cost of clutter
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3. The cost of clutter
Digging into little known facts (pun fully intended)
TIME
MONEY
WELL-BEING
The average
American burns 55
minutes a day
looking for things1
Managing the volume of
clutter increases stress
levels by 41%5
16% of Americans
have been late for
meetings because
of clutter3
23% of adults say they pay
bills late & incur fees
because they lose them1
14% of Americans
have missed
deadlines because
of clutter3
A company in Singapore loses
$7,450 profit per employee
per year due to clutter-related
productivity losses4
Clutter is
anecdotally
linked to
obesity6
See last slide for citations
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4. The cost of clutter
Digging into little known facts (pun fully intended)
DRAWERS
CLOSETS
GARAGES
US$2,200
25%
25%
average value of all junk
drawers in a home1
of clothing goes unworn3
Of two-car garages don’t
hold any cars5
~50%
of kitchens have
junk drawers2
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Clutter increases
housework by an
average of4
40%
32%
of them only have
room for one5
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5. Why hire a prof. organizer - #1
The “a place for everything” myth
After 3 days of cleaning & clearing
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5 days later – WTF
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6. Demo: lifesaver or clutter?
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7. Why hire a prof. organizer - #2
Getting organized vs. staying organized
5 mins
everyday
OR
1 hour
everyday
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8. How do you decide what to throw?
We don’t. The client does.
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9. What am I paying for?
Efficiency + flow (ease of use) = time saved
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Assessment
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Vision
On-site assessment & client
interview
Storage design, organizing plan
& purchase items
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Staying organized
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Project
Personalized 5 min routine
Sorting, purge coaching &
organizing
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10. Referrals I’m looking for
1. Team Managers, Admin Managers, HR Managers
In paper-intensive industries
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Accounting firms
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IT/ infocomm
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Law firms
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Logistics
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Investment firms
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Heavy industries
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Education centers
2. Retailers of home organizing products
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11. Your environment is
greater than your will
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12. BACK-UP SLIDES
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13. A Comparison
# steps to access an
item
25cm x 9cm
(225cm2)
75% less!!!
2 to 10
(not including flipping through
each stack)
1
5 seconds saved!!
$29.90
Surface area
25cm x 33cm
(825cm2)
$3.90
Time trial results
Price
Conclusion
Expensive, looks executive,
but useless
Awesome functionality and
value for money
AND saves you $26!!!
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14. Citations For Slide #2
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http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php
J. J. McCorvey, “The Real Consequences of Office Clutter”, Inc.
Magazine, 29 Jan 2010
(http://www.inc.com/articles/2010/01/disorganized-officespace.html)
Number of survey respondents reporting these situations as a
result of them not eliminating clutter.
Calculated based on Singapore’s 2012 per capita income,
Department of Statistics, Singapore
The average increase in stress hormone in men and women
reported in “No Place Like Home: Home Tours Correlate With Daily
Patterns of Mood and Cortisol”, Personality and Social Psychology
Bulletin 36(1) P71-81, © 2010 by the Society for Personality and
Social Psychology, Inc.
Peter Walsh, “Does This Clutter Make My Butt Look Fat?”, Free
Press 2008
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15. Citations For Slide #3
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http://www.firstcoastnews.com/news/local/story.aspx?st
oryid=85890
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http://www.sheknows.com/love-andsex/articles/6518/could-a-new-kitchen-get-thingscooking-all-over-the-home
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http://www.fastcodesign.com/1614917/traveling-pantsindeed-the-closet-exchange-program-thredup-addskids-clothes
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http://napo-gpc.org/about_media.php
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US Department of Energy
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