What is a Professional Organizer?

Professional Organizers are those that work with clients helping to improve their quality of life through understanding and meeting their organizational needs. In turn, this helps people get more control and decrease stress in their work and life. During the process, the organizer shares many organizing tips and implements strategies and systems to teach the client how to organize.

What does a Professional Organizer do?

There are Professional Organizers that specialize in different areas including: home organizing, moving, paper management, bill organizing, file systems, chronic disorganization, time management, event planning, goal setting, project management, and more. They help guide the client toward a more efficient, organized lifestyle. The organizer does this through hands-on assistance, publications, phone or email consulting, and more.

Why should someone hire a Professional Organizer?

If you've tried and tried to get organized and can't seem to, wouldn't it seem logical to hire someone that is good at what you're trying to accomplish. People hire trainers to help them with their physique, accountants to help them with their finances, consultants to help them with situations at work, and painters to paint their house. Hiring a Professional Organizer will get you going on getting organized and teach you systems on how to stay organized so you can enjoy your life.

How does Sunflower Strategies^TM charge?

Sunflower Strategies^TM charges by the hour with a free initial consultation. This includes a 100% satisfaction guarantee. If at the end of any session, the client is not satisfied with the organizing efforts, there is no charge for that session.

Does the Professional Organizer work alone or with the client?

Some clients hire a Professional Organizer to do it for them due to time constraints or some other type of limitation. In most cases, the organizer works alongside the client. In either case, the organizer is there to improve the quality of life.

How long does an organizing job take?

This depends on many different factors. Each organizing job is a custom situation. Variables include the size of the room(s) and how many items or boxes are in the room(s), how quickly the owner makes decisions, and if it's paperwork versus items. Example of this would be that three sweaters stack into the same size area as 300 pieces of paper! The organizer will give you an estimated amount of time it would take on the initial proposal. The organizer will work as quickly as possible and will train the client in techniques to help them stay organized.

What is NAPO?

NAPO, the National Association of Professional Organizers, was founded in 1985 and is dedicated to the field of organizing. NAPO defines quality standards and provides education for its members, ensuring the highest level of excellence and professionalism. NAPO provides its members with quality education, exposure to cutting edge trends in organizing, the latest product knowledge and access to top organizing industry manufacturers.

What are common concerns of clients?

Initially, it is sometimes difficult for the client to let someone else see 'their mess', but the client quickly sees the benefits of hiring the Professional Organizer. Clients can be assured that organizers see clutter, big and small, on a daily basis and are not there to judge. Both the organizer and the client enjoy the accomplishments of a newly organized home or office.

Another concern of the clients is that the organizer will make them throw away things. The organizer would never throw away anything without specific permission. Many times, it is just as much the use of space organization as it is decluttering. Getting organized is not just throwing things out. Using space and time efficiently is the situation much of the time.