Process

What To Expect During The Decluttering Process

Initial Consultation

This is the best opportunity for me to better understand your requirements, goals and expectations as well for you to ask questions and go over any specific details you feel would be relevant for your organizing project.

During this initial meeting I would ask you some of the following questions which would allow me to plan the overall job as well as make the on-site work much more efficient:

Do you know which items you would like to definitely keep?

Do you know which items you would like to definitely discard?

Which items are you unsure to keep or to discard?

Do you require shelving to be purchased?

Do you require any custom shelving to be designed and built?

Knowing which items would you definitely like to keep and discard will allow me segregate these once on-site (if not already done so) maximizing my time doing the actual organizing and decluttering. It can also be one of the most difficult questions to answer. Therefore if there are items you are unsure whether to keep or discard I can assist you determining these together so you feel more comfortable with your decision by being and involved with the process. To help with these decisions, consider the following:

Is it a functional or decorative item?

Is it an heirloom?

When was the last time you used an item?

How often do you use the item?

If you want to keep it, how easy of access would you want?

If you no longer want it, can it perhaps be repurposed elsewhere or as something else? Can it be sold or donated?

Once you feel comfortable with which items are to be kept and discarded, I will work a rough plan of what and how things will be organized. Almost always does decluttering and organizing require some initial double handling by first moving things to make a clean and tidy area before things can be organized into a clean and tidy area. This irony is never lost me.

To make the initial consultation even more efficient and effective there is a simple and quick questionnaire you can download and fill out to help you think about some of the answers ahead of time, and at your own pressure free pace, to the questions we would discuss during the consultation.

The questionnaire will help you to consider your goals and needs as well as what you may want to keep and what you may want to discard. As these are questions we normally would discuss reviewing the questionnaire will better prepare you for the consultation.

Complete Initial Consultation Questionnaire Here

This questionnaire is optional, but having it completed ahead of time will make our initial discussion more effective and the decluttering plan smoother.

On-Site Decluttering and Organizing

After we work out a schedule during the consultation, I get to work getting your items sorted!

This also includes, if you so desire, you being part of the process via decluttering coaching and body doubling. So if you want to be more proactive, independent and drive your own decluttering and organizing process I can offer side by side support if you simply want someone to coach and guide you. Body doubling is a very effective way to increase your motivation and desire for you to get your organization tasks done simply by having someone in your presence.