June 28, 2018 — There’s nothing that makes you feel more “legit” as a business owner than when you check your email and find a message from your online scheduler that says: “(name of complete stranger) has scheduled a consultation with you”.
A mind-blowing moment, I assure you.
Recover. Click over to the scheduler, and yep, there it is. A real live person found MY website and scheduled with ME. Too exciting!
Now what?
Ok. Email her and ask if she’s good with Facetime-ing the consultation so I can see her organizational struggles in real life while we talk. Check, that works for her.
At last, the appointed time comes and I “call” her via FT and there she is…
A MILLENNIAL??!!
Back up. All of my clients up to this point have been Gen-Xers or older; or younger, like teens, so imagine my surprise and delight! I was immediately impressed with her proactive stance towards getting herself on the path to “adulting” as a grownup who purchased her very own condo. However, the pace of her life and work had taken a serious toll on her living situation and left her condo in such a state that she was reticent to invite anyone over.
I encounter this all the time. We are living by fast furious schedules which don’t lend kindly towards having a home where we want to have guests. Frustrating!
But, impressively, she knew about the existence of people like me, professional organizers who know what to do and how to teach skills and strategies to change things for the better. Therefore opening up the possibility, even the probability, of inviting some peeps over for Millennial-type activities, probably involving juicing and/or quinoa.
KIDDING!!! (Disclosure: I love quinoa.)
Seriously though, after several wildly productive purging and organizing sessions, she’s most looking forward to having her family over for their next visit. Just because we have become adults, we still want to make our parents proud of us! And they are in for a welcome surprise.
I’m not her parent, but I am quite proud of her, too! Here are a few pics:
Living area, right when you walk in…
Entertainment and storage/display center:
Closet:
and her treasured and varied crafts for babysitting jobs and personal use:
After hours of targeted work, looking way better! Her ability to FUNCTION has dramatically increased as the VOLUME of her possessions has greatly decreased. (it’s a marathon not a sprint, don’t forget.)
Let go of material things, and you will be rewarded with sanity and time to spare! Cheers!
