Okay, the organization gene has ALWAYS been absent in my makeup beginning at an early age.
Over many, many years, I’ve read, watched, attended and tried every book, article, magazine, video, seminar, trick, hack, checklist, cubby, organizer, and bin, hoping someday to organize my space and my life. I was sure I was doomed to a retirement of nothing but sifting, sorting, hating, dreading and drowning in my stuff!
Then I met FAITH DANIEL!!!!! From our first meeting, I felt Faith had the knowledge, skill and compassion I needed to conquer my multiple spaces of junk and clutter throughout my home. I was RIGHT!!! We clicked!!
Faith and I worked closely and productively for many intense six-hour sessions over a period of three months. We met in late October and our final session was in early January. We got me through Thanksgiving, Christmas and New Years with great success.
My areas of greatest concern were my home office/guestroom, my craft closet and another guestroom. These three spaces had been the source of great friction between my husband and me for many years. I just HAD to save my marriage; Faith was the answer to my prayers.
For many hours we dug out and uncovered all sorts of treasures, large and small. Many of the treasures we found were files, books, trinkets, toys, and such that I had forgotten I had or had been wondering about for several years. It was a joy to share my memories with Faith.
Lots of the junk we found was almost too funny for words; why in the world would anybody save this? We laughed until we cried!! Dirt, yes we found dust, dust bunnies, lint, balls of lint, dead bugs, etc. and Faith never flinched......I did. She forged on never giving up on me even when I got grumpy...and I got grumpy!!
Before long, I could see progress!! "This was really going to happen," I thought. I was joyful after about three 6-hour sessions with Faith. She really knows what she's doing! What a blessing she is!!
Now I can quickly find the papers, colored pencils, acrylic paints, glues, tapes, sewing, knitting and jewelry supplies so quickly that it boggles my mind!!! Bins are labeled clearly and the supplies organized for ease of use. Being creative is now a joy. I can spend my time creating rather than searching for my supplies.
My home office/guestroom is now my favorite room in the house. Faith showed me how to find a place for every magazine, book, manual, keepsake, photo, office supplies, computer components, etc. Now my time is spent productively paying bills, answering emails, and binge-watching my favorite Netflix shows.
In the process we discarded unnecessary papers piled on my beautiful home office daybed, I can enjoy having my grands over for sleepovers here in my peaceful, dual-purpose haven!!
Faith showed me that I CAN stay free of unnecessary papers, magazines, etc. on a daily basis so that her work will shine through each day. The storage solutions and organizational trick she taught me showed me that what I had been doing all my life just wasn't working.
Clearing out, donating, throwing away and purging my stuff was difficult at first, but with her great listening skills and great confident attitude, I learned how to identify which of these things were and weren't serving my life as it is today. I was definitely living in the past. Now I'm looking forward to a wonderful, active, and rewarding retirement; my future!
For me, collecting clutter (paper, books, trinkets, magazines, mail, etc. had become an actual addiction for me. I feel I was using all this stuff to hang onto my past and to attempt to control parts of my life that had troubled me in the past.
Only after becoming completely sick and tired of the chaos this mess had made of my life and marriage was I willing to spend the. money and take the time to change my living space and lifestyle. Anything worth having usually takes time and/or money. Trust me, what Faith and I did together was nothing less than intensive, acute therapy and worth every minute and every penny!!
I will stay in touch with Faith on a regular basis and I look forward to our first " checkup" call.
If you think you are being controlled by your past and its stuff, ask Faith to help you begin the next wonderful years ahead of you with her “gentle path” through the junk!!
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