Your Organizer, Kathleen

06/29/2020

Celebrating pride from home with a mini float! 🏳️‍🌈

05/31/2020

Small entryway must have? A big beautiful basket to hold and conceal things like shoes, pet gear or outdoor supplies.

This basket has been a great way to keep Kobi’s walking gear among other things we use for going out near the door. They are easily accessible AND easy on the eyes.

Just cover up the organized mess with a towel or blanket that you can also use to wipe off wet paws or shoes.

The dollar store has lots of cute labels in the art section like the one on this basket.

Less visual clutter can create a sense of calm in your home. When your entryway is small and can be seen from other living spaces in your home keeping it tidy and welcoming becomes even more important.

It’s the first thing you see when you enter the home and last thing you see when you leave - one things for sure, it leaves a lasting impression on our moods.

Can you do me a huge favour? 🙏Share your biggest pain point or favourite organizing tip for the front entryway.

❤️Let’s help each other make the most of that space so it’s easy to maintain and makes us smile when we see it - See you in the comments friends! 🌸 ✨
@ London, Ontario

05/23/2020

Hi friends! It’s been a long time and my goodness the world has really changed since then.
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At the end of last year, my family and I were in the process of moving and getting settled in. Yada yada yada... now we’re all set up in our space in London, kids schooling from home and we’re working from here too.
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As it is for many families, our place is a full house 24/7 making it even more helpful to have organizing systems in place to keep it feeling neat n’ tidy.
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Over the next little while I’ll be sharing tips that have been working well for us in our new place, in hopes that it may spark a few ideas for you.
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Let’s start by opening the front door...
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Tiny entryway? There’s a hack for that!
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Maximize your space, stay tidy and clean by setting up a drop zone on your wall by the door.
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Use it for your:
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🔑 keys
💰loose change
🕶sunglasses
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🧴Don’t forget to add some hand sanitizer to make it super simple to wash your hands as you come and go.
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🌱Add as much or as little personal touches as you want like a photograph or small plant to make it fit your style.
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If you have a tight space consider how you might use your wall space in a creative and functional way to make the most of the room you have.
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How is your entryway set up and does it work for you or needs to be tweaked?

@ North West London

11/13/2019

29 takes later... the one with his tongue 👅 sticking out turned out the best... 🙄

10/30/2019

Are you a filer or are you a piler?⠀
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I love how filing looks. I file fold lots of my clothes but when it comes to paper... I’m a piler.⠀
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Here’s a organizing hack you may not have tried yet:
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🙏🏻Thankfully, even though I just want to pile paper, I can still stay organized.
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🧾 When I put any receipts in this container they pile onto each other.
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👍🏻 All I do is pick it up from the bottom and turn it over to create a chronological filing of my receipts!⠀
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Keep it simple. ⠀
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😵 We humans love to complicate things. Sometimes we’ll feel overwhelmed wanting to set a system up perfectly and end up not doing anything at all.⠀
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😌 To overcome this, we can do the bare minimum. It’s better than doing nothing, waiting for that “perfect” solution.⠀
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🏡There’s areas of my home that are labelled and grouped into very specific categories... paper isn’t one of them and I’m totally OK with that.⠀
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🙂 Organize for your style and what works for you! So that you can maintain it.⠀
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🧪 Experiment and try new things to figure out systems that work best for you and your family.⠀
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😎And if you get stuck, need some inspiration or want someone to bounce ideas off of you know where to go...don’t you?⠀
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👉🏻DM me of course! ⠀
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💬 I love hearing from you, whether it’s because you found some really cool organizing product and want to geek out about it together.

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You’re looking for some extra help on a organizing project, I’m here for you!⠀
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If you’ve never sent me a DM before - give it a try and introduce yourself ❤️ ⠀

10/28/2019

Avoid the walk of shame.⠀
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One of the best investments a responsible dog parent can make is so simple! ⠀
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➡️Swipe for more cuteness and my not so secret dog walking hack. ⠀
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🤦‍♀️You need this if you've ever found yourself in that awkward moment. When you reach into your pocket only to realize you forgot to bring a bag. Not only that, your pooch decided to leave a fresh pile of - you know what - on your neighbour's prized and perfectly maintained lawn.⠀
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💩Avoid that walk of shame... you know the one I'm talking about. Head looking down as you rush home to grab a bag. Hoping no one saw what just happened and thinks you are just going to leave it there! Oh the shame, the shame of it all!!⠀
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🐶Do yourself a favour and get a bag dispenser. Attach it to your pup's leash so you'll have a physical reminder to check that you have bags before leaving. ⠀
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@ Waterloo, Ontario

10/14/2019

Happy thanksgiving 🇨🇦
Here’s a meal prep tip to start off the week
🤓Different strokes for different yolks...As long as your family knows what the label means it’s all good!
😊My family and I mark our boiled eggs with a smiley face.
🥚 Boiling a batch of eggs at the start of the week makes for a quick, healthy grab n’ go snack at the ready when you’re in the thick of it going from activity to activity.
❓What can you do today to feed your future hangry self and family?
👇👇👇 Comment below and let’s motivate each other with ideas!

10/14/2019

If you could wave a Magic wand and both declutter and organize you home this month, what would that change in your life immediately?

10/04/2019

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10/03/2019

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09/17/2019

“Organizing is my art”

My dear friend shared this fellow’s story with me today and now I’m sharing it with you.

Read his story to help you fully understand where I’m coming from when you see what I’ve written below.
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Bringing order to your world can take away most of the chaos from your life and free you up to truly live and feel present in the moment.

Yes, let’s not take away all the chaos! A bit of chaos is good for the soul every now and then.

Keep the good chaos.

Like, trying something new. You may get a little disorganized because it’s new and you’re not familiar with it.

Okay, sometimes VERY disorganized, even when professional organizing is my business I must admit to this.

but then...You figure it out.

You re-organize and feel the calm from order once again.

When you invest in organizing your home and schedule, you can get back to calm quickly and without TOO much disorder...

Just enough.

Just enough to keep you thankful for the times when you do feel put together and on your game!

I’m inspired by his story. He took negative chaos and turned his life around! I hope he keeps just a bit of chaos when gifting families with organizing - the good kind!

Who else thinks a little bit of chaos adds just enough spice to life to keep you thirsty and wanting more?

“He’d taken charge of so much during our relationship. He was twelve years older than me, so he made all the decisions: where to go, what to eat, what we were going to buy. He didn’t even like me working. So when he died my life was a mess-- literally. I wasn’t quite a hoarder, but close. There was laundry everywhere. The couch was covered with worn shirts. You couldn’t even find a spoon on the table. I couldn’t stand it, so I left it all behind. I travelled for two years, living off the life insurance, running from misery. But I kept losing my passport. Over and over again. It infuriated me. And that’s how I finally became orderly. By getting so angry that I couldn’t take it anymore. I began with my luggage. I organized everything. I made a place for my papers and keys. Oh, it felt good. I loved it. I could finally relax. To be organized is to be at rest. You should see my home now! It’s immaculate. Everything has a place. All the clothes are put away. I actually use a catalogue to fold them so they’re all the same size. I love every little detail. Organizing has become my art. It’s how I express myself. In February I’m going to the butler academy. It’s a lottery ticket. It’s my dream job. I want to live in a beautiful house, together with a family, and take care of them. I want to take away all the chaos in their life. To order things. To arrange things. To be the one who always has the passports.”

(Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

08/28/2019

Organizing is LIFE CHANGING!

Earlier this summer, Jen from Pro Organizer Studio invited me to chat with her about the benefits of organizing for children. Learn more about my philosophy on organizing in this short n' sweet podcast - hope you enjoy it!

https://apple.co/341osr7

In this week’s episode of the Pro Organizer Studio Podcast, I am chatting with professional organizer Kathleen MacAinsh at Your Organizer, Kathleen.

Kathleen’s mission is to serve young moms who need tools to help raise their children in a structured home they can feel safe and empowered in.

Kathleen is a true innovator with a beautiful heart.