Popular Organizing Questions

With an industry only formally 24 years old, I get a lot of questions of what I do & how I do it….questions or more commonly blank stares which usually means they don’t even know what questions to ask.  So I thought I would answer the main questions I receive on a daily basis.

Top 10 Most Popular Organizing Questions

1.  What is a Professional Organizer?  We coach & assist clients in sorting, editing & finding homes for their things at home & work while creating systems to maintain the new organization.  We also coach & teach time management skills.
   

2. Do you work with the client or alone?  Either, but coaching cannot happen without the client being present.
   

3. Do you make clients throw everything away? Absolutely not!  We work together to decide what should be donated, recycled, discarded or kept.
   

4. How long does it take to finish a closet?  Every space varies depending on size, amount of items in the space & how quickly a client makes decisions.  However, most spaces can be organized in a day.
   

5. Are there others like you?  Yes! The National Association of Professional Organizers, NAPO, boast world wide membership with sister associations in Canada, Europe & Asia.  About 700 members attend conference every year.
   

6. Is there training or a degree for what you do?  In fact, there is a certification exam which I took & passed 2 years ago making me a Certified Professional Organizer.  To keep my certification, I must complete 40 additional continuing education classes every 3 years.
   

7. Have you ever worked with hoarders?  Not as a direct client.  I was part of an organizing team on two A&E Hoarders: Buried Alive episodes.
   

8. I need you in my office & home but am embarrassed for you to even see either space!  There is no judging in what I do.  You’re not embarrassed when you meet with your financial advisor.  You are just ready to learn from their expertise & improve your financial position.  They are ready to make you more money.  My relationship with clients is exactly the same.  Being organized creates time & keeps you from buying what you already have.  Both make you money.
   

9. How did you get into this line of work?  I have always organized for friends & family & decided to start my business before I even knew about NAPO.  I love helping people create the life, home & business environment they always dreamed of living.
   

10. How did you get the name Leticia?  My great, great grandmother Mary Leticia Emmaline Fowler crossed the prairie in a covered wagon.  My parents thought that being born in Morocco, Africa was much the same & so chose that name for me.
    

If you have additional questions…or are too embarrassed to ask, please feel free to reach out to me either on my Facebook page, email or phone so I can answer them privately.

I’m here to help you by disclosing my knowledge of how to organize & be prepared for any situation.  I will show you tips & tricks through posts on the Styled & Organized Living Facebook page, @StyledOrganized on Twitter & the Styled & Organized Living Pinterest page.  Some posts will be simple tools while others will be ideas to consider.   But all will show you how to gain a little more control over your life through organization because Life is Better Organized!