Step 1 Start small – Don’t attempt to clear an entire house in one day. This can quickly squash your motivation and cause you to procrastinate. Do it in pieces. Clear out one room at a time starting with an easier one first so that you can stay motivated to move on to the next one. When you get to a bigger more difficult room, divide the area into three or four sections and sort ...
Sharon Lowenheim, the Organizing Goddess, attended MIT, UPENN, and Wharton in addition to having worked at major corporations like Mobil, Phillip Morris and Pfizer. Sharon organizes with Ivy League polish, Fortune 500 efficiency, and New York attitude! If you’re looking to make New Year’s resolutions a reality, Sharon has the insights to make that happen and it all begins with organization. Ultimately, organization encompasses time management and even how one might approach life ...
With technology coming at us from every different angle, the process of organizing seems a daunting task. Is it better to tackle the insurmountable, or something that will yield immediate results? Sharon Lowenheim, The Organizing Goddess, recalls when VCRs first came out on the market. Sharon points out that while VCRs (or DVRs) enable you to perhaps go out with your friends and record an episode for later, these time-saving tasks actually prevent you from ...
If you’ve read Part I and Part II of this interview with Sharon Lowenheim, The Organizing Goddess, current President of NAPO-NY, you’re two steps closer toward getting organized and making your New Year’s resolutions a reality. Now, to make sure that your resolve is strong and you’re well on your way towards a Happy & Healthy New Year… Sharon cautions against giving in to the tendency to say “I’ll do it ...
With Spring cleaning on the mind and some of the implications that may hold, whether that means getting organized, interior design options, or even preparation for a home sale, the Junkluggers have reached out to an expert panel of top organizers to see what insights they might hold. Please feel free to check out their websites for more info about them. Featured (alphabetically) we have Matt Baier, Matt Baier Organizing; Jeffrey Calandra, ocd4life; Barbara Reich ...
Four Easy Steps to Getting Your Clean On Step 1: Start small – Don’t attempt to clear an entire house in one day. This can quickly squash your motivation and cause you to procrastinate. Do it in pieces. Clear out one room at a time starting with an easier one first so that you can stay motivated to move on to the next one. When you get to a bigger more difficult room, divide the ...
Ever see the show Dirty Jobs? Well that guy needs to come check out some of the stuff that our luggers have had to deal with… One of our nastiest jobs… East Fishkill, NY – This was, according to the luggers that worked it, the absolute worst. The home owner no longer had running water or electricity. It was the height of summer with degrees reaching into the 90’s every grueling day they had to ...
You know the saying, “out of sight, out of mind”? When was the last time you went to your basement, your garage, or that beat up shed outside? I bet you would be surprised at what you would find there. When it’s not in your face everyday, it’s easy to forget about and not worry about that stuff. If you take a moment to picture the contents of the aforementioned spaces sitting say ...
Being “green” these days is actually getting easier and easier. The world around you is infinitely more conscious of taking care of itself. In our junk removal, Junkluggers is dedicated to keeping as much out of the landfills as possible and we want to get everyone on our band wagon. A simple Google search will find hundreds of ways to be green and go green. All it takes is a “Rethink“. Rethink about what you ...
At the young age of 26, Josh Cohen, President and CEO of The Junkluggers, LLC found himself speaking at UCONN in Stamford for the “How to Start a Business” seminar. The audience was filled with SCORE business coaches and owners, as well as aspiring future business owners, all of which were older than Mr. Cohen. The question is, how does a young man, become successful so quickly, right out of college, and in the midst ...
