As my 35th birthday approached last October, I found myself analyzing my life - ok, those close to me might say I freaked out a bit. I had gone through more life transitions in the previous five years than I was likely equipped to handle (finished grad school, had a baby, became a working mom, became a stay at home mom, sold our home, moved into the smallest apartment with a toddler, two dogs, and a cat, built a home, and went back to work).
I’m pretty proud of my little family and where we are in life. We are busy - the good kind of busy where your days fly by and you live and learn and grow. We hardly get a moment to sit down (ok, that part is exhausting), but I really wouldn’t trade it for anything. This season of life is short.
As I reflected on my career and as a mom of a very active little one, I found that I was looking for more control of my time, my projects, and my work flow. While I love my current jobs, I want the flexibility to prioritize what is most important in my life (my family, friends, and passion) and spend my time doing what I love. I crave variety and I want to own my success through building something bigger than myself.
So, I reopened my home organizing company. I have always loved playing life’s greatest game of Tetris. I love helping others identify what is important and consequently removing everything else. Life is too short to spend critical time searching for your keys (or your wallet or your purse or your kid’s shoes) or spending time doing what you don’t want to (or need to) be doing.
In addition to organizing physical spaces, I love designing systems that work for families. Systems provide the foundation to allow you to be spontaneous and flexible with your time. Systems allow for you to get the laundry done before you need the laundry basket again for the next load. Systems allow you to do one trip to the grocery store a week with a full grocery list - on a budget. Systems give you time back in your life.
I firmly believe that you need to curate your own life. You are the person who identifies what is important to you. Start taking back your home. Start taking back your time.
My goal is to share a few of my best practices that enable my home to by tidy enough for anyone to stop by at any moment, yet incredibly lived in (yes, there are still toys on the floor and yes, there is probably a dish or two in the sink - I am human) and my calendar to be full, yet directly represent my priorities.
There will be some good freebies along the way with the hope of making your home life just a bit simpler.
xoxo - heather