by Perri Kersh | Mar 22, 2016 | Buy Me Once, Denim Therapy, Less is More, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Patagonia, Perri Kersh, Quality over Quantity, Southern Season, Spring Cleaning, The Minimalists, Vert and Vogue | Organizing
When I was a little girl, my favorite shoes were made by Buster Brown. They were navy blue canvas shoes with a large rubber toe and I wore them all of the time. What my mom loved about these shoes is that they came with a life-time guarantee. If you wore out your...
by Perri Kersh | Feb 26, 2016 | Neat Freak, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Organize Books, Organize Children's Artwork, Organize Keepsakes, Organize Treasures, Organizing Super Powers, Perri Kersh | Organizing
I love the Pixar film The Incredibles. I’ve probably seen it 10 or more times and it’s one of only a handful of DVDs that I still own. In the film, Syndrome, the villain, makes masterful inventions that have the ability to give everyone super powers. He plots to use...
by Perri Kersh | Jan 25, 2016 | Get Organized 2016, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Odd Collections, Perri Kersh, Strange Things We Keep | Organizing
One of the most interesting things about my job is the sneak peek into people’s private lives. I often describe my work as a non-clinical helping profession with an in-the trenches view of how people really live. Part of what makes an organizer a good one is being...
by Perri Kersh | Jan 4, 2016 | Decluttr, Evernote, Get Organized, Grocery IQ, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, New Years Resolution, Paper Karma, Perri Kersh, Scannable, StoryCorps | Organizing
I’m not one to make New Year’s resolutions (although my post-holiday waist line should probably make me reconsider). However, I do think the month of January can be a good time to assess where you are in your life and look for ways to make things simpler, richer, and...
by Perri Kersh | Nov 24, 2015 | Credit Protection, Freeze your Credit, Identity Theft, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Perri Kersh, Shred, Stolen Identity | Organizing
As a Neat Freak, I fancy myself a bit of an “i” dotter and a “t” crosser. So imagine my surprise when earlier this month I discovered that my identity had been stolen. Apparently, someone got access to my Social Security Number and personal information and used it to...
by Perri Kersh | Oct 26, 2015 | 10 Organizing Rules, Fall Organizing, Neat Freak, Organizing Rules to Live By, Perri Kersh | Organizing
I am a rule follower. Always have been, always will be. And when life gets busy, I really like having a few rules to live by. It keeps me from having to think too much, or have internal debates about right and wrong. Here are a few of my favorite go-to organizing...
by Perri Kersh | Sep 8, 2015 | Charity Navigator, Donations, Freecycle, How to donate, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Perri Kersh, Professional Organizer Chapel Hill | Organizing
Watching the refugee crisis or any number of natural disasters unfold before us on the news is heartbreaking. Our natural tendency is to want to do something (or anything!) that makes us feel like we’re helping those in need. While sitting here in the comfort of...
by Perri Kersh | Aug 3, 2015 | I quit, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Perri Keresh, Power of No, Saying no, time management | Organizing
I’ve been thinking about quitting a lot lately. Not quitting my job (because I truly LOVE what I do), but quitting other things. Things that no longer serve me, make me happy or make me say “hell, yeah!” This is new territory for me because most of the time, I’m a...
by Perri Kersh | Jul 21, 2015 | Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Organizing for Spontaneity, Perri Kersh, Planning for Spontaneity, Summer Organization | Organizing
One of my favorite things about summer is the spontaneity. For those who know me well, I’m not exactly a fly by the seat of my pants kind of gal. I live by my calendar, and despite my best efforts, I sometimes do glorify busy-ness (there is a trophy for the person who...
by Perri Kersh | Jun 21, 2015 | Camp Trunks, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Organizing for Summer, Organizing Kids in the Summer, Perri Kersh, Summer Camp, Summer Camp Organization | Organizing
I just returned from dropping two very happy kids off at sleep away camp. Our kids absolutely love this ritual of summer…a week or two spent outdoors, unplugged, making new friends and having a few adventures. This also means I get to spend the week prior to camp...
