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 | 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...
by Perri Kersh | Jun 14, 2015 | August self, Kids out of school, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Perri Kersh, Summer Organizing | Organizing
Friday was the last day of school here in Chapel Hill and yes, I did wake my children up with some very loud Alice Cooper (they were not amused). We have a fairly unstructured, lazy summer ahead of us and we’re all thrilled about that. Kids around Chapel Hill came...
by Perri Kersh | May 26, 2015 | Marie Kondo, Neat Freak Professional Organizing, Perri Kersh, The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up | Organizing
In the past two months, I’ve had more than 25 people ask if I’ve heard of Japanese organizer Marie Kondo and her best seller “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up.” The main premise of this book is that the items in your home should “spark joy” or be tossed. And she...
