Women who are overwhelmed, but ready to take action, contact SOS to help them simplify their life by eliminating the excess that weighs them down and causes them to feel stuck. Stuck in a way that keeps them from moving forward in their life.
They crave the freedom to get out there to see what the world has to offer as they move into the next chapter of their life.
Many years of accumulating things, as well as other family member’s things, that they no longer want or even remember they have, turned into clutter. The clutter is like a boat anchor that weighs them down.
These women want to downsize their things, or maybe even their homes to provide a clear path to bring in fresh air so they can breathe, so they can think clearly, so they can regain peace of mind.
With a clear mind it’s easy to make plans to do more of the things that matter to you, that make you happy. The possibilities are endless!
We would love to collaborate with you to open the door to the next chapter of your life!
SOS is a compassionate, confidential home organizing service in St. Louis County, MO. We specialize in downsizing, or rightsizing older adults, emptynesters and team organizing using behavior-based solutions.
Recent SOS Articles
The Importance of Creating Boundaries For Your Things
Many years ago, I wrote an article titled ‘Establishing Boundaries’. The gist of the article was to establish boundaries for storage, use of yours, and other members of your family’s belongings, out of respect for one another. This post is related, but in a different way. Creating boundaries for your things has another important reason. Creating boundaries for your things lets you know when you have enough of the category of items contained in that [...]
It’s All About Quality of Life, Which Can Include Quantity of Things
In the past, I’ve written about our things being proportionate to our living spaces. This concept is more about quality of life, which can include quantity of things. It’s actually a balancing act to keep our things proportionate to our living spaces. Our quality of life has many components. One of those components is about how we feel at any given moment. Our living environment plays a big part in how we feel. Healthy bodies [...]
Choosing a Productivity Method That Works For You
In this fast-paced world we live in, there is a desire, or possibly a need to get a lot of things done in the time we have available every day. Everyone is unique in their learning modalities and lifestyles, so choosing a productivity method that works for you is important. There are many methods to increase productivity, but how do we know which one works for our unique lifestyle? To choose a productivity method that [...]
The Cost of Getting Rid of Things
As I help clients to downsize their belongings, the biggest part of the process is decluttering, or getting rid of things. Decluttering comes in various forms such as donation, recycling - which can be a form of donation, returning borrowed items, gifting, and trash. Some things are in good condition and can be donated. Other things that are not worthy of donation, that can be recycled, go into the recycle bin. Then there are things [...]
How to Know if You Own Your Stuff or if Your Stuff Owns You
How do you know if you own your stuff or if your stuff owns you? What a thought-provoking question. It’s really just your mindset at play here. How you think and feel about your things will determine what you do with them. Your things need to be proportionate to your living spaces. Everyone has a finite amount of space and when it gets filled up, you’re left with making decisions about all these things that [...]
Delegate Tasks to Increase Productivity & Relieve Stress
Delegate, delegate, delegate! This is such an underutilized option, especially when you’re overwhelmed. When you’re overwhelmed, your productivity level drops and your stress level increases. Some feel that they have to do everything themselves or these things won’t get done correctly. What this does is creates a tremendous amount of stress on themselves. If something isn’t done to perfection, what’s the worst that will happen? It’s less stressful to get things done and adopt an [...]