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Making Mistakes is Not Necessarily a Bad Thing

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2023-01-09T16:27:35-06:00January 11th, 2023|Categories: Learning|Tags: eliminate stress, emotions, lessons learned, making decisions, organize thoughts|

A new year has just begun and it’s time to reflect on the past year, the good and the not-so-good. We all make mistakes in our everyday living and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Although it can be frustrating, and at times, costly, making mistakes is valuable for us to learn and grow. Every decision made, gives you the opportunity to do the right thing. Sometimes though, that decision is not always black and white. You make decisions based on the resources you have at that time. Then you take an action, and there is always a consequence to [...]

Clearing Out My Dad’s House

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2022-12-22T12:11:39-06:00December 28th, 2022|Categories: Decluttering, Grief|Tags: categorizing, emotions, lessons learned, memories, organizing process, professional organizers, project, purging, task|

This past summer my dad passed away and we all miss him terribly. After a loved one passes away, there are many things to do, typically in phases. To understand these phases I wrote a past blog post to explain them, and you can read it by clicking on this link. This post deals with what my brothers and I went through when clearing out my dad’s house. First of all, as you can imagine, or maybe know, this task or project is a very emotional undertaking. This is the house where my brothers and I grew up, so the [...]

2 Valuable Lessons Learned From My Remodeling Project

By SOS Simple Organized Solutions|2020-11-17T13:41:33-06:00July 8th, 2016|Categories: Home Remodeling, Kitchen, Planning|Tags: lessons learned, planning, remodeling|

My kitchen is done, yay! I couldn’t be more pleased with the end result, however, I want to share some lessons learned with you, and some before & after pictures. This is the last in the series of posts describing my journey to a new kitchen. If you missed the last post, Preparing For My Kitchen Remodel, click on this link. Whenever you work on a project, whether it’s big or small, whether you do the job yourself, or you hire others, there will be challenges. You don’t know what you don’t know; this statement was used in previous posts [...]