Welcome!

Hello and welcome to my blog! Thank you SO very much for taking the time to visit and join me in my organizing adventures.

I couldn't be more excited to begin this organizing business. I have always loved organizing and arranging things {I used to organize my Barbie shoes based on color and occasion; it may be a sickness!}. Organizing is truly a passion of mine. However, it was not until recently that I felt able to pursue my dream of becoming an organizer. I work full-time, so while this is a sideline endeavor, if a dream job is doing what you love, my dream job is being personal organizer.

In January, I "officially" started my own organizing business {if you're in the NYC metro area and need an organizer, feel free to contact me!}. Call it a New Year's resolution if you will. I knew I had always wanted to start doing this, and there's no better time than the present, right? In telling friends and family about my business, I realized just how much I LOVED even talking about organizing {sad, but true}. So I decided to take a stab at the blogging world. What better way to continue doing what I love while potentially growing my business?

I decided to title this blog The Realistic Organizer for a couple of reasons. One, organizing doesn't come easily to everyone; however, everyone can learn, as long as they're willing to devote a little bit of time, practice, and patience. My hope is that I can show some small, simple solutions to organizing a home and making a space as manageable as you want it {and you can teach me some things along the way as well!}.

Reason number two, when browsing through a catalog or Pinterest do you ever say “I want that look!” or “Why don’t my things look like that?”? I know I do! The truth is that many of those things take a lot of work and dedication, and at times, a lot of money. Money is something you either have, or you don’t, and not everyone is willing to spend their spare change at the Container Store {although I could spend my paycheck and still want more!} My goal is to explore ways to organize on a small budget yet still manage to have that “look”. Having an organized space can bring sanity and clarity to your life, but it should never bring debt!

I want to make sure I take a moment to say thank you to my family and friends who have supported me and encouraged me to make this decision to follow my dream. I definitely need to thank my live-in boyfriend, Simon {who will be known on here as "Brit", due to an early nickname in our relationship that just seems to have stuck}. He has fallen victim to NUMEROUS organizing adventures and, although I'm certain he thinks I'm crazy, has supported me and trusted me all the way.

I hope you visit again to see what is to come! My next entry will focus on the changing of the seasons, {spring is finally here} and how much a little seasonal switch can help save space and sanity in your home. And please, please, please, leave comments or questions about things you would like to see, and I'll do my best to accommodate! Thank you again for visiting and for reading my very first blog. 

Hope to see you back soon!