We all know how good it feels when you know exactly where everything is and all the items you have collected over the years have a “place.” What a sense of satisfaction, calm, order. But, we also all know how easy it is for things to spiral out of control and all the neat or orderly drawers or corners of a room become a pile of disarray. Eh! The pain, the misery, the stress, the frustration. With busy schedules and little motivation to clean it is not too difficult for the mass amounts of material goods to take over our lives. As the motivation wanes the piles grow and the frustration mounts…Double eh.

But, lo! We have a solution! Actually, more of a coach and a team of folks with tons of ideas to help motivate you into cleaning up and clearing out. Lucky for us we got to work with Emily Wilska, a professional organizer and owner of “The Organized Life.” Emily is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO), and the Director of Professional Development for the NAPO-SFBA Chapter. Her list of accomplishments is rather long, but included in that list she is author of Organizing Your Home, a comprehensive guide to bringing more order and organization to every room in your house. Suffice it to say, Emily has seen it all and knows how to help folks get organized.

In addition to Emily, we have nearly two handfuls of favorite bloggers, DP designers, and other professional organizers who will be contributing their organizational ideas and stories with you over the next week.

So, look at your space. Decide what needs some work. Prepare to get organized!