Author: jborganize
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Janet Bernstein on 6ABC FYI Philly
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) — If one of your 2016 resolutions is to get organized, a local service is offering some tips to help you sort, purge and de-clutter. Janet Bernstein started the Organizing Professionals 10 years ago. “We specialize in organizing anything from someone’s kitchen to their closets,” she said. And they’re the best in the…
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How to Organize Your Home for Less
Amid the typical New Year’s resolutions, getting organized is an oft-promised, seldom-achieved goal that plagues busy parents, office workers, college students and everyone in between. Clutter and a messy environment are proven causes of distraction and increased stress levels, both of which prohibit creativity and productivity.
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Minimalism and Maintenance: The Two Elements You Need to Get Organized in 2016
Minimalism and maintenance. Neither word inspires warm fuzzy feelings yet in my ten years of organizing experience I can vouch that without these two ingredients, living an organized life is impossible. Let’s start with minimalism: “Less is more.” This is a phrase I often use when meeting a potential client. The less we have the…
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Taking Stock for the Holidays: Tips to Simplify and Save $ for the Holidays
It’s the most wonderful time of year…for some. A survey conducted by PR Newswire cites Christmas as the sixth most stressful life event. Yikes. Naturally, as a professional organizer, I strongly believe that good organizing and planning greatly minimizes stress and enhances emotional well-being. Here are six tips to help you find a little more…
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Six Organizing Tips to Help You Host a Stress-free Thanksgiving
So it’s your turn to host Thanksgiving. Excited yet completely anxious, stressed and overwhelmed? Here are six tips to help combat the stress: 1. Schedule a strategy meeting with yourself. This is where you make yourself a cup of coffee (or something stronger if it’s after 5pm) and write down everything you need to do. This is your…
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Janet Bernstein, CPO® Once Again Named Best of Philly® by Philadelphia Magazine!
This blog entry contains two pieces of exciting news: Janet Bernstein Organizers, LLC Renamed as The Organizing Professionals, LLC℠ As demand for my services outpaced availability, I decided earlier this year to hire and train a team of professional organizers. This team consists of Barbara Ball, a fellow Brit who joins the team with several years of…
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Best of Philly 2015 Best Home Organizer
It takes a cultured Brit to whip us lazy Americans into order — and that’s what makes expat Janet Bernstein so good at her job. The Penn grad credits a decade of worldwide travel for honing her methods of helping you pare down, clean up and let go. There’s a free one-hour consultation if you…
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Janet Bernstein Named “Best of Philly” by Philadelphia Magazine
(Wayne, PA) – August 15, 2015. Following her second award for home organizing, locally-based Certified Professional Organizer has announced the expansion of new business, The Organizing Professionals®. Following her second award (the first was in 2012) by Philadelphia Magazine this month as Best of Philly® “Home Organizer”, British-born, Janet Bernstein has announced her company’s…
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Five Tips to Lighten the Load (and Stress) of Your Move
Moving? You’re not alone. June-September are peak moving months. You may have heard that moving ranks high on the stress scale so what can you do to reduce the angst of your upcoming transition? 1. Pace yourself. Most of us don’t allocate enough time nor strategically prepare. Plan to spend a day or part of…
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Three Quick & Clean Tips to Organize Your Closet
Spring has finally sprung and gives us the perfect opportunity to declutter and organize our closets. Take advantage of the change in seasons, set aside some time and follow these three quick tips that will transform your closet. Lose the shoe boxes! Shoe boxes are too big, take up too much space, and conceal the…
