Renee Ursem
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Professional Organizer Expert
Renee Ursem Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Organization of Home and Office
- Career Focus
- Consultant, Business Owner, Author, Speaker
- Affiliation
- Whittier College Alumna, Lesley University Alumna, National Association of Professional Organizers, Faithful Organizers, Mothers In Business Network
Renee Ursem, Professional Organizer, started Get It Together, LLC in Las Vegas to help people lea how to organize and maintain their spaces.
An accomplished author and speaker, Renee is a member of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers). She has a Masters Degree in education and spent 15 years teaching middle school. Professional Organizing combines her love of teaching with her talent for organization.
As a Professional Organizer, her job is to help, not judge. She sees the big picture and directs the process. She works beside clients, helping them set up their own systems. She listens to how they feel about their stuff. She encourages them where they are, helps them through rough spots, and moves them to where they need to be. Together, they get it done effectively.
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What's In It For Me? Is Organizing Really Worth It?
Is it really worth the time (and sometimes money) to get organized? I get asked that question a lot, both out loud and through body language. After all, some argue, I’ve gotten along this long. What’s the big deal? On the other hand, others confess: • I spent an hour looking for _______ this morning (and didn’t find it). • I can’t seem to get anything done lately. I don’t know where to begin. • I keep buying more _____ when I know I have it here somewhere. • I feel guilty when I take time to organize. Shouldn’t I be doing something productive?
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Top 10 Summer Organizing Projects
Summer is here. Whether you have kids or not, to most of us summer means vacation. It’s a time to slow down, take it easy, and have some fun. With a little planning, it can also be a time to get a little something done. Mini-projects help you create order in a short amount of time so you can enjoy the summer guilt-free. Here are my top 10 quick summer organizing projects:
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Clearing the Paper (and Digital) Clutter
I lost 10 pounds in less than one week, and I feel great! No, I didn’t try the latest diet or exercise program. I simply cleared out my file cabinet. Everyone collects information. Some file it. Some pile it. Most are drowning in it. Going paperless hasn’t helped much. It just moved the piles onto desktops and into the Cloud. Digital clutter is now a problem. Collecting information comes at a cost in terms of time and money. Money spent on folders, file cabinets, more memory. Time spent trying to find that one file or document buried in a stack or on a screen.
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Getting It Together For the Holidays
Can you feel it in the air? The buzz begins November 1 as the Halloween pumpkins come down and the Christmas decorations go up. The whole country shifts into high gear as everyone starts asking whether you’ve gotten your shopping done. (For the record, mine is half done.) Here are some tips to help simplify and streamline holiday preparations (and reduce stress levels): • Focus on what’s important. Family? Friends? Faith, peace, simplicity, staying within your budget? Your focus will help determine what to say yes and no to this busy season. • Plug in important dates.
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The Tough Cookie Challenge: Getting Organized For the New Year
Out of all the cluttered spaces that I’ve seen as a Professional Organizer this year, one image remains. No, it wasn’t the worst thing I’ve seen, and it wasn’t found in the home of a hoarder. It was an opened package of Oreos® perched on top of a stack of plates in a kitchen cupboard. The pantry was so packed that there wasn’t room for one package of cookies. The Oreos stood as a symbol for all the clutter in the kitchen.
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Come on In...The Social Networking Water is Fine
I am excited to announce that I have officially begun the first baby steps of social networking by setting up accounts on Linkedin and Facebook. For those who know me personally, you know that this was no easy task. It’s like standing at the edge of a lake. Many of you have encouraged me: “Come on in. The water is fine.” But I have been hesitant to stick my toe in.
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Helping Others Get Organized
People often ask how to get their kids, spouse, friend, roommate, or parent organized. They are often frustrated by others’ clutter and may have given “helpful” advice: “If you would just get organized…” The less organized person’s response (if they had one) would sound something like this: “If I knew how to get organized, I would have done so already!” So how do we help the less-organized people in our lives? The following techniques are designed to help you (or someone you know) begin to get organized:
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Organizing While You Are There
Opportunities exist each day to either clear away a small amount of clutter or maintain an existing space. Taking these small opportunities to organize a little at a time reduces the need to spend hours later “getting organized.” I call it organizing “While You Are There.”
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What Are You Afraid Of?
Do you have a closet full of clothes you haven’t worn in years? Are magazines piled on your desk? Maybe you are keeping that fabric, the appliance, those files, or that tool “just in case” you may need it some day. You may not have thought about it this way, but you are afraid. No, it’s not the screaming-in-terror fear as something creepy inches toward you, but it is fear. It’s the nagging anxiety that whispers the same question every time you try to declutter: “What if I need this later?”
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Trying to Do it All
I have come to the realization that I can’t do it all. No matter how organized I am, how many lists I make, or how well I manage my time, I will never be able to do all the things in the time that I have. I have felt this way for a while. Years. Probably most of my adult life, but more since the birth of my daughter two years ago. I have noticed this in my clients (successful small business owners) as well. They have long lists of tasks that don’t get completed, leaving them feeling overwhelmed and defeated.
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Maximizing Your Time
I keep thinking that one day there will be more time in the day to get things done. My daughter started first grade this fall. For years I heard about all the time I would have once she was in school for a full day. Some suggested that I might even get bored. Yeah…hasn’t happened. Sure, I do have more time to work, a good thing, but a child in school requires more time in other ways. And I definitely have not been bored.
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Creating a Me Day
Have you made enough time for yourself lately? If not, you may want help planning a Me Day, which is simply a period of time (at least three hours) to do what you want to do. It’s a date with you. I have been planning my own Renee Days for years now. They began with personal days off from work (when I needed a break from teaching) and have continued as I started my own business and had a child. What I choose to do on my Renee Days has changed (sleep is higher on my list now!), but the basic guidelines are the same:
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Get It Together LLC
Get organized and freed from the clutter in your home and office. Find simple, practical solutions in easy-to-follow articles.
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Get It Together, LLC
This site offers simple, practical monthly articles and tips on getting and staying organized in the home and office.
March 6, 2008
Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Renee Ursem
There is no one "right" way to organize. However, there are more effective and efficient ways to organize.
It's not the products that get you organized; it's the process.
Everyone needs help at some point. My job is to help, not judge.
Done is better than perfect. --Matt LeBlanc