It’s officially official. I am having a baby and yes, it’s my first!

So as you can imagine, it has me thinking about organizing in a whole new way. My friends make fun of me because I have already painted the baby’s room (I am at the end of my first trimester). I let them laugh. I agree, I am way ahead of the game. But all I can think about is my friend Jennifer who had her baby almost 2.5 months premature. She called on me in a panic because her baby room was no where near done. There were clothes to fold, and put away, gifts to unpack and store, furniture needed to be put together and the room needed to be painted. I got to see first hand how having a premature baby can be overwhelming in more ways than one. I vowed then that I would not wait to get things in order when I find out I am pregnant. So far, I am sticking to it.

So I thought it would be interesting to log my organizational progress during my pregnancy. Hopefully it will help others in their preparations for baby number 1.

If you’re part of the Facebook mania catch a glimpse of my NEAT Tips. You can send your friends organizing tips anytime. There are tons of topics. So you’re sure to find something helpful for anyone you know. Here’s a sample:

So this is interesting… it’s a phone made out of grass. No, I’m not kidding. It’s biodegradable and slowly degrades over the life of the phone. It’s genius really. How often do you change your phone because something bigger and better came out or because the phone crapped out on you? Generally we keep our phones for roughly 2 years before replacing them. Therefore this phone was made to last just that long. Pretty cool huh?

Here I go, telling the world my deepest darkest secret. Well it’s not that deep and dark. I want to write a book. It’s actually not so much that I want to write one, I just feel one in me. I feel I have so much to share and say. I feel others can benefit from my perception in some strange and twisted way. The biggest problem is I cannot decide what to write about. There are so many topic choices. Here are some I have thought of already:

Clutter Addiction - Addiction and the role it plays in your cluttered home

The Clutter Myth - The REAL truth about clutter

Co-Dependence Equals a Cluttered Life - How your inability to care for yourself is cluttering your life

Through the eyes of a Professional Organizer - What one PO learns through her experiences with her clients

So does anyone out there have an opinion? I need guidance and would love to know what intrigues you the most. Maybe it will help me get started.

I found an organizer with a great idea to jump start the year in celebration of Get Organized Month. Take a look at her Go Project 365.

So, it’s a new year. Happy New Year to all of you. I won’t go on about New Years Resolutions. I am sure you have heard it all already. I am however, going to start the New Year with new phrase.

I learned this phrase watching The Suze Orman Show. As dramatic and humorous as she is, she does have a great way of telling it like it is. Not only is her financial advice helpful, there are so many ways you can easily translate her advice into other areas of life. I have quoted her before when she said “Say NO out of love, instead of YES out of fear.” Applying this concept with my clients when we work together is extremely helpful. Well now Suze Orman has provided me with another one. “Face it to erase it.”

It’s not as easy as it may seem. In fact, as I sit here now watching the show, Suze is hounding a guest on her current debt of 230,000, her mortgage of 900,000, her monthly expenses of 15,000 and her income of 9000 per month. From the outside looking in it seems crazy right?! Well Susie never got through to her guest. She was advised by Suze and others to sell her home, sell her cars and start over by renting a two bedroom apartment. Of course, this was not acceptable and the guest admitted bluntly that she would never take such steps to be financially free. In other words, she wasn’t facing it to erase it.

What will it take for you to see you have a serious problem with your finances or even your clutter? Because, as you know, you can’t erase it until you face it. So before you make those New Year Resolutions, think about it in depth. Are you truly willing to CHANGE?