This is a letter from a client I helped at the beginning of 2020. She is the kindest lady on the planet. and here are her sweet words. It's letters like these that help me to know I have made the right decision to become a professional organizer, and that I am changing peoples lives. I can't wait to see how her 2020 years finishes and how happy she is come December!
Let me start off by saying how amazing Gressa is! I believe that her ‘kick start’ visit was just what I needed to get going on my organization plan for 2020! After living in my house for 28 years now, and not having done much purging, I felt overwhelmed and didn’t know where to start, nor did I have a plan for organizing.
I decided to start with my utility closet which was a ‘catch all’ for so many different things, from household paper products to wrapping papers, greeting cards, cameras, camping gear, blankets, antique items, candles, miscellaneous gifts, office supplies, tech stuff, etc. etc.! I was anxious about the whole idea, but once we got started, Gressa’s gentle and non-aggressive comments really helped me think about what kind of emotions I had attached to certain things. For example, she encouraged me to think about possibly letting go of things people had given me over the years and that it would be ok, detaching from the item, but not detaching from the person!
Gressa helped me with a sorting process so that I could separate things into categories that mentally made sense, like what to donate, things to put in other more appropriate places in the house. Then, after all was purged from half of the utility closet, I could clearly see what would be going back into that space! Gressa really helped me visualize a plan for how things could be compartmentalized going back into the space. She really incorporated how I would use the things going back into the space, the accessibility to them. From her initial inquiries, she realized that ‘micro’ organizing into many boxes or baskets was not for me, she was keenly able to suggest just what would make me most comfortable! I can actually go into the space now, and immediately find what I need without having to rummage or have things falling in on each other when removing another item!
So, then, I gleaned what she taught me, and cleaned out the other half of my utility closet on my own, with some help from my husband! We were actually able to ‘garage sale’ and ‘donate’ enough things, that now we actually have open space! It is so uplifting and freeing I can’t even tell you!
Another thing Gressa did was to take away the ‘donate’ items and the ‘trash’ items! I think that was wise, as I may have had the tendency to re-think some of those things! It was very cleansing!
Gressa followed up with me to see how things were progressing on the other half of the utility closet! She provided some friendly reminders, like letting go of things that no longer have meaning, or no purpose anymore! She invited any questions that I might have, and to follow up if I needed any assistance with spatial reorganizing the entire space once everything was cleaned out!
It has been such a stress reliever to begin this ‘clean out’ process! Gressa has motivated me now to keep going, with the goal of having my entire house revitalized in 2020!
Thank you, Gressa, for your organizing skills, your patience, your non-judgmental approach, and your professionalism, and your deep insight toward letting things go! As I stated at the beginning, you are AMAZING!
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