A Home Organizer Can Support My Career? Sure Can! Here’s How...
When you return home from work trip, do you find that your family has been overspending, missing appointments, or getting behind on laundry? Do your kids text you with questions during your business hours? Or do you live alone, and have to manage all household tasks as well as your career responsibilities? It is actually possible to come home to an orderly environment that supports the life you’re looking to create for yourself and your family. Here are three ways working with a home organizer can support your career, whatever your stage of life.
A Career-Oriented Closet
When your closet is organized in zones, it’s so much easier to find what you need for regular workdays, business travel, or your weekend activities. When you get dressed knowing that you’re ready for the day ahead, it makes a huge difference in your confidence level—and it can even increase your productivity! It’s not enough just to have the right clothing; you also need systems in place so that your outfits are ready to go when you need them. Bonus: a professionally organized closet makes unpacking from travel a snap so you don’t miss a beat getting back to your day-to-day life.
A Practical, Tidy Pantry
An organized pantry (and grocery list) makes it clear when it it’s time to go shopping. It also makes it easier to shop in person, order online, or delegate the shopping to another member of the household, depending on your schedule for the week. An organized fridge and pantry can help your kids be more independent while getting their meals and snacks without interrupting your workday. Clear guidelines and visual cues about what ingredients need to be saved for dinner prevent misunderstandings and last minute scrambling at the end of a long day. Organization reduces waste because you’ll have the right amount of backstock for your family. Too much clutter in the pantry leads to food expiring or buying duplicate items because you can’t find what you need. Working with a professional organizer will help you right-size your food storage for your real life needs so you have enough, but not so much that it’s overwhelming.
A Helpful, Systematic Home
It’s mentally and physically exhausting coming home at the end of a long day at work and having to start a second shift of housework. An organized home with systems in place helps your family share the load, because they already know what to do. When you delegate a chore all members of the household (who are old enough!) should know where the supplies are kept and how to complete the task. If your kids aren’t quite there yet, remind yourself it’s like hiring a new employee at work; you might have to do a bit of upfront training, but once they know the system they can jump in as needed. This is important for kids as well as spouses so everyone can do their share and help cover when others have deadlines or major projects coming up. Setting up and agreeing on household systems can go a long way toward reducing relational stress. For those who live alone, knowing your systems means you don’t have to waste precious mental energy on decisions, you just follow the set routine and move on with life.
Home should not be an afterthought. It’s the place where you start and end each day. And it’s the place where you live out community with family and friends. If you have an organized home that’s reasonably well-maintained, it’s going to help you feel good about the time you spend away at work, knowing that there are systems in place to keep things running smoothly. A well organized home supports your whole life—career and relationships alike!
Looking for a pro organizer that can systematize your home to better support your family and career? Reach out today! I’d love to help!
Cheers,
Karina
