I have always been organized. At the tender age of 5 and much to my parents dismay I would show up at the neighbor’s door step with a dustpan and broom offering to clean.  Throughout my childhood I would constantly be organizing the closets, drawers and cabinets in our house.  It was in high school that I took an interest in Accounting.  I think I was drawn to all the neat little forms I could organize and balance all the numbers on.  There began what I thought would be my career for life.

I worked as an accountant for 13 years.  I left to stay home with our first child. Just before our second child was born I entered the world of direct sales.  My first venture was for The Longaberger Company.  Again I loved all the baskets and how I could use them to organize my stuff.  After a few years I added Creative Memories.  Scrapbooking is by far the best way to organize your photos and they also had other neat tools for getting your memories in order.  Right around this time all those organizing shows started popping up on television.  I was fascinated by them.  Mainly because what was once my pristine house was now a foreign land to me.  Anyone with children will understand.  My toddlers were taking over and creating mess after mess.  It was at that point I realized I had to retrain myself and learn how to organize their stuff and teach them to do the same.  So after hours and hours of research I began to get my home under control.

There came a point in my direct sales career that I realized it wasn’t what I wanted to be doing.  As fate would have it I came upon a Professional Organizer’s site.  There was the answer I was looking for.  I purchased her book about becoming a Professional Organizer and after reading it I finally knew what I wanted to be when I grew up. I started out doing a few free jobs and instantly fell in love with it.  I was grateful to discover that I had the skills needed to help and teach others to be organized.  It is wonderful to be doing what I love and helping people find peace at the same time.