THOUGHT: Who hires an organizer?

When I started my organizing company five years ago, I remember one of my girlfriends saying, "What type of person needs to hire someone like you to tell them where to put their socks?" At the time I didn't have the answer because I hadn't been in the business of organizing people's homes and lives long enough... but I knew there was an answer. Now, five years and over a 100 clients later - I have the answer. This past week I met with six potential clients and they were all women. A stay-at-home Mom with four kids - probably the hardest full-time job you can have. A clothing designer - who only makes one design of each of her pieces, no two are alike. A baby doctor - who had spent the last 24 hours prior to our meeting delivering four babies. A pharmacist - who was two weeks away from her materity leave with her first child. A make-up artist - who specializes in making women's eye brows perfect. And a music teacher - whose passion is teaching children how to play the piano. So my answer to the question is simple - women (and men) who are making a difference. Why? Because in this modern world we live in, the expectations on us all are huge. We have to be tough and smart in the workplace, fit and healthy at the gym, present at every school meeting and game (and bring homemade snacks), loving and caring in our relationships, and on top of it all - have a beautiful, organized, clean home. Twenty-four hours, that's all we get and it certainly isn't enough to do it all. I am hired because these unbelievable, intelligent people are out there making the world a better place. My role is to bring calm and order to the place they start and finish their exhausting days. If I didn't do what I do, I would hire myself to help me with my sock drawer.