Organize and Thrive: The Just Organized by Taya Blog
The Truth About Organization: Why One Size Never Fits All
As a professional organizer, I often hear the same frustration from clients: "My home will never look like those perfect pictures on Instagram." They show me photos of immaculate pantries with matching containers, color-coordinated closets that look like boutiques,...
The One Thing That Makes Organizing Actually Stick
You know what I hear all the time? "I organized my closet last month and it already looks like a disaster again." "I bought all the containers and labelled everything, but we're still leaving stuff everywhere." "I spent an entire weekend organizing, and it lasted...
The Organizing Reset You Don’t Have to Do on January 1st
Hello again friends. We made it. These are the last days of December. But you know what's coming. The New Year posts are already starting. The "New Year, New You" messaging. The pressure to wake up on January 1st with a completely reorganized life, perfect systems,...
The Post-Christmas Reset: What to Do (and What to Skip) This Weekend
Hey there, friend. Take a look around. I'm guessing you're seeing wrapping paper you forgot to throw away yesterday, new toys already scattered across the floor, boxes that need to be broken down, batteries that need to be found, assembly instructions that look...
Christmas Morning Chaos Prevention: Your Gift Opening Game Plan
It's the day before Christmas Eve. The gifts are wrapped. The tree looks beautiful. Everything's ready. Except for one thing: the plan for the actual gift-opening part on Christmas morning. If you've ever experienced Christmas morning with kids (or enthusiastic...
The Week-Before-Christmas Survival Guide: Last-Minute Gift Organization Tips
If you're reading this and thinking "I still have shopping to do, packages arriving daily, and I have NO IDEA where I'm going to wrap all of this"—you're not alone. This is the week when even the most organized among us start to feel the pressure. Gifts are arriving...
7 Things in Your Kitchen Right Now That Need to Go
Your kitchen is about to work overtime for the next few weeks. Holiday baking. Family dinners. Hosting guests. All the cooking. But before you dive into all that, let's talk about the things taking up space in your kitchen that you don't actually need. I'm not talking...
The Gift That Actually Changes Lives: Why Professional Organizing Gift Certificates Work
Every December, we do the same thing. We buy more stuff. More toys, more gadgets, more clothes, more kitchen items, more decorative things that need a home somewhere in an already-full house. And then January arrives, and we're all drowning in the accumulation of it...
Why More Men Are Hiring Professional Organizers (And Why It’s Smart)
Here's something I've been noticing more and more in my work: men are hiring professional organizers. Not because their partners are nagging them to do it. Not as some last-ditch effort after years of chaos. But because they've figured out what a lot of successful...
