Simplifying Your Lifestyle--How To Get Help

How to Get Help Simplifying Your Home

in Orlando

September 8, 2013

 

 

     After retirement, I'm going full speed ahead into helping others deal with the "too much clutter" problem.  Here is what I wrote on another blog to explain what I will be doing.

 

 

You have too much stuff to enjoy your lifestyle--Need help? Simplify Your Lifestyle is only an email away, and we can rescue you from the chaos you now call home.

 

We do it all, or we do just what you need for now. If you simply need gentle encouragement to get started on your own, we also offer one-time or ongoing coaching.

 

Also offered is virtual organization: You send photos of the area that needs the most help, and we analyze and offer strategies to get the simple lifestyle back into your home.

 

Your deep dark secrets will be safe with us. We've been there before ourselves.

 

In addition, the energizing of your home through the use of Feng Shui principles for furniture and accessories placement might be your preference.

 

We gently lead you through the chaos into that simple, peaceful, and welcoming home you deserve.

Use the contact form below to send us your problem, your Orlando location, your email, and your phone number.  We serve the Orlando-Winter Park area within 25 miles of zip code 32803.  Hourly rates are reasonable, available on request, and are based on your specific needs. 

 

The only organizational service we don't provide is house cleaning, but we can provide names of those who do provide this service. 

 

We will contact you within 24 hours of receiving your request for help and information.

 

So here is the link to my future career:  www.simplifyyourlifestyle.wordpress.com

 

 

     Thank you, dear readers, for staying with me all year as I examined, researched, and agonized over what to do the day after I retire.   This may be the goal I was searching for all of these months. 

 

Click here to see my listing on findyourorganizer.com. It's official!

 

 

Click here to see my lastest pinterest interests. Clean out your closet today!

How To Simplify Without Buying Anything

How To Simplify Without Buying Anything

September 2, 2013

 

BEFORE I simplified my own linen closet!

Photo Credit:  Del Hylton

 

 

      Today, as it was a national holiday, Labor Day, I spent my day doing some much-needed clutter busting.  The goal was to go through at least 3 or 4 half-empty boxes of school papers and supplies and throw most of it away.  Mission accomplished.

 

      This afternoon, the boxes were empty and I was peaceful with the newly found space in the spare bedroom.  The idea of continuing with my project led me to my linen closet, which is very small and very sad to look inside, as you can see.

 

      Keeping in mind that this might help others with their sad closets as well, I set to "simplifying" my own space.  It is depressing having to dig through nail polish, light bulbs, bandaids, and other necessities, just to find a bar of soap!

 

      So, I took a "before" photo, gathered some containers I already had in my kitchen (which I never use anyway), and started.  The entire project took less than 30 minutes, and I took  "after" photos to share with you here.  Total cost:  $0.00!

 

     The hair dryer that had mysteriously disappeared, causing me to purchase another one, appeared behind the clutter on one shelf.  So, actually the cost of my clutter was the price of the new hair dryer:  $15.00!

 

AFTER I simplified my own linen closet.

Photo Credit:  Del Hylton

 

See the two hair dryers I have now?

Photo Credit:  Del Hylton

 

 

Look at that bottom shelf:  light bulbs and a first aid kit!

Photo Credit:  Del Hylton

 

       So, if I am going into retirement with limited income, I will definitely save money by keeping all of my possessions simple and in clear view, won't I?   

 

Click this link to see my latest pinterest interests. Time to think about fall and Hallowe'en!   

 

 

 

      

 

 

 

 

     

Why Work After Retirement?

Why Work After Retirement?

August 31, 2013

 

I'm at the corner of retirement and work...and I'm going to stay on the "work" path.

Photo Credit:  www.foxbusiness.com

 

      In the past month, I have come up with at least 15 great and odd ideas for my retirement future.  Let's see, buying a house in Ireland, moving to Key West, opening a bakery, flying to Australia, and other ideas too strange to mention, have popped into my mind almost every morning.

 

     Yes, I am still going to pursue some sort of Private Investigator internship/shadowing career, or at least try it out for a bit.  Yes, I am still going to write a mystery novel or autobiography, probably self-published.  Yes, I am still going to get that country home, horse, dog, and acreage.  However, all of this won't happen at the same time.  "Ain't nobody got time for that!"

 



Photo Credit:  www.123rf.com

 

     However, not too long ago, a friend complimented my ability to help others plow through their piles of possessions, helping them sort and purge them.  This has remained quietly tucked into the far recesses of my brain.  So, this week, I took my first step towards opening my own business as a personal organizing consultant.

 

     Reactions (to my idea of helping others improve their lives and living spaces with some kind of gentle assistance) have been positive, neutral, and downright negative. 

 

     Take today, for example, I spent a nice friendly breakfast defending the idea of my working after retirement.  "Why would you want to work after you've worked for so long already?"  This discussion went from cynical to obstreperous in less than 5 minutes.  Let's just call it a draw. 

 

 

Photo Credit:  www.telegraph.co.uk

 

      So I have included a link here to a great article listing 10 reasons for continuing to work after retirement.  I am concerned primarily with the first 5 reasons, because I believe I will be comfortable financially now.  I will work after I retire because I want and need to continue working.  Period.

 

Ten Reasons To Consider Working After Retirement by Kira Botkin 

 

       If you absolutely and positively need someone besides yourself to help you simplify your lifestyle, hang on for about two months while I retire from the teaching job I have right now.  By that time, in November, I'll have a website just for you, one where you can contact me, and I'll come assess your panic level and measure the height of your clutter.  The name of my new enterprise is "Simplify Your Lifestyle." 

 

       Of course, I won't be able to help all of my readers in Russia, Great Britain, Australia, and India, but if you're in the Orlando area, leave a comment and/or some way to contact you in the very near future. 

 

Click here to watch Cyndi Lauper sing "Girls Just Wanna Have Fun," just for fun this holiday weekend!!

 

 

Click here to see my latest pinterest interests. My new board is "Simplify Your Lifestyle."