Learn how you can get your home organized with my easy step-by-step organization course. My course is full of organization ideas as well as home organization tips and tricks to get your life and home organized and keep it that way.
ONLINE DECLUTTERING COURSE
For the past several months I have been putting together my Online Organization Course, The Balanced Home. I am excited to teach you my decluttering and cleaning process. These processes also teach you how to create simple routines and cleaning schedules which allow you to naturally maintain your clean and organized home.
No need to hire a professional organizer, or live with the clutter because you will have the skills and learn how to overcome any mental barriers or fears you might have to get started!
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WHAT DOES THE ORGANIZATION COURSE COVER?
The Balanced Home Organization Core
($1,000 Value)Contains my core Decluttering and Organization Processes, which shows you how to:
- Learn how to declutter and organize your home–by learning processes and techniques that really work!
- Deal with stuff you don't know how to get rid of
- Understand what qualifies as hoarding
- Understand how to overcome hoarding tendencies
- Deal with your junk room or junk drawer
The Tools
- Workbook, Resources, Labels, and More ($250 Value). Contains everything you need to help guide you through each lesson, including:
- An easy-to-follow workbook to guide you step-by-step through the lessons
- Printable Labels
- A vision sheet for your home
- A working checklist of tasks you can accomplish in 30 minutes or less
- Shopping and To-Do Lists
- Monthly Calendar and Weekly Schedule
The Mental Foundation
The best processes to overcome mental barriers from Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi's Mastermind Course ($200 Value). Helps you to find the time, the energy and the motivation to organize your home by:
- Discovering your “true, internal why” -> what motivates you to want an organized home
- Helping you clearly identify what is holding you back from success
- Teaching you how to organize your schedule to create new pockets of time
- Helping you discover what is most important for you to accomplish with your time, as opposed to just urgent or habit
- Helping you cut out the things that aren't important and identify gaps in your schedule you can dedicate to working on your home
Your Ideal Home
The best processes to set and achieve your vision by breaking it down into actionable steps ($300 Value). Teaches you how to break down an overwhelming project into small, manageable steps, by:
- Clearly defining your goal and vision for your home
- Learning how to evaluate specific rooms and identify what you want to be improved
- Identifying specific, easy to complete tasks in each room that will contribute to your overall goal without overwhelming you
- Getting your family or others involved in the process
Cleaning and Maintaining
The best processes to clean and maintain your home after it has been organized ($200 Value).Teaches you how to maintain your home once it is clean and keep it organized, by:
- Providing you with the basic cleaning routines you need to naturally stay in control of your home
- Teaching you my amazing “Ten-Minute Clean-up” process, which allows you to clean an entire floor / room in ten minutes or less!
- Showing you how to establish routines with your kids and other members of the family
- Sharing important resources such as chore cards, favorite cleaning products, and a deep-cleaning checklist, and more
- Explaining the laundry routine we use in our home to get our laundry done every week without even thinking about it
- Teaching you how to deep clean your home after it has been decluttered and organized
- Showing you how to help the other members of your household be on the same page and not “unclean” your home
During the course, we will:
- Show you the process of how to go throughout your home decluttering, cleaning, and organizing. Then you can take this process and go throughout all the rooms in your home–including the bathrooms, kitchen, craft room, home office, basement, entryway, playroom, garage, attic, and all other rooms in your home–cleaning and organizing.
- Clean out and organize not just the rooms themselves, but organization spaces such as closets, shelves, drawers, and bookshelves.
- Learn how to properly use organization equipment, such as bins, drawer organizers, storage bins, food storage containers, lids, and baskets.
The Private Balanced Home Community
(BONUS – Priceless). Provides a community that you can go to whenever you need a place where you…
- Seek inspiration and ideas from others
- Receive support and motivation from others
- Share your successes and see the successes of others as we all work towards finding balance and clarity in our homes.
- Can ask questions and let me know what you may still need help with so that I can continue to cater the course to your needs
What Do People Have To Say About My Organization Course?
“This course was instrumental in helping me organize my space as well as my time. As a busy mom, I have a better grasp on what my days need to include so that I can enjoy my family rather than spend my time spinning my wheels cleaning up after everyone.”
“The Balanced Home Course helped me to be the “professional organizer” for my family! Simple steps to follow, check lists, printable labels, suggestions and worksheets will keep you on track to successfully maintain your own balanced home.”
“I am pretty sure I have solved more issues with the seven layers and clarity tool than I have in 6 months of therapy!! I think this course is going to help much more than my home. Thanks Amy!!!!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!””
HOW TO GET MOTIVATED TO ORGANIZE YOUR HOME
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS AND MENTAL BARRIERS
I asked and these are the things that are holding you back from getting started! I made sure my course helped you overcome your specific fears and developed processes to address each of the concerns below. Have you ever had any of the same concerns?
- “I don't have the time.”
- “I don't know how to break it down into manageable chunks.”
- “How do I balance other activities?”
- “I don’t have enough energy / motivation.”
- “I'm overwhelmed and don't know where to start.”
- “I'm scared / unable to commit.”
- “I don't trust myself.”
- “I don't have the confidence I will finish.”
- “How do I maintain / keep on top of it?”
- “I have a hard time with inconsistency / finding balance.”
- “I'm afraid of quitting too soon and having it be a mess.”
- “How do I build the habits and routines?”
- “Keeping it clean and organized”“Staying focused and not getting distracted.”
- “What if I have physical limitations.”
- “I don't have the supplies / resources / money (i.e. containers etc.) / storage space.”
- “I don't want to part with things.”
- “What Do I do with all the stuff? Donate? Kids?”
- “What if I need it later?”
- “My family has stuff they want to keep.”
- “Family is not being helpful or even counterproductive… How do I get my family on board?”
- “No sense of design / vision for what I want.”
- “Lack of knowledge.”
- “Afraid of not doing it right.”
- “Being okay with not having it perfect.”
STILL NOT READY TO BUY?
Because I know that sometimes it can be difficult to take that initial leap of faith, I wanted to give you something that would allow you to get your feet wet a little, something that you could access RIGHT NOW. I think you'll like it. I've opened up a “sneak peek” section of my course, where you can access one or two of the lessons that are a part of The Balanced Home Course. If you click the button below you will be able to create your own personal account / log in for the course and access the “sneak peek” videos.
OTHER ORGANIZATION PROJECTS
If you are interested in taking a deeper look into some of the spaces in my home, check out the following posts!
First of all- CONGRATULATIONS on being in Family Fun Magazine! That, in my book, is one of the coolest honors ever…
Second of all, I can now get rid of all our extra Candy Canes- WAHOO!!!
Amazing!!! How exciting :)
Chomping at the bit to make these, Amy. I hope they turn out as good as yours. Yeah, right. : )
thanks for posting this, since I didn't get to read the whole tutorial while I was scouring the mag in the Dr. office looking for you! :)
xoxo,
Amy
I am not very crafty, although I like to keep an eye on blogs and websites for ideas that maybe I can will be able to do one day. This is one I really feel like I can handle! Thank you for sharing this. It's perfect. And congrats on your magazine appearance!
Wow! Congratulations on getting in family fun! Thats fantastic!And that is one the cutest ways I have seen yet to use up all those left over candy canes from Christmas!
that is awesome Amy!!! woohoo! I love peppermint & white chocolat together…I'm excited to try these :) And the fact that they're adorable just adds to the sweetness :)
Congrataulations on being in Family Fun. These are so cute. What a great idea.
Congrats, Amy! What a clever idea. Looks delicious.
I saw that in the mag. They look so cute? My only problem–where to get mini candy canes now that Christmas is over?
Congrats on the magazine! That is so awesome!! I love this idea. However, I have been EVERYWHERE trying to find those mini candy canes. it is driving me crazy. Everyone has the larger ones!
I always buy some mini candy canes at Christmas and save them. But that doesn't help you now! I know you can buy them from Amazon right now but remember them being a bit pricey. If anyone comes across some, give us a shout out so we can find some too!
That is so cool! That is one of the pages I tore out of the magazine to try:)
I searched and searched through the magazine to see what you made and the only thing that I thought you did were these. I didn't see your name anywhere on the page so I wasn't sure. Congrats that is so COOL!
When I was looking through our magazine with my boys, we all loved the sucker idea – even my boys – that's big in my eyes! Now I can tell them I know the lady who designed those cute suckers, at least as much as you can know someone via a blog…
Again, congrats! Keep the cute ideas a coming.
Those are really cute! I like that they have a filling in middle. I originally saw the Skip to My Lou version a few years ago withou the middle filling. http://www.skiptomylou.org/2009/01/21/candy-cane-hearts/
congrats! I heart family fun and your heart suckers AND YOU!
You are awesome!
Yea – congratulations on your idea!
It's so funny that this is the only page that I tore out from the magazine. I am so going to make these.
:)
How awesome to be featured on Family Fun! We just got ours yesterday and my kids always turn to the back to make the treat of the month! This is awesome!
so so so so so so so so so so exciting!!!!!
Congrats Amy!! I'm in that issue too – page 13!!! Pic of the family from Halloween featuring my Princess Leia Yarn Wig.
Congratulations!!!
I got my magazine in the mail today! YAY!!!
Congratulations! Those are so cute and something I plan to make this year for sure with my neice!! -Melanie http://www.givebacktoday.blogspot.com
Congrats!! I saw these in the online version of the magazine and just knew that they were your idea!
Congratulations on being in Family Fun! How exciting for you! It's a cute project.
http://www.make-homemade-gifts.com
Oh my goodness, these are the cutest things I have seen in awhile!!
Look at you! These are adorable! I will be trying these!
Yeah for you!!! That is so fun!
I made these last year and everyone LOVED them! I am bummed though because I totally forgot to buy extra mini candy canes this year at Christmas time:(
awww :) Congratulations!! I can't wait to try this!
LOVE THIS!!!!!!!
Thank you!
I did see that in Family Fun and I just want to say congratulations to you!!! That is so cool :)
Wow! You are now famous! Published! Sought after!! Yay!!
And those look like so much fun. Now, if I couldn't only find some candy canes…no wait…I have a bazillion in my pantry.
Its really great, this blog has got really very great article.
Ha! I thought that looked familiar. Good for you!
WAHOO!! You are famous!! The kind of famous I look up to. Amy, I've said it once and I'll say it again, you are amazing!! So very happy to see your name in a magazine. SUPER cute idea. *now I'll do the happy dance for you*
Seriously adorable and too clever! Congrats on the feature…I just received my magazine in the mail today. So glad you are a DIY CLub Dare blogger too…I cannot believe O wasn't following you before (how the heck could that have happened)! Congrats again.
Holly
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Saw it in Family Fun…was one of my favorite ideas in the magazine..WAY TO GO, GIRL!
Congrats! They are so lovely!
Blue Skies,
Charlotte xo
CONGRATULATIONS!!! This is SO awesome! I cut mine out of the magazine and hung it on the fridge. :)
First, I want to say I'm so mad at myself for not knowing that was you in the magazine! I'm a fan of yours, for sure. Tsk tsk for me! Second, for eveyone who missed out on the christmas clearance of candy canes, I just found mini candy canes on Oriental Trading for around $5. Can't wait to try these out!
Congratulations on your awesome feature in Family Fun magazine. Amazing! I made the candy canes and featured them on my site. Pretty sure, i'm leaving the rest of the candy making to you after this attempt! http://holy-craft.blogspot.com/2011/01/candy-cane-heart-suckers.html
Thanks for the inspiration.
Hey i loved this idea and wantd to share with youmy experience. I do a BIG Laugh on Fridays on my blog, please go check it out!!
http://createthelifeyourlllove.blogspot.com/
Thank you!
If anyone is looking for candy canes, I just bought some from Oriental Trading. You get 100 for $5.49. I am waiting for them to be delivered so I can make these fun suckers for my niece and nephew!
These are amazing! Congrats to you for the article…we love Family Fun!
I saw these in Family Fun. Congratulations on being featured.
I am going to share this idea for a curative article I am writing. I will of course be linking directly to this post and not using any portion in my article. I would like to use a picture and link to send people here so they can make these cool pops themselves. My goal is to help spread the word. Please let me know if this would not be okay.
I subscribe to Family Fun and this was my favorite Valentine's Day idea in the whole magazine. Imagine my surprise while surfing around the crafting blogs to find yours here! I had no idea it was from someone outside of Family Fun but now I'm glad I do and that I found your site! Very cool, congrats!
These are completely adorable! I actually featured them on my blog as part of my Fabulous Finds Craft and Recipe Round-Up: Valentine’s Edition! Just thought you’d like to know, and thanks for the awesome idea!
http://veaterfam.blogspot.com/2011/02/fabulous-finds-craft-and-recipe-round.html
Love these! So fun to see in Family Fun!!!
I finally remembered this year to buy mini candy canes at Christmas. I am determined to make these for my MOPs small group moms this year. (With a 5, 2, and 5-month-old, sleep has been lacking here for months now. =)
You say that you should do these on a greased cookie sheet, but it looks like there might be waxed paper underneath the suckers in the picture. Could I do that instead?
COOL IDEA. I’m going to have to try this thanks for sharing
I made these last year for Valentine’s Day and just made them again for Christmas party favors. I put them in little clear bags tied with red cord ribbon and a red jingle bell. Too CUTE!! Thank you for this idea! They are always a hit and everyone is amazed that I made them. (hehe)
Making for Christmas with red & green sprinkles! Great idea!
Tip: I did this last night and made a few mistakes; hope you can avoid these same ones. Those skinny mini candycanes that are not peppermint (Target sold red, pink and blue (cotton candy and blueberry flavored, for example) ones at Christmas) do not work as well. They melt too fast and don’t hold shape.
I recommend a lower oven temperature as well. Other websites recommend 235 degrees. I am getting real white and red peppermint candy canes today and will try this again with 235 degrees and hope for a better outcome :)
The thicker mini candycanes work best. In fact the ones that worked easiest were in plastic wrap with the “Legend of the Candy Cane” printed on them. For some reason, those are the perfect thickness.
Hi Amy!!! I flipped these cute hearts and made Christmas trees for our kiddie xmas parties. Use green, white or red chocolate in the middle! Thanks for the great idea! :) -Cara
What a fantastic idea! I would not have thought of that. Thank you so much for sharing this!!