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!
Stop Drowning in Household Clutter
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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!
Thank you for the recipe and printables! I usually order mine from a local gal. But, WOW, how easy. I like mine rolled in sea salt. Thanks again.
You are so welcome! What a great idea to roll it in salt! I hadn’t thought of that!
I grease the pan with butter. To “unseat” the caramels, after they’re cool, put your pan inside another pan with about a 1/2 inch of hot hot tap water. Wait 3 minutes or more, then remove your caramel pan from the water. .Run a knife around all the edges. It should slide easily. I cut and remove one row, then I remove the entire slab with a baker’s blade, aka dough scraper. You can also cut rows and remove.
Great tips!
Hi thanks but what are cups in oz or grams would love to make these
1 cup = 8 ounces
Dee-Thank You!
What microwave wattage? Mine is a 1200. Will I need to reduce power or time?
No, that should be just fine.
Hi there, quick question: should the pan be ‘greased’ with butter or shortening? Thanks, T
Butter or a spray like Pam.
How long do they take to set?
About 2 hours. I put mine in the refrigerator to speed it up.
Hi,
I’m excited to try with my daughter. Can this recipe be cooked on the stove? We don’t use a microwave?
Please provide cook times.
Thanks and Merry Christmas!
Yes. Enjoy
You will need to cook it to a Firm-Ball Stage which will be about 245° F–250° F on a candy thermometer.
Are those mini white paper bags? Where can you find those?
I just found those at a local craft store. They are similar to these on amazon. http://amzn.to/1Nd2NMj
I just made these. The recipe is unbelievably easy…especially compared to the way I’m used to making them…standing over a double boiler, stirring, and watching the thermometer for the right “stage” Thank you!!
So glad you liked them. Yes! They are so easy!!
If I was to make these on the stove top, what would be the cooking time and heat? Does it have to come to a certain temperature? I don’t have a microwave.
Thanks for your help, sounds yummy and fun, can’t wait to try them!
You will need to cook it to a Firm-Ball Stage which will be about 245° F–250° F on a candy thermometer.
This is a wonderful gift idea! Can these be re-heated and then used as a dip? Thanks!
They can be reheated and melted, but the caramel gets hard fairly quickly so it isn’t great as a dip unless used right away while warm.
Just an FYI – if you have a 1200 watt microwave 6 minutes is too long.
How long are these good for after making them? How should they be stored?
They should last up to a month in an air tight container.
Is there a substitute for Corn Syrup? Honey Maybe?
unsalted butter? or regular?
can brown rice syrup be used in place of corn syrup? We have allergies to corn.
I would think it would work but I have not tried it. So not sure.
Oh my goodness~ you saved Christmas! I made this last night and it turned out perfect. I’m used to standing over the stove every year making it the old way and it’s so time consuming. I make millionaires, which is caramel w/nuts dipped in chocolate. When I tried it last night I added nuts to it and it turned out wonderful! 6 minutes saves me sooo much candy making time! And no one knows how easy it is. It tastes just like my old one. Thank you so much for sharing!
If you microwave varies, how do you know when the caramel is ready to be taken out?
It will be bubbly and a nice dark yellow (brownish) caramel color!
Can you add chocolate, like chocolate chips, to make chocolate caramels?
I have not tried that. Not sure if that would work or not. Sorry.
Ok, thanks :)
Looks yum!! What effect is the microwave ??
Helle- The microwave speeds up the process.
Hi ! Thank you very much for the recipe and pintables. It is a good idea for a Christmas gift. Big kiss from Portugal
Thank you for this lovely recipe, just a quick question. If the caramels is still very grainy did I cook it for too long or too short ? I live in South Africa so we don’t have corn syrup but google said to use maple syrup instead ??
Would a 9×9 pan work?
Kelsey, yes that should work just great.
I made these today and they taste great! Thank you for the recipe. The one issue that I have is the caramel sticks to the 8 x 8 pan even though I sprayed it with coconut oil. Do you have any suggestions as to how I can avoid the caramel sticking to the pan?
Beth- Have you ever tried parchment paper. It seems to work great.
So I never make replies to these things, ever. This is a first! But these are dangerous! They are so easy and tasty! Caramels are my favorite ever and I’m picky about them. These are perfect!
Thank you! I am so glad you love them! They are super dangerous! This is why we only make them at the holidays! :)
Below is a Dairy Free Substitute for Sweetened Condensed Milk
Dairy-Free Sweetened Condensed Milk
1½ cups non-dairy milk (I used homemade coconut milk)
½ cup sweetener (I used this coconut sugar and this evaporated cane juice)
1 tsp vanilla extract.
Thank you so much for this easy recipe! I love Caramel but do not want to stand over the stove for them to maybe come out right, at least if I don’t get it right, hardly any time has been invested, though I don’t think thee will be a problem with these. Thank you for printable labels as well! Have a wonderful Holiday…
Ginger- Thank you!
Hi Amy – How large did you cut the pieces and how many did you get in an 8 x 8 pan?
Joan- I cut then into about 1.5 inch squares. You can get about 12-16 pieces.
Are these labels compatible to an Avery label? Then I would just need to peel and stick.
Thanks!
Lisa- They should work just fine.
Thank you, I love the labels!
Brooke-Thank you!
I was hesitant to try these because I was concerned about the caramels sticking. When using parchment paper, do you spray or butter that parchment paper or is the parchment paper by itself fine?
Margaret- The parchment paper is all you need. It’s the BEST!
Homemade Caramels are the best! Can’t wait to make these and add them to our Christmas Plates!
Jenny- Thank you!
Amy, you are amazing! I don’t know when you have time to come up with all of your ideas, but I love them. I’ve printed so many of your recipes. Thank you so much for sharing. I’m definitely going to make some.
Penny- Thank you!
Wow, I love how easy these are!!
Lauren, Thank You!
Homemade caramels are the best!! They are so soft & chewy & the best!
Thank you!
You had me at 6 minutes! Perfect for holiday gift giving!
Becca- Thank you.
Can you put nuts in them?Darleen
Darleen-I would say that would be fine. Sounds delicious!
Easiest & quickest recipe ever!! We love these all year round!
Kristyn- They really are so quick to make!
Love that these are soft & chewy!! There is nothing worse than biting into a hard caramel.
Natalie- I love that they are soft too!