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
Transform your space without the overwhelm. Join The Balanced Home Course for a step-by-step system to get your home organized and keep it that way for good.
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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!
You are not loosing us! I read every post you put up, and I am such a nerd I actually take notes. I have learned a ton from the information that you put up. Like weaning myself off auto mode! Keep it coming.
Thanks this is really helpful! I am trying to switch to RAW however i am having problems and hope you can help! When I upload my photos they go straight into iphoto where is lists them as RAW files then I drag them onto my desktop before I open them in photoshop and for some reason they switch to jpegs. Also I dont even know how to get into the RAW program – help please!
I've been hestitant to use RAW because I thought "what's the benefit" – – but the whole editing mulitple pics at once – that's worth trying!! Mandy, http://www.craftedition.blogspot.com
I love your tutorials! They are so helpful. This is stuff that I have always wondered about but never understood. Finally I can try to use my DSLR for something other than a point and shoot camera in auto mode. Thanks so much!!!
I love these posts!!! They are awsome and super informative!!
Thank you! I am loving your tutorials! I haven't tried RAW yet. This helps a lot!
I'm still here! I've read your posts and tagged them and trying to try them, but going slow. But I'm determined to learn. Thanks for all your hard work!
Please, please, please keep posting! I am a beginner, but am dying to learn this stuff. It is intimidating, but you are helping give me the confidence I need to keep at it. Many thanks and bless you!!!
Love the knowledge. I am working with my Canon lately and trying to figure things out for real. This is pretty pathetic because I've had it for over a year. So yes, this is all helping.
This was VERY helpful, thank you. I didn't really understand the benefit of shooting in raw until now. Being able to edit a bunch of pictures at once is fantastic…you may have convinced me to give it a shot!
Keep the posts coming, I appreciate the tips.
Kelsey ([email protected])
I am following your posts! Keep them coming! I second Sharon, I can't even find where/how to pull it up in Bridge?!?! A little more help?
thanks!
I just stumbled on your posts on photography. I am excited to start experimenting and learning more….going back to the beginning of your posts. I tried to add your button to my blog but it isn't showing the picture of your button but the script when I view it. Do you have any suggestions on how to fix this. I am new to blogging and not sure how to fix it. Thanks!
I love your posts! I don't have an SLR yet…but still enjoy reading about photography. I still have used some of your tips with just my point and shoot camera, but of course some don't apply. Many of your posts are book marked so I can refer back to them. :)
Thanks!
I look forward to your posts every week! I LOVE your tips and you explain everything so well! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with a newbie like me!
I recently came across your blog and have loved a lot of the things I have found so far. I have linked to your blog from mine. Thanks for the great ideas and inspiration.
What is the bridge program? Is that something you bought for your pictures?? I have skimmed all the articles, but plan to read in depth soon. I play with my Canon all the time just to see what effects I can get.
Amy [email protected]
Glad I haven't lost some of you! If it were me reading a post with a bunch of screen shots, I might have clicked off the page!
Ok, lets see if I can answer some questions. I did have to change my method of "dumping" images onto my computer when I switched to RAW. The only time I can see my RAW thumbnail is in photoshop, not on my computer tab. That might require screen shots for that–will you email me your questions (Sharon) and it will remind me to do that.
Bridge is a secondary program within the "higher forms" of photoshop. I think it came out with cs2 (which is what I use). It opens up a second window on the computer screen.
Jess, do you have Cs2? When I am in photoshop, I click on an icon in the top middle/right that looks like a folder with magnifying glass. I know there is another way, but can't remember. On my last screen shot of this post, you can see it just to the left of the brushes tab. Email me if you can't find it.
I love these posts! Thank you.
I wish I could shoot RAW but I only have PSE8. I have heard of just getting a raw converter. Do you have any thoughts on that or advice?
Love it! You have such great insight. Thank you!
Thank you soo much for sharing your valuable knowledge with us!
Definitely not losing me. Your way of explaining things is wonderful and very helpful. I had heard of RAW. Knew it was something I would one day explore. But this post definitely is pushing me to do it sooner than later. Thank you!
Love it!!! Thank you so much for sharing all of this awesome information.
once again, another great picture post!!! thanks for all the RAW info! i really appreciate you doing these tutorials! they are super helpful and full of info! =)
I love these posts, not lost here! Thanks for doing these posts.
You can definitely still shoot RAW if you don't have a higher photoshop. There is software out there (and some free) but I haven't used it:)
Thanks this is really helpful!
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I LOVE your posts. I have photoshop ele. 8 and just getting down the basics. I don't have a fancy camera, just a point and shoot kodak, but I love editing to make them even a little better. I refer back to your posts A LOT. The fancy camera stuff goes over my head but I am still reading!!!!
I LOVE your posts! I've learned so much and, if it's possible, made me love my rebel even more. Keep the posts coming, I'm learning SO much!
Your not losing me!! I'm loving all these tips. Some of them are a bit over my young phtography mind but I've been trying out some of your tid-bits such as getting the light or sun in their eyes. I grabbed your button and you should feel special because I am not a button whore. I only grab the ones I really really like and feel like others need to see!
I really enjoy these posts. Thanks for keeping them going!
thanks for sharing so many wonderful things about photography! Keep it coming. I read every post and love it!
Love your posts! You are helping me SOOOO much :)
I love your tutorial and I have learned a ton. Thank you for the time you put in them. Now I have a question how do you get creative color on your pictures? Sometimes I've seen really cool color effects with really vibrant color but I have no clue as how to get those effects or the names of the effects. Would you make a tutorial on different color effects and how to get them please, please, please
Thank you so much! I am loving all the help. Stupid question. How do I view my pictures I shoot in RAW without opening them in photoshop?
Just found your photography post and I think they're wonderful! Very useful and informative :D I have run into a snag with this post here….. I have photoshop CS3. I see the button to open up bridge but it keeps giving me an error. Do I need to do something to the RAW images prior to opening up Bridge? When I try opening up a RAW file it tells me this file is not supported. Also, there are so many RAW settings on my Canon 50D that I'm not sure which one to use?!?!?!
Thank you so much for all your wonderful information!
Wow, this answers so many questions for me! I’m a beginner photographer, but working SO hard on improving my skills.
I have been shooting in RAW for a few days as I am experimenting with exposure.. But I take hundreds of pictures per day. At this rate, I have outgrown my laptop’s memory, my Dropbox, cloud storage and I’ve almost filled up our USB external drive.
Would you be willing to share your ‘process’? What do you do with all these files so that you can find them again and they don’t cost you thousands of dollars in storage?
I’m so excited to have found your site — thank you for such great information!!!