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!
I don’t share many personal thoughts on my blog either, even when I want to.. I have a hard time putting my serious, personal thoughts in writing. Your post was thoughtful and articulate. I know exactly what you’re talking about when you shared the story of walking into Target. This is something I have discussed at length with my family, and a few close friends. I very much agree that we need to think less about ourselves. The “it’s all about me” mentality is slowly eroding our country. Caring about others, their situation, etc.. and taking a moment to think before you speak or react, can make a world of differences in your own day and the lives of others. Thank you for sharing such a wonderful post.
Beautifully said my friend. Beautifully said. xoxo
My philosophy, too! I am with you!<3
i completely agree- in my post on saturday i wrote “And do everything you can to be a positive influence in the lives of all the people you meet and see on a daily basis, because whether you know it or not, you make a difference…. in the smallest moments, just a smile even, you make a difference.” every little action or missed action makes a difference to someone else and we need to do the best we can to make sure we are a positive force in this world. amen!
I am so so so so sad that someone acted like that with the street crossing situation. :(
I agree – something needs to happen NOW. We need to DO something. I am with you!!!
xoxoxo
Beautiful post. I agree that we need to show more love, compassion, patience and understanding. Life does not have to be this hard, people should not have to experience such evil and endure such heartache.
In this Christmas season, let’s all slow down, look around and find someone we can help, someone we can show love to, a smile, a hug, a word of encouragement. There’s too much pain in this world. It starts with one person, one smile, one hug, let us be the ones to start the change.
YOU ROCK!!!!!! I personally think your “blog” is so appropriate for what needs to happen!!! If every single person took 1 small second to smile (a real deep smile) at a person they met while walking It would help in making the change. You never know what the person you meet is going through. That smile just might redirect their day into something wonderful. About a week and a half ago, I was leaving our local courthouse after picking up my car tabs, when I exited, I met an older gentleman & for some reason I had the biggest smile on my face. That gentleman stopped & said to me “You are way too happy.” My response to him was “It’s a beautiful day & I just felt like smiling.” He said, “nothing wrong with that” & we went on our way. All day long I kept thinking to myself I hope my smile made him think of something good & I had never been told I was way to happy. My intention will be to smile the genuine smile that gives hope & make the world a brighter more loving place to be. Positive attracts positive in every single way.
Merry Christmas to you & yours. Thank you again for your comments today
Well said!
Beautifully written. You expressed so well exactly what I have been thinking the past few days. What happened in Newtown was a horrible, senseless tragedy. And I think our entire society is to blame. We do ALL need to be kinder and more gentle with each other. It is so easy to get wrapped up in our own problems and lives in general, we often forget everyone is struggling with something. And I definitely think parents, in general, need to get more involved with our kids. They are the future of what our world will become. With them being so bombarded with technology and “grown up” stuff every day through the media, we must remember to teach all those morals and values we want them to have as adults.
You are so right!! It is not about the guns, it is about creating a society where people are not driven to such heinous acts. And I agree with you about the media…the sensationalism is ridiculous!! Half the time, the media outlets are in such a rush to get the “news” out that they’re reporting erroneous information, turning themselves into nothing more than tabloids and promoting copycat displays!
So, to answer your question…I am with you!!
Amy
I was a student of yours. I graduated with the class of 99. I enjoyed reading your post. I helped me to realize all the POSITIVE you can make of something tragic. We go through these hardships and trials so we can come away better individuals. I think you are coming away stronger and you are bringing many with you. Your blog is amazing and I am proud to have known you and been taught by you. Your class was my favorite my senior year. :)
Thank you for the reminder to go out and DO something. It was inspiring.
Beautiful post Amy. I am with you!
“PERFECTION!!!” I 110% agree! Thank you. Hugs, jen
To do more and be more… You wrote a beautiful post. I am inspired.
“And although I believe in the power of prayer, I also believe in action. We need to do! We need to be a positive force. If we want change, we have the be the ones who make the change. We can not sit back and wait for someone else to do it. ”
Amen.
Well maybe if your “friend” wasn’t such a slow walker….people wouldn’t have to stop and yell at her. GEEZ! :) (PS….to people that think I’m awful…it was actually me, so don’t write Amy hate mail)
This was a beautiful post Amers. And I know that I love that Primary song Kindness begins with me. I’m the only one I can control. But you, my darling, teach me more about kindness daily than you’ll ever know. And that’s the best way for the world to get better. To get out of ourselves, and be kind to another.
I love you in every way possible.
Such a beautiful, sensible and heartfelt post. I agree with you completely. I am in Sydney. Amongst all the anger and frustration, the grief and desperation, the calls for governments to act, suggestions of the amnesty of weapons, the confusion and anger, we have to realise that at the heart of this is a community and a nation broken. Weapons will always be available to the desperate, to the marginalised, to the victimised, the depressed, the repressed, the abused and the angry. As much as I want guns banned in the US, as they are here, I don’t see that it will solve these problems. Society is sick, it needs to mend itself, we need to care for and fix one another. We have become a world embittered, engulfed by rage, by difference of race and religion, by lack of sympathy and understanding, by hatred and greed. We are a world motivated by money, instant gratification, of rampant consumerism and we have lost our way. The senseless and brutal loss of the lives of these dear little innocent babies is the cruelest fate that could befall a community, a school, a family. It is the worst kind of pain, the worst kind of evil, the worst kind of grief. Nothing can replace the loss of a child. Nothing should. Nothing could. And especially at this time of year, there could be nothing more soul or life destroying. Stockings will remain empty, sacks will be unfilled, presents will lie under the tree unwrapped, not to be opened by the tiny hands of children who were so wickedly, cruelly and violently taken. There is no way to understand, to explain, to justify, to ease the pain. It is a nation’s pain, a world’s pain, it is part of the cancer of society that is eating away at the innocence and beauty that should be allowed to blossom and thrive, but that is blasted into bloody smithereens by the worst of mankind, the worst evil, the worst of everything we have allowed to happen in our world. What is to be done? How do we heal these families? How do we help them? How to we ease their pain? Share their grief? Hold them from afar? Wipe away their tears? Replace the feeling of holding a little child in your arms at night as you read them a story and they drift off to sleep? I don’t know. My heart breaks over and over again. I see their sweet faces, I imagine their parents, siblings, grandparents. Governments will be called on, blamed, urged and rallied to take action, to make change, to retaliate against the evil of the gun wielding devil. But at the heart of this, we need to understand why? What drives people to do this? How do they get to a point where the only feasible option, the only solution, is the senseless slaughter of primary school children ten days before Christmas? What have we done to society, that we have let it come to this? We all need to take responsibility for our world. We all need to make change. We all need to strive to do better, to be better, to reach out, to sympathise, understand and share. This will not be fixed by the actions of one man, this will be fixed by the actions of a world, united in its stand against this kind of brutality and suffering and sadness. So please, make a difference in your life, in your neighbourhood, in your community, your country. Together is the only way to heal, to change, to mend and to stop.
Thank you for sharing your heart:) I’m so with you!
Thank you very much for your post. Every woman with the heart of a mother feels like you.
Nicely put Amy and I think you are perfectly right in asking everyone to start in their own corner of the world. That is how real change needs to begin.
I agree, simple actions to be kind and giving in our daily life. It is about action,our own to do the right thing and it can start with something simple like put the tablet down,or phone and talk.
Thanks Amy.
Thank you for putting into words thoughts so many of us have and find hard to express. You are very dear and a true example of compassion…xoxo
Such a sweet post Amy! Love you! :)
Thank you for this post and the reminder to be a better person!
Thanks, Amy, for putting into words so many of my thoughts.
Yes, love is a verb – to love is to DO
Thanks for your beautiful thoughts.
I really like this post. I just came from a blog that held a thousand word post about this event being the reason that they need to control guns. I do not agree with that at all, although I do like the other blog nonetheless. I completely agree with what you said. People who want to do evil, will find a way.
Thanks for your eloquent post to help us deal with this horrible act. We must not ACT kind in the next few days and then forget it; we must BE kind all the time and try to treat others as if they were part of your family or friends.
The other thing to do is as you say, concentrate on the victims and their lives and also the ones who survived so they get help to deal with these horrors. The media could give one time the name of the shooter and then forget about that person so there is no more way for them to be remembered and glorified forever.
The first school shooting was in 1927 in Bath Michigan. I had never heard of it, but there was a tremendous loss of life in that one.
Love and peace to all, Mary Beth
Beautifully said!
Thank you, Amy!! You said perfectly what my mind has tried to communicate to my mouth. I a with you :)
Thanks Amy for your beautiful words and I couldn’t agree more! We all do need to do a little more and be a little kinder and think of others just a little more often!
So beautifully written and I think what many of us are thinking and feeling. Thank you so much for being part of the change we need.
Wonderful post. Thank you so much for sharing.
Thank you for sharing your sweet post. I’m with you 100 percent! I’ve been sick for those who lost sweet innocent children, sisters, spouses, mothers and teachers. I think our society is in a devastating place right now. We need to be kinder, selfless, caring and patient. My motto is ” try to be kinder!”
I hope something good will come out of this. My prayer is simply this, that we can learn something and try to be kinder especially to those who are struggling. And those dear people in Newtown will be in my thoughts and prayers, that they will find peace.
I used the same quote by Mr. Rogers on my blog the other day too. You’re right, this world needs more kindness… more “helpers”.
May another tragedy like this never happen again.
Well said Amy. What great thoughts and a great plan to take action. You are amazing!
Amy,
Beautifully put! I agree and will take your challenge. Thanks for posting and being brave enough to share your voice!
Great post…. very well said.
Well said! I agree 100%
I support you all the way. Beautifully said. Well done Amy!