Get Organized Pittsburgh

As a Professional Organizer and Certified Family Manager Coach I see people trying to cope with basic life skills daily and truly struggle. I often tell clients that “there is no model for managing a household today”. Our mothers and grandmother did not have to deal with the shear amount of information that we need to deal with on a daily basis. Our parents memorized phone numbers by the first three letters of the area and the four digit. Now we have at least 3 numbers to remember for most people we encounter and probably a different number for each family member. Not to mention email addresses! We are overloaded with media, opportunities and technology. All of this blurs our ability to prioritize and handle day to day living. Organizing and Family Management Assessment help people diagnose areas where they need help and then we teach people how to better mange their time and space and to be more aligned with what is most important.

GENERAL HANDINESS
Does anyone remember old typewriters with movable keys and hit the ribbon to make a mark on your paper? How about a wind up alarm clock or knobs that change channels? We grew up where you could see how things work. The mechanics were evident and everywhere. At least we had wires that connected a machine the thing that controlled it. Evidence of how things actually work is hidden today. Printers somehow magically spit ink onto a page (I think?), remotes turn things on from across the room, led displays silently tell time and we are all connected wirelessly by cell phones! Our kids have no exposure to mechanics and how things work. They are designed to be hidden and therefore there is no curiosity or wonder instilled by just watching machines work. They won’t pick it up naturally; it will have to be taught.