The Clutter Coach

12/15/2025

What is your clutter cost you? Great blog post.

NAPO Get Organized & Be Productive Blog

04/02/2025

Two of my organizing eBooks are now available as audiobooks on Amazon/Audible!

Organizing: Paper Management at Home: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3BJF6PZ

Get Organized! A Collection of How-to Organizing Articles: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0F3BQDKV2

01/15/2025

January is GO (Get Organized) Month!

This Saturday, January 18, Barbara Tischler, the owner of The Clutter Coach, will be representing NAPO Chicago at the "Ask a Pro Organizer" table at the Oak Brook location of The Container Store from 10 am to noon. Come see Barbara!

12/07/2024

Got this from a client. Good advice!

11/29/2023

Yes, you CAN learn to be organized! And I love Dr. Ferrari. He was a past speaker for NAPO Chicago!

Think you weren’t born with the neatness gene? Experts say tidiness, like messiness, is learned, and that almost anyone can become better organized.

10/05/2023

23% of respondents said they let emails pile up and deal with them later. If that is you, I can help you - either in person or virtually!

09/24/2023

Love it! Toilet paper tubes can also be used to hold hair bands and bracelets. Paper towel tubes can be place inside floppy, tall boots to keep them upright.

Don't be so quick to toss it in the recycling!

04/10/2023

We love this method of decluttering! She throws everything out of place onto the bed. Then she goes through the pile, putting things away. When she gets distracted or tired of the work, she reminds herself to keep going until the pile is gone, because otherwise, WHERE WILL SHE SLEEP TONIGHT?

It’s an ingenious way to clean.

04/05/2023

We are happy to announce our 20-year NAPO (National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals) Golden Circle anniversary this month!

Golden Circle is a prestigious designation for NAPO members who have been in business as productivity or organizing professionals for at least five years and who have been NAPO members for at least one year. We have been in business and a NAPO member since 1996!

12/07/2022

Great article about maintaining organization!

Following this method takes some time to get used to, but once you do, it's a complete game changer. Here's how to implement the "one touch rule" in your life.

12/01/2022

Excellent way to stay on top of clutter in your house - always take something with you to put away when you move from one room to another!

Up until age 88, you could find my Greece-born grandmother always carrying something if she was walking around. A cup from another room. A bit of trash she was taking out from a small trash can in the bathroom. A pencil that ended up on a kitchen counter. She had one rule that serves me well today,....

03/07/2022

Study finds connection between ADHD and hoarding

In a recent study, it was found that people with ADHD have a significantly higher frequency of hoarding symptoms.