When do I need to call in a professional organizer?
You need to call in a professional if you feel that the job is just way too big for you to tackle. If you feel that you don't have the time to tackle it, but you really want to become organized, you need help in doing it, then an organizer is like any other professional that you would call in. We're there to guide you, to give you a jumpstart, and sometimes we're there to just do it for you and help you set up a system so that you can maintain it. You need to determine whether or not that's something that is important to you. To have a professional come in, or you want to tackle it yourself. I also think that a lot of times when I come in, it's because someone just wants somebody there to help them. They want someone to guide them, and they're more than willing to do the work themselves. In fact, they want to do it themselves because they want to feel that sense of accomplishment. But, they also want someone to say, "That's right. Let's do it like this." Or, now, "let's do this." I see myself more as a coach in those situations than as someone who's really coming in and taking charge and doing it all myself.
