Janice Russell
CPO-CD, COC, M.Ed.
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Organizer Coach Expert
Janice Russell Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Facilitating organization with lasting results with clients in business or residential settings who are affected by chronic disorganization, AD/HD and related challenges.
- Best Sellers
- Get Organized This Year!
- Career Focus
- Speaker, Organizer Coach, Author
- Affiliation
- Institute for Challenging Disorganization, National Association of Professional Organizers, Coach Approach for Organizers
Developer of the Flexible Structure Method™, Janice and her team at Minding Your Matters® has an impressive reputation for helping clients achieve “flow.” “Flow” as Janice calls it, is the blissful state of having an organizational process that supports your life and lifestyle. A Certified Professional Organizer in Chronic Disorganization, Janice is also a Certified Organizer Coach and the author of “Get Organized This Year!” Janice’s practical and caring approach to organizing is the basis of her high-content live workshops and webinars. Janice is a Golden Circle Member of National Association of Professional Organizers and Program Mentor Coach for the Institute for Challenging Disorganization. She serves the organizational needs and challenges of both business and residential clients, as well as provides training intensives for fellow organizers nationwide. To enjoy meaningful tips and gain immediate access to all of Janice valuable resources, please visit her website at www.MindingYourMatters.com. To schedule a consultation or request Janice to speak please call 919-467-7058.
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From Habits to Freedom
How many times have you heard someone say, “I never have enough time!”? Maybe you have even said it yourself. I hate to break the news to you...we all have the same amount of time: 24 hours in a day which means 168 hours per week. There is nothing that anyone can do to change it. For some people that is the bad news. There is good news, however. You are in charge of your time.
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Boundaries Lead to Wellness
May is Family Wellness Month. Whether you are a family of one or a family of ten or more, there are a number of ways that you can enhance wellness in your life. This article will speak to wellness in terms of mental health as it relates to a functional space and calendar.
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Conquer Stuff Addiction
Most people associate the word “addict” with alcohol or drugs. Reality is that people can become addicted to either a substance or a behavior. As a professional organizer, I work with many clients who are addicted to stuff. What does this look like? Here are some of the signs: o more stuff enters a space than leaves a space o the urge to have the “latest and greatest” is strong o shopping is used as a type of therapy o although clutter may bother a person, it doesn’t affect the person enough to stop acquiring new items
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Archive Your Past Tax Documents
Whew! The tax deadline is behind us! Now, it's time to figure out what to do with that pile of papers covering the desk or dining room table. Not sure where to start? There is an easy way to archive taxes to ensure that you are withi IRS rules. Plus, you don't really have to think about it much each year. First, purchase a box of two-inch box-bottom hanging folders at your local office supply store. Whether they are colored or not is up to you.
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Rebuild Through Organizing
Has your life gotten out of kilter in some way? Maybe your job doesn’t excite you anymore or you don’t have a job and want one. Perhaps you want to spend more time with family or friends or doing a hobby you really enjoy. Possibly there is something that you have always wanted to do that you haven’t done yet. June is Rebuild Your Life Month. No, I really don’t make these “holidays” up! Let’s take a look at one crucial piece necessary in the rebuilding process.
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Increase Organization through Listening
While listening doesn't sound like something required to organize, it actually is an important part of reaching your organizing goals.
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What Your Organization or Disorganization Will Say About You
When people leave this world, they always leave a legacy. The legacy might be food, clothing or shelter for those less fortunate. It might be a building used to educate others. The legacy might be children who solve major world problems. These are the bigger legacies. The more obvious ones. Since we all leave a legacy, here are some of the less obvious ones: 1. The person who donated goods to a local soup kitchen each week. 2. Someone who consistently dropped off clothes & household items to a homeless shelter.
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Organizing: Tasks v. Projects
Do you feel like you never get to the end of your to-do list? Are there some to-do items that seem to move from list to list? Do you track things to be done on one list, multiple pieces of paper, an electronic device, or in your head? One crucial factor in getting organizing is using time wisely. While there are a myriad of ways to approach the 24 hours you are allotted each day, this month we will concentrate on developing a new habit. And the new habit is: learn to differentiate between tasks and projects.
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Three Steps to Disaster Prep
A hurricane or tornado is on the way, what should you grab so that you can rebuild your life if necessary? Someone dies unexpectedly, what should they have in place to make it easier for their relatives? Many believe that a natural, weather-related, or man-made disaster won’t affect them. And after-the-fact they regret that they didn’t make any contingency plans. Even if you know that you need to have an emergency arrangement in place, the task of creating such a plan may feel daunting. Let’s see if we can break the process down into doable steps. Step #1: Establish a Plan.
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Stuffed Turkeys, Stuffed Animals, Stuffed Calendars
I love my Mom’s stuffing! I can’t wait for Thanksgiving and Christmas so I can eat some. But there is one kind of stuffing I don’t like around the holidays: an overstuffed calendar. Stuffing (or dressing) is one thing, stuffed animals are great, but a stuffed calendar just leads to overwhelm. How can you feel the joy of the holidays if you’re experiencing calendar overwhelm? I’m going to give you the bottom-line first. Are you ready?
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Things, Things and More Things
No one can miss the fact that the holiday season is upon us. We all know that this time of year is filled with shopping, parties, decorating, stress for some, and peace for others. Lurking in the back of many people’s minds are thoughts related to Things. All of us interact with Things, whether work or personal objects, each day. During the holidays we have additional Things to keep track of. For example, we have Things for decorating, Things to buy for others, Things for baking special recipes, and Things we will receive from others. Whew! That is lots of Things!
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Develop the Details to Get Organized This Year
Want to get organized this year? “Getting organized” is one of the most popular New Year’s Resolutions. Let’s bring your desire for organization into reality by developing a plan. Go ahead and groan, but without a destination, you don’t know how to get there. You may have heard of SMART goals: Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Realistic, and Timely. Without becoming overwhelmed or too legalistic, you can make SMART organizing goals.
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"If you bring something into your space that doesn't have a home, it is immediately clutter!" - Janice Russell
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- Listen to the audio Stop Stuff Overwhelm, download a monthly organizing checklist and access Matter Minder Organizing Tips FREE
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