Renee Ursem
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Professional Organizer Expert
Renee Ursem Quick Facts
- Main Areas
- Organization of Home and Office
- Career Focus
- Consultant, Business Owner, Author, Speaker
- Affiliation
- Whittier College Alumna, Lesley University Alumna, National Association of Professional Organizers, Faithful Organizers, Mothers In Business Network
Renee Ursem, Professional Organizer, started Get It Together, LLC in Las Vegas to help people lea how to organize and maintain their spaces.
An accomplished author and speaker, Renee is a member of NAPO (National Association of Professional Organizers). She has a Masters Degree in education and spent 15 years teaching middle school. Professional Organizing combines her love of teaching with her talent for organization.
As a Professional Organizer, her job is to help, not judge. She sees the big picture and directs the process. She works beside clients, helping them set up their own systems. She listens to how they feel about their stuff. She encourages them where they are, helps them through rough spots, and moves them to where they need to be. Together, they get it done effectively.
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Getting Things Done
I’ve been thinking a lot about getting things done. I have been updating the content on my website, and it is taking WAY longer than it “should.” I know I’m not alone. My clients are struggling with the same thing. Most of them have long lists—often multiple lists—of things that they “should” get done but never seem to get around to them. So what do we do? Let’s start with the “to do” list itself. Most people make one list of everything they want, need, or feel they should do and then feel guilty when it all doesn’t get done.
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Organizing While You Are There
Opportunities exist each day to either clear away a small amount of clutter or maintain an existing space. Taking these small opportunities to organize a little at a time reduces the need to spend hours later “getting organized.” I call it organizing “While You Are There.”
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Helping Others Get Organized
People often ask how to get their kids, spouse, friend, roommate, or parent organized. They are often frustrated by others’ clutter and may have given “helpful” advice: “If you would just get organized…” The less organized person’s response (if they had one) would sound something like this: “If I knew how to get organized, I would have done so already!” So how do we help the less-organized people in our lives? The following techniques are designed to help you (or someone you know) begin to get organized:
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What's In It For Me? Is Organizing Really Worth It?
Is it really worth the time (and sometimes money) to get organized? I get asked that question a lot, both out loud and through body language. After all, some argue, I’ve gotten along this long. What’s the big deal? On the other hand, others confess: • I spent an hour looking for _______ this morning (and didn’t find it). • I can’t seem to get anything done lately. I don’t know where to begin. • I keep buying more _____ when I know I have it here somewhere. • I feel guilty when I take time to organize. Shouldn’t I be doing something productive?
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Getting Ahead of the Game--Holiday Shopping Made Easy
Christmas decorations have begun to appear in stores and malls all over the country. People are already starting to think about (and stress over) gift-giving, and it’s only October. Do we need to panic? Can selecting a gift for someone be easy? While it may always be difficult to find a present for picky Aunt Mildred, the gift-buying (or gift-making if you are crafty) experience can be made easier and less painful:
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Organizing for a Move
Everyone, it seems, is moving. It might be a small move, relocating items from one place to another, like when buying a car or a large piece of furniture. It could be moving the contents of one room to another. It might be moving entire home or office across the city or country. Whether gaining or losing space, the task can be daunting. I have done my share of moving. As an Air Force “brat,” I moved several times as a kid and teenager, back and forth in college, between different apartments in my 20s, in and out of classrooms as a teacher, and five years ago with a two-year-old in tow.
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Getting It Together For the Holidays
Can you feel it in the air? The buzz begins November 1 as the Halloween pumpkins come down and the Christmas decorations go up. The whole country shifts into high gear as everyone starts asking whether you’ve gotten your shopping done. (For the record, mine is half done.) Here are some tips to help simplify and streamline holiday preparations (and reduce stress levels): • Focus on what’s important. Family? Friends? Faith, peace, simplicity, staying within your budget? Your focus will help determine what to say yes and no to this busy season. • Plug in important dates.
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One New Habit
Happy New Year! Each year brings the possibility of change. Even though we can make changes at any point in the year, each January we start out the year with a list of good intentions. Yet, 30 days later, most of our well-laid plans for change have been set aside. We try to make too many big changes in a short amount of time. We get a good start, life interrupts, and we throw up our hands: “I give up! I just can’t __________!” This year instead of taking on a huge self-improvement program, develop just one of the following habits to become more organized:
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What's in My Garage?
Last summer I moved into a new house. We sold our 1288-sq. ft. home, which I had lived in for 13 years, and moved into one that is almost twice the size at just under 2300 sq. ft. Many people might have been tempted to just box up their belongings and move. After all, a bigger house means more space, right? Not necessarily.
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Trying to Do it All
I have come to the realization that I can’t do it all. No matter how organized I am, how many lists I make, or how well I manage my time, I will never be able to do all the things in the time that I have. I have felt this way for a while. Years. Probably most of my adult life, but more since the birth of my daughter two years ago. I have noticed this in my clients (successful small business owners) as well. They have long lists of tasks that don’t get completed, leaving them feeling overwhelmed and defeated.
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Maximizing Your Time
I keep thinking that one day there will be more time in the day to get things done. My daughter started first grade this fall. For years I heard about all the time I would have once she was in school for a full day. Some suggested that I might even get bored. Yeah…hasn’t happened. Sure, I do have more time to work, a good thing, but a child in school requires more time in other ways. And I definitely have not been bored.
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Just One Thing This Holiday Season
The push to get started on holiday shopping and planning starts earlier every year. Right after Halloween, images of parka-clad shoppers and ornaments decorated with sale items dance across our screens, urging us to shop early. A woman in my husband’s office asked if he was ready for the holidays—in early November!
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Favorite Quotes & Thoughts from Renee Ursem
There is no one "right" way to organize. However, there are more effective and efficient ways to organize.
It's not the products that get you organized; it's the process.
Everyone needs help at some point. My job is to help, not judge.
Done is better than perfect. --Matt LeBlanc