Organizing for Beautiful Living: Home Organizing Tips, Sustainable Organizing Tips, Decluttering Tips, and Time Management Tips for Working Moms and Busy Moms

Does this title give you hope? I hope so! I've got 3 strategies for you to try out, and they don't involve chore charts or sticker rewards! These are 3 strategies that have worked for me to get my kids on board with keeping their things in order: Model the Behavior Use Reward Language Create Habits and Routines Now, these are not magic-wand strategies, and they take time to work. But if...

Do you feel like you're drowning in huge plastic bins full of kids' outgrown clothes? So much so, that you actually don't want to dig in them for the next size your child will fit into? The trick is to find that balance between saving money by keeping clothes to reuse, and adapting to the space you have available to store these clothes easily and efficiently, so that you'll act...

Have you finished back-to-school shopping yet? Have you even started? It's only July, but I suggest that working moms plan and prepare for back-to-school now to avoid back-ordered items, or not finding the right color folders at the last minute! In this episode, I'm sharing my Back-To-School Readiness Guide which covers 3 areas: School supplies School uniforms and clothing Backpacks and...

Are you looking for that perfect piece of furniture, but you’re afraid to take the plunge to buy it because, well, what if you don’t like it next year? What if our style changes? Or what if it doesn't look good in your room once it gets to your house? This is where Furniture-As-A-Service can help. Not only can you rent unique, designer-style, high quality furniture, you're also supportin...

Do you feel you never have enough time to keep your spaces tidy? You’ve invested your time, energy and money into getting your home organized. You work all day and Uber the kids to all their activities, and you manage to get dinner on the table. So how can you keep your house in order, and keep it from feeling cluttered again? I have 10 one-minute tasks that you can do to immediately make your hou...

Is it frustrating to get dressed for work every morning? You realize you’d love to declutter and organize your closet, but you just don’t have the time or energy to check if you love every t-shirt and blouse in your wardrobe right now. If that sounds like you, then speed-decluttering your closet is a great option. The best part is that it’s completely risk-free! I’ll tell you how to declutter your...

Bamboo is marketed as the miracle solution, the eco-friendly and sustainable alternative to plastic organizing products. But we're facing a dilemma: not all bamboo is equally environmentally friendly! In this episode, I explain this dilemma and share what a truly sustainable solution can be for us as we look for organizing products for our homes. Resources mentioned in this episode: B-Corps f...

You're a busy working mom, and you want to have an organized home that really reflects YOU. But how do you work with me, or any professional home organizer, to get that done? In this episode, I lay out the 3 ways to work with me: In-Home Organizing (the done-for-you option) Virtual Organizing (the one-on-one option that is a bit more DIY) My Online Group Organizing Program, Streamline & S...

"What's for dinner?"  Guess what: you'll always have an answer to that question if you do meal planning. In this episode, I share my 8 tips to make meal planning easy. It's the final episode of the Make Summer Easy series! You'll learn: When the best time is to create you meal plan each week  How I choose what exactly to make What not  to do when picking recipes How t...

Who else hates doing laundry? Who else hates doing laundry IN SUMMER? I see you all raising your hands out there! We're continuing our Make Summer Easy series with 3 of my tips to make "laundry" not a bad word anymore.  Plus, I send you off with a bonus 4th tip that has helped me out so much with my laundry woes. Tip 1: Find the clothes you own that don't require ironing, and u...

Continuing our Make Summer Easy series of episodes, this week I'm sharing 3 at-home activities that will keep your kids engaged and entertained independently for a while to allow you to work. These are the 3 ideas to try: Create a 3-task morning routine An in-home camping setup Balloon games All the details are in the episode! Would you let me know the at-home summer activities that have work...

Summer is (almost) here! This is the first of our Make Summer Easy series of episodes, which will be released over the next several weeks. These short episodes will give you little steps you can take to make your summer more enjoyable, more rejuvenating, and will allow you to reclaim some time in your dummer days. In today's episode, I share 3 tips to make summer outings with the kids easier:...

Studies show a clear connection between clutter in your  home office, and your job satisfaction and overall well-being. You know you need to get your desk in order...but how? In this episode, I walk you through the exact steps to get your home office space decluttered. You'll hear about: The top 3 clutter-causing items in home offices of remote workers The steps to decluttering your desktop W...

This episode is for you if: You used to love cooking, but now cooking feels like a chore You don't feel inspired to prepare a meal on busy weeknights, or You're frustrated by your cluttered and messy fridge and want to know how to keep it organized! You'll learn the simple steps to take to organize your fridge and freezer, and keep them organized, in 10-minute chunks of time. This i...

If your home doesn't feel "styled", and you're struggling with what to put up on the walls, or what to display on your mantel, I have two tips in this episode to help you with that: Take the Organizing Personality quiz to find out which personality you are, how to use your strengths within that category to help you declutter more quickly, and style your rooms more easily, and T...

We're celebrating Earth Day this week, and so here are two ways to clean chemical clutter from your home: Remove some PFAS-containing products and personal-care items from your home, and  Declutter your cleaning and disinfecting supplies Making the distinction between cleaning and disinfecting cleared up which cleaning products I should keep, and which I could get rid of. You can look up ingr...

We make mental maps every day, and sometimes, these mental maps of the stuff we try to keep track of can overload our minds! And that causes stress – not to mention, we can’t remember where we put that very important things we were SURE we wouldn’t forget! That’s why I use The Simple Single - the single location to store each type of thing in our homes. Once we get this down, then we can branch ou...

In this debut episode, I explore the sustainable way to a clutter-free home. Get ready to transform your space with the CLEAR framework! CLEAR is the easy way to remember the 5 steps to organize your home: Clarify: Envision your ideal living space and lifestyle Limit: Set boundaries for the stuff you own Edit: Make thoughtful decisions about what stays and what goes Assign Homes: Contain your stuf...

Hey there, working mom! Welcome to the very first episode of the Order Meets Style podcast! I'm Zee Siman, your guide for all things organizing and productivity. If you want to organize your home, simplify your surroundings and live a bit more sustainably, you're in the right place! This podcast is perfect for you if: Your clutter is getting the better of you You're drowning in to-d...