Lauren Williams's (casualuncluttering) Blog

Big fluffs, little fluffs, no fluff. I meet A LOT of pets for work. Chihuahuas, Greyhounds, Schipperkes, old-fashioned mutts, pure-bred Abyssinian cats which looked like they'd been dipped in gold flakes - most astonishingly beautiful creatures I've ever seen. Bearded Dragons, chameleons, koi. Th...

Meet Jacob Lawrence, I Make Work Fun, another 2021 Playful Creative Summit participant. Someone who wears a Spiderman costume to a presentation and coaches businesses to apply "Strategic Fun" to solve workplace challenges. I want to start this review with an explicit statement that I'm broadly in...

One of my former clients texted today, showing off an absolutely adorable moose of a just-adopted-from-a-shelter dog. I admit, unabashedly, I started crying. A competent, seasoned Organizer doesn’t come into a client’s home and start wondering where the pretty baskets go. A qualified Organizer co...

You're More Creative Than You Think, Diego Pulido's theme for his 2021 Playful Creative Summit discussion with Alyea Sandovar, was delightfully motivating. He emphatically reminded his listeners that creativity doesn't have to involve paint brushes or massive slabs of stone. It can be invoked wit...

During Creative Marketing Tactics To Propel Your Social Purpose, Adriana Dakin and Abigail Ahoude, Co-Leaders of ImaginePod, encouraged their 2021 Creative Playful Summit audience, while interviewing with Alyea Ssandovar, to: (1) figure out what you're good at, and find people who complement you ...

I love just saying the "T...T...T.." part of Test It, Tweak It and Try It Again: Micro-Launches Sell New Ideas, the lesson Maggie Giele offers in her 2021 Playful Creative Summit presentation. It just twirls off the tongue. She's applying it to marketing, and it's brilliant in that arena. I'm par...

Absolutely unbelievable. NAPO has a knockoff - there's a for-profit venture calling itself a society that certifies organizers by requiring its "certified" members to take a 12-module course, an 11-module course, fill out a form and get three testimonials. Certification never expires. Absolutely ...

IT'S HERE!!!!!!!!!!!!I'm THRILLED and proud to offer Find and Honor Your Organizing Style (& Then It's About the Stuff), a 60-minute video I've pulled together to give people an organizing boost. Based on my years of experience, 100s of hours of continuing ed training, and work with hundreds of c...

Women with Attention Deficit Disorder by Sari Solden had a powerful influence on me years before I became an Organizer, after a close friend asked me to read it so I could better understand her world. And now I can share a more informed opinion of the masterpiece. Women with Attention Deficit Dis...

I'm making my webinar, Finding and Honoring Your Organizing Style - And Then It's About the Stuff - available for purchase starting April 1. NAG me if you don't see it! Here's a peak - https://youtu.be/s6AagrXBEAY