Virtual Organizing
What on earth is virtual organizing? Is it right for me? When I first heard of virtual organizing, I was skeptical. Nobody wants to try and organize anything over the phone or online, right? Wrong. People all over the world are relying on virtual organizers for a wide variety of reasons, such as:
Help from a professional organizer is generally more affordable because they can offer shorter appointments with no travel time and mileage costs.
Appointment times can be more flexible because organizers are able to accommodate a greater number of appointments in a single day.
The organizing sessions can be recorded and made available to you so you can replay the session as needed.
You may live in a remote area, or a location that does not have a professional organizer nearby.
Timing may be a factor. You may need to move to a new residence or office space on short notice, but your local organizers are booked out too far to help.
Weather and other natural events may make travel uncertain. You may have short-term contagion issues and need to switch to organizing online until it is safe to have home visits.
How does virtual organizing work? The usual steps include:
A preliminary session with you to become acquainted with you and discuss specific goals for your sessions. Pricing and payment will be agreed upon.
Deciding on the best technology for the sessions. What devices do you have that you are comfortable using?
Determining appointment times and length. Two hours is the usual limit for online contact so you can get started on the physical applications of what you have learned.
A physical walk-through of the areas you wish to work on, and sharing your vision of what you want these areas to look like in the end.
Each session will be different depending on your spaces and number of items to be sorted and moved.
You will want to set up a budget for your organizing needs. Do you have the technology tools to be successful or will you need to purchase additional tools? Will training to use these tools by the organizer be needed as part of your sessions? Do you need to have other people help you with the physical work you need to do?
Whatever your situation, virtual organizing may be just the ticket to change your environment from stressful to relaxing. Change that junk room into the home office, den, or craft room you always wanted. Contact us for more information.