For most Americans clutter is something we battle every single day. It is a part of our culture and we are told that the person with the, “most things wins,” but to what advantage? How are we actually winning by accumulating so much stuff? Too many belongings, activities, responsibilities, paperwork... the list goes on and feels never ending. Worst of all it's exhausting, overwhelming and creating an environment where our productivity, health and happiness have all suffered as a result, but when you're exhausted and overwhelmed where do you start? How do you begin when you feel as though your emotions have been shut down and you're struggling to even remember what being content feels like, much less joy?
I believe that teaching self love based decision making using the art of organization as our primary tool, great changes can be made to create better lives for ourselves. My method starts with tangible items, the items we have brought into our home that we probably haven't even looked at in ages or fail to even notice anymore. By starting with our home belongings and taking responsibility for them, we can learn to rediscover our likes and dislikes and learn how to make small decisions that help create a happier, healthier, more productive home life. Starting small by making one decision at a time like holding a shirt in your hands to see if you like the color, the fit, the texture and to see if there are holes, stains or pilling and by choosing to keep only what we like, need and use in our lives, we can create a life we enjoy seeing and living one item at a time. We start with the easy decisions and then work our way up to the harder ones because by that time, we will start to know and understand the difference between what we really like and what we've been holding onto because of guilt, shame, or just plain lack of decision making. Making decisions based on what's best for us becomes easier and fun and we can use those decision making skills to determine what activities we want to keep doing, what friends and associates we wish to keep in our lives, what we keep in our homes and how we spend our time. We become responsible and in charge of our own lives, our decisions become based on what we like, need and use and we can then start to allow ourselves to lovingly let go of life's clutter. We learn that saying “no” to what we no longer like, use and need is a powerful word used as an expression of self love just as much as saying “yes” to what we do want is equally as powerful when made based on our best and highest good.
I want to reach out to your audience to share with them some really simple organizing tools and skills they can easily incorporate into their lives to make life easier, healthier, more productive and happier; like keeping similar items together so you can easily find them, designating a spot for keys and wallets so they're never lost or keeping electronic out of the bedroom for better sleep. Small choices and small steps in organizing lead up to opening up a space in your home and your life.
Alison Kero grew up with 2 different organizational styles being modeled to her. One parent was precision neat while the other was a pack rat. Through her teenage and college years Alison lived more like her pack rat parent but when she became an adult and started living on her own, she searched for ways to easily get and stay organized.
When Alison became an organizer in 2004, she constantly searched for ways to make her clients lives and her own, easier through organization. However, minor amounts of clutter always tended to creep up for Alison, which she found frustrating and kind of exhausting. Finally Alison had a major "ah-ha Oprah moment" after reading a book about tidying up. She realized that joy should be used as the energy to create your best possible living space. It was the only way to ensure the outcome would be transformational. By using joy in her organizing process, Alison was able to finally conquer her minor clutter issue for good. She found her decision making skills had improved, her ability to focus and therefore her productivity levels increased and she also saw herself cleaning more often because the lack of clutter made it easier for her to do so. The energy of joy felt so amazing she knew she had to share this information with everyone who wanted to learn to empower themselves, free themselves of clutter and live joyful lives.
Throughout her career she has been fortunate enough to be invited to appear on the Dr. Oz Show, the CBS Morning Show and the Mike Huckabee Show as well as several YouTube channel shows. Since embarking upon her adventure as an entrepreneur, Alison has been sought after as an organization and productivity blogger for Manilla.com and has also been interviewed by the NY Times, CNN.com, Brightnest.com and many other online publications for her expert opinions. She also wrote her first book, "How to Fail at Business" which shares lessons she learned owning her first business in 2011 and is toying with writing a new book.
Alison combines organization, interior design and feng shui to help her clients create a space that truly defines who they are while creating a workable system to help them continue to achieve their goals. Alison recognizes there are myriad solutions when it comes to creating an organized life so by listening to her clients she can help them identify what's holding them back and keepining them stuck while developing a organizational system solution that's tailor made for them.
