Angie Stegall

Executive Wayfinder

Organization

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Urgent vs Important (and quieting the urgent drumbeat)

I’m listening to a new book during my “Car University” time (which is me driving 45 minutes back and forth to Asheville or two hours back and forth to Charlotte – both bigger cities where my clients tend live). I’m only a couple of chapters in and already a theme is jumping out at me. […]

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Time to purge (Day 16 of 31 Days of Organizing)

This month I have talked to so many people who want to clear out their clutter. “It’s time to get rid of stuff,” they say. As my hubby and I are in the middle of our own very big purge (we’re downsizing again from 900 sq. ft. to becoming minimalists living in a tiny house), […]

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Talk is cheap (Day 15 of 31 Days of Organizing)

I was reminded recently about a marketing study on laundry detergent where researchers discovered something amazing about people: feeling clean was more important to people than being clean. As long as their laundry detergent made their clothes look and feel clean, people were happy. They didn’t even care about scientific studies that showed one detergent […]

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What brings you joy? (Day 13 of 31 Days of Organizing)

Let me ask you a question: are you in love with your stuff? Your clients? Your friends, family and followers? Have you ever even thought about being in love with ALL of those things? I recently listened to an interview on NPR featuring Japanese Professional Organizer Marie Kondo. Ms. Kondo has created a method called […]

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Useful and beautiful? (Day 7 of 31 Days of Organizing)

One of my favorite quotes in the world: “Have nothing in your house that you do not know to be useful or believe to be beautiful.”  (by William Morris) This quote makes my heart sing. I find it the perfect instruction for anyone struggling with clutter – I mean, how nicer can it get than […]

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Too much stuff (Day 6 of 31 Days of Organizing)

I spent Thanksgiving weekend with my family at a state park in South Carolina. We rented a cabin (it was more like a duplex), went skeet shooting, and learned a bit of archery (I hit the target once – yay me!). At one point, my sister’s boyfriend and I were sitting in the living room […]