174 | 2024 Word of the Year

Melissa's daughter Emma spent her summer working as an assistant organizer for her good friend (and frequent pod guest!) Cori McDougald at Meat & Potatoes Organizing. Emma, Cori, and Melissa swap stories from a summer that included a professional athlete's move, a creepy client's ...  Show more

Whether you like it or not...AI search is the way clients are finding professional organizers now. In this episode, Melissa breaks down three specific client categories that are showing up more and more in professional organizing, and why getting specific about them (on dedicated ...  Show more

You know what they say: New Year, new word! Well, maybe not, but that’s what we’re saying this year as we pick our word of the year for 2023!

Every year people tend to set New Year's Resolutions, resolving to improve themselves in some way. While those can have ...

Around this time every year, people begin to declare to me the WORD they have chosen to guide their lives for the following year.  I like words - especially when combined with wisdom and a few wisecracks - but that might be just me.  Still, I'm always amazed at how excited peop ...  Show more

Friends, when I think about the end of the year, I want to ensure that we’re setting ourselves up for a strong year to come. One of the practices I've developed in my life is finding a word or phrase for the year. Today I want to walk you through my process on how I find a word f ...  Show more

Are You Choosing a Word For The Year? Around this time every year, people begin to declare to me the WORD they have chosen to guide their life for the following year.  I like words - especially when combined with wisdom and a few wisecracks - but that might be just me.  Still, I' ...  Show more