Welcome to the Declare Order Podcast where you will learn to "Declutter Like a Pro!"

I am Leslie, your host, and I am the owner of a professional organizing business called, "Declare Order Professional Organizing," where I help people get unstuck – right in the middle of their mess!

I know a lot of people out there resolve to "get organized" and listening to this special bundle of 6 episodes will help you do just that – as if you had a professional organizer right in your pocket! In each successive 10-15 minute episode You will learn to declutter like a pro.

I am a member of the National Association of Productivity and Organizing Professionals, known as NAPO, and serve on the board for NAPO’s Chicago Chapter. You are listening to the fourth of six episodes, recorded as a bundle in honor of NAPO’s “Get Organized and Be Productive Month,” also known as, GO MONTH, occurring each January.

Episode 1: DO Set Goals for your organizing project
Episode 2: DO Make a Plan of Attack
Episode 3: Phase 1 - sort and organize
Episode 4: Phase 2 - containerize and test drive
Episode 5: Phase 3 - the details
Episode 6: DO Maintain your organized spaces

In this episode, I explain the importance of Phase 2 during an organizing project. You are looking at creating functional systems for the items you have sorted and organized.

What does Phase 2 look like in a kitchen as compared to a bedroom? And what about a basement? Listen and learn!