Sometimes you just need a little help.

I get lots of emails from people asking me to promote their products, businesses, books, Etsy shops, etc.

Most of them either don’t interest me or I mean to reply, but I just lose track of time or forget about the email altogether.

But last week I got an email from a local woman who started her own professional organizing business in the last year.

She wanted to know if I wanted to meet with her.

I have an issue with professional organizers not because I think there is something wrong with them, but only because I feel like I should have my shit together enough to organize my own house.

But when it comes to my office, well, it has been a complete disaster since we moved here almost seven years ago.

Originally it was the room where we dumped everything that didn’t have a designated place when we first moved in. Then it became the room where we shoved everything if we were cleaning like lunatics before people came over.

And while I have partially or mostly cleaned it up at times, it is almost right back where it used to be.

A total shit hole.

I just have not been able to get my office to a place where it is neat and organized and calm and inviting.

And I think that is holding me back professionally because it’s really hard to be productive and efficient when you are sitting amongst a whole bunch of chaos and disorder.

So when I opened that email from Susan Duval at www.TheOrganizedHive.net (by the way, I LOVE that company name) I thought this was maybe a sign.

I emailed her right back and told her I needed help. And she told me she’d come check out my situation.

I’ll be honest. I still feel a little bit like it’s cheating.

I feel like I should be able to get things under control by myself.

But I just haven’t been able to do it. And that’s okay. Sometimes you just need a little help.

So she’s going to help me.

I can’t wait. It’s time to take charge of this space.

Here are some before photos:

Next Thursday she’s coming over to begin the process.

All I can say is that I know what I’ve wanted to do for a long time, but I just haven’t known where to begin, and I’ve felt so overwhelmed that rather than getting started, I just don’t do anything at all.

But now there’s a plan. When it’s done, it’s going to be awesome.

And I can’t wait to show you…

Stay tuned!