Cyndi Seidler
Cyndi also gained recognition among the organizing industry for her contribution in helping to educate professional organizers through her online training academy http://www.professional-organizers.com).
Often featured in the media as an organizing expert, Cyndi has appeared on numerous television shows and news programs, and interviewed on popular radio stations. Her advice and column are featured at http://www.organizedlifestyles.com.
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Articles by Cyndi Seidler
October 09, 2006
Looking out into the large living room of a recently divorced woman, one thing was clear: she had stuff.
Clutter surrounded almost every square foot of her room where there wasn't furniture, and even the furniture looked like grouped clutter. At a glance, it was practically horrifying. With a more ...
September 27, 2006
"Are we having fun yet?" my sister keeps asking me whenever she calls to include me in the details of her relocation adventures. I know I must reassure her that "we" are indeed having fun, although I think I'd be having more fun if it was all over.
It was, after all, my idea she move home to Cali...
September 15, 2006
My poor sister. She's got a real dilemma on her hands. It seems she wants to get rid of a lifetime of accumulated stuff but is faced with the pressures of keeping. That's right, keeping.
It has been my experience that most people I have worked with usually face a different kind of inner stress, a...
September 01, 2006
Life as a professional organizer has been pretty cool. It has a lot of surprises, joys, fulfillment and rewards. It also has its "E-gads, what was I thinking when I took this one on?"
I want to give you the chance to get inside the mind of a professional organizer (mine) and experience a point of...
August 22, 2006
When you get right down to it, there is so much written about stuff that it could fill your computer to the limit. And, we know what happens then: it stops working.
That's just what happens when we cram our house full of stuff. It stops working. The space fills up and, like a computer hard drive...
July 24, 2006
My brother once told me that a "white glove" cleaning of my house (a touch of the glove clean) would increase income. It was difficult to think with that: how could a clean house produce money? But, I had to try it.
I did a thorough cleaning of my office; every nook and cranny of it. I even kept ...
July 18, 2006
I am not the type to preach about being organized and, in my profession, luckily it comes in the form of advice consultation.
"So, you can't ever find the dog leash, huh?" I once repeated after someone's remark about always losing their dog leash. You would think that after buying a dozen dog le...
July 11, 2006
Having to make changes in life and adjusting to those new changes isn't such a bad thing, providing the changes won't affect your life adversely, of course.
Well, I had to change my business mailing address. I really didn't think something like this would be such a headache, but I was wrong.
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May 31, 2006
I don't know what got into me; the other day I pulled out my "keepsakes" box. You would think I had nothing better to do.
This trip down memory lane is something I sometimes do when I'm doing an extensive clean out, and it only happens during a phase of my life when I think it's time to re-evalua...
May 23, 2006
Do you ever wonder what life would be like without time? I personally think living day to day would be a lot less complicated if we didn't have to deal with time.
The way I see it, we're always having to keep time, even if we don't have time. How are we supposed to keep something we don't have any...
May 19, 2006
There's a precept for being happy that says "Try to treat others as you would want them to treat you." What if we applied this precept to our living areas? Do you think we could make our living environment happy?
I know for a fact, by personal experience, that rooms show emotion. I've prove it to ...
May 18, 2006
People often get confused between dirt and disorder. They are different, although they do have something in common: both can make you sick.
You see, while one carries harmful bacteria, the other carries mental distress. In either case, they both have a gloomy aftermath.
So why live with either o...
May 17, 2006
Got stuff? is the theme this week for life in my canyon. The folks here are gearing up for this weekend's Canyon Clean Up and I feel like it's party time.
I don't think others share my enthusiasm however. Not many people get excited about getting rid of junk like I do. Parting with old, unused and...
May 17, 2006
I'm a night person. So, when mornings arrive, I know I have a long hull ahead of me to get to my peak period.
The way I get through my day until such time will vary depending on the day's appointments, however it usually involves incorporating some regular tasks, no matter what. Regularity. That's...
May 15, 2006
Have you ever wondered what kind of planning it would take to go around the world in eighty days? For most, I would estimate that it would take 80 days just to plan an eighty day trip. And, that's not counting the detours to get those things we forgot to bring, despite all our careful planning.
I ...
May 13, 2006
Occasionally I find things to do with my time that might make the average person believe I should be committed and removed from society. At least, that's what my daughter said when she saw me organizing the junk drawer.
I ask you, what's wrong with that? Don't you think we all need a place to stas...
May 12, 2006
This morning I slept in. I deserved it, I thought, since I stayed up late working on a project. The other times I got up later than usual varied from insomnia to the "it's too cold to get out of bed" ailment.
I'm a night person, what can I say? Forcing myself out of bed to start work at a reasonab...
May 11, 2006
I thought it was going to be a yippie-yah-yeah day when my 25-year old daughter moved out. Oh, she's moved out before, but she came back. However, this time I'm pretty sure she's out for good. Yet why wasn't I celebrating my freedom?
I've experienced her moving days a few times in the past and, ...
May 09, 2006
A visit with good friends is such a pleasant social event, especially when they invite you over for dinner. I love that; I'm always hungry for a good dinner.
The thing is, if I were to just stick with being a guest and stay out of the kitchen, I wouldn't be witness to some of the things that woul...
May 08, 2006
Every morning my friend Susan stands in line at Starbucks for her first round of coffee for the day. "Give me a large latte with a shot of vanilla," she tells the barista person at the counter. She then reaches in her purse for the money and spends at least 1-2 minutes searching for her misplaced ...
May 07, 2006
I was invited for dinner one evening at a neighbor's home as a "get to know the new neighbor" social event. Right away, I knew a lot about my neighbor Linda when I struggled to step inside her living room. With an embarrassed smile, Linda apologized for the mess, and strained to move the box that ...