As we shift our focus to the holidays and the start of a new year, gratitude is at the forefront of my thoughts.

Hello, my friends. With the holidays fast-approaching, I want to first wish everyone a Happy Thanksgiving, Happy Hanukkah, Happy Solstice, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. This season will likely look different for all of us, and I hope you’re able to find the blessings and the grace in each moment.

As a fair-skinned, blonde-haired, blue-eyed woman from Minnesota, I’ve never been a big fan of the sun and the heat. In previous summers, I’d avoid the outdoors as much as possible from sun up to sun down. When we moved to Atlanta eleven years ago, my biggest fear was how to deal with the heat while living in the south.

As 2018 comes to a close, I'm so grateful to have announced on January 1 that this was my Year of Confidence, and now I'm proud to declare I feel much more confident as the result of this mantra. Finding and expressing my confidence in everything I do has helped me to remember how strong and empowered I am. I feel more connected to my inner rockstar. I trust my gut instinct more than ever before. 

Thanksgiving is my favorite holiday for two very big reasons: 1) its focus is gratitude and 2) there’s no pressure to give or receive gifts. Gratitude and simplicity are two of my core values, all rolled into one big, beautiful holiday spent enjoying a meal with loved ones.

As 2016 comes to a close, I’m humbled to report that my business will be three years old in January. Three years! For the past three years, I’ve been given the opportunity, time and time again, to help change people’s lives and their relationships with their stuff. I’m incredibly passionate about helping people to ditch the stuff that’s not serving them and creating a retreat they will love to come home to.

Thanksgiving is one of my favorite holidays! It's a chance to spend time with loved ones without the pressure of finding the "perfect gift" and, more importantly, a time to reflect on the things one is grateful for.

I’ve been helping a busy professional gain control of the stuff in her 3 bedroom/2 bathroom home because she was completely overwhelmed as to where to begin. By the time she contacted me, she’d tried and failed numerous times to get her home organized.

My client and her husband bought their home 14 years ago. They had planned to paint the walls and install hardwood floors soon after moving in, but 14 years later their plans are still on hold because she felt their home is so disorganized.

As a small business owner, I am faced with a lot of decisions every single day. Aside from my accountant who files my taxes every year, I’m not at a point where I need or want to hire someone to handle my bookkeeping, social media or writing. In all honesty, I love writing my blogs each week and I love getting feedback from my awesome blog subscribers as they read my weekly posts. It’s quite an ego-boost to know I’m impacting people and how they live.

Two years ago, this little business o’ mine was just a twinkle in my eye. When I gave birth to her in January 2014, I had no idea what was in store for me. I knew it would be exciting and terrifying, but I didn’t anticipate the past two years being the craziest roller coaster ride I’ve ever experienced.

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Throughout my life, I've always wanted to help others. It's why I worked in academia and the non-profit realm for so many years, and why I started my own professional organizing business.