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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]No college. Professional organizer. Educated people are slobs and hoarders! :)[/quote]

You make $100K or more doing this? Even in the recession?[/quote]

Yep. I had to hire help during the recession - people were out of work, home, bored, and eager to have control over SOMETHING.  Plus, many of them wanted to cull belongings in preparation for moves, to make space for boarders, boomerang kids, and flat out needed to find stuff they could sell for cash. [/quote]

[b]What does it cost to have someone organize my life? [/b] Seriously.[/quote]

Depends what you need. I don't deal with hoarders. Seriously. They have serious psychological problems I am not qualified to deal with. When I started out, I charged $30 an hour. I work with the homeowner if they want to purge a room, and on my own if they just want me to organize it.  Today I did a kitchen, dining room, front hallway, and half a family room. Oh, and the hall closet as a bonus (when I got there the homeowner was stuck on a work call, so I just spent that 20 minutes and organized the coat closet even though we hadn't agreed on that).  I'm charging her $75, but she is getting a discount because she's a friend of a friend, and pregnant. Her youngest stepchild is 13 and they still had sippy cups in their cabinets. She's been married for 3 years and couldn't access her wedding dishes easily.

To be completely honest with you, you can get a nice college girl to come over and help you for $20 or $30 an hour. You don't need to pay my fees - I do the same things now that I did then. You just need a second person there to keep you focused on the task of organizing, and tossing out suggestions until you hear one you think will work for your lifestyle and how your brain works. [/quote]

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