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2. SPEED DATING SESSION

3. THANK YOU! – ABOG Steering Committee (Alex, Sandi, Alfred) LOVE THE UC SYSTEM GOT MY START at UCLA PROFESSORS, DEANS, CHANCELLOR’S OFFICE OTHER CAMPUSES CONSULTING CHRONICLE OF HIGHER EDUCATION

4. TODAY WE’LL COVER: Insider info of the Hoarders show 3 Reasons for Disorganization Top 2 Areas of Disorganization Organizing According to YOUR Brain Overwhelm Tips to Organize your Home, Office, Life

5. 2 ITEMS TO START RAFFLE 3 ITEMS – Business Cards in Box 1. Most Recent Book - SYF 2. Most Recent DVD - SOP 3. Five Session Video Series – CTC PARTICPATE – Nod, raise a hand, be moderately engaged…….

6. WHAT’S OUT OF WHACK? DESK KITCHEN COUNTER CAR BODY CLUTTER MIND CLUTER OVERCOMMITTED CALENDAR BULGING CLOSET PAPER SHARE!

7. YES! IS IT POSSIBLE THAT WHEN YOU ORGANIZE YOUR HOME or OFFICE YOU CAN FINALLY TAKE THE TRIP OF A LIFETIME OR DO SOMETHING ELSE IMPORTANT? www.DorothyTheOrganizer.com

8. Travel Around the World How? Planning and Organizing

9. CLUTTER KEEPS US FENCED IN

10. Examples: HOARDERS SHOW www.DorothyTheOrganizer.com

11. WHAT I USUALLY WEAR ON THE JOB

12. GETTING IN THE FRONT DOOR

13. Getting past the surprises

14. We have to pull it all out to sort it

15. BEHIND THE SCENES - WEATHER

16. BEHIND THE SCENES - STUFF

17. WHAT’S REALLY THERE……

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21. 3 REASONS FOR DIS- ORGANIZATION CULTURE SSF

22. 1. TECHNOLOGY Devices Digital Clutter Time it takes to buy & learn

23. 2. CULTURE We pick up Freebies & promotional items We go Shopping Have Kid’s activities Travel Junk mail Advertising Packaging Recycling (bags, plastics, metal, etc.) Photos in duplicates & triplicates Events, parties, holidays, gifts, cards Interruptions Bills

24. And that’s not all - We’re spread so thin that… We have to hire housekeepers to clean our homes trainers to exercise our bodies bookkeepers to pay our bills Pet sitters to watch the animals gardeners to handle the yard

25. 3. SELF SUFFICIENCY FALLACY TRAVEL AGENTS, booking your flights on-line LANDSCAPERS & DECORATORS, re-designing your home BANKERS, banking on-line STOCKBROKERS, trading on line DESIGNERS & PUBLISHERS, designing birthday cards, logos, photo albums; publishing newsletters on-line Plus you play BORDER PATROL to protect your identity from hackers. You have to install FIREWALLS and ANTIVIRUS software and You can’t just throw something away, you have to SHRED it first !

26. TOP 2 AREAS OF DISORGANIZATION? 1. PAPER 2. OVERWHELM

27. Is a cluttered desk the sign of a busy person? “Organized people are just people who are too lazy to look for things!”

28. ORGANIZE ACCORDING TO “HOW YOUR BRAIN THINKS” Projects on the Dining Room Table

29. ORGANIZE ACCORDING TO “HOW YOUR BRAIN THINKS” Talking about Paper Piler & Stacker vs. Filer

30. SOLVE PAPER ISSUES NOW! T “Toss it” A “Act on it” P “Pass it on” P “Pile it or File it” 4 CHOICES Graduation announcement

31. Top Area of Disorganization: 2. OVERWHELM! O’Factor OVERSPENDING OVERCOMMITTED OVEREATING OVERTIRED

32. OVERWHELM - OVERTIRED ORGANIZE YOUR SLEEP ROUTINE (parent yourself) Think more clearly / Don’t turn to sugar to wake up

33. MORNING VS. NIGHT? Plan your day……in the a.m. or p.m.

34. PLANNING STOMPS OUT OVERWHELM What is the single most important task I need to accomplish today (or tomorrow)?

35. FACE/ mention book

36. ORGANIZE YOUR FOOD ROUTINE OR ORGANIZE YOUR FACE O’FACTOR OVERTIRED OVEREATING

37. BREAK THAT OVERWHELM DOWN INTO 5 CATEGORIES FACE PACE GRACE PLACE SPACE

38. PACE

39. GRACE How you show up in the world and gratitude How others see you…..

40. PLACE Your stuff

41. PLACE: KINDERGARTEN THEORY ZONES

42. ORGANIZE YOUR HOME IN ZONES: Right now Fresh start at anytime during the year. Reduce stress, upgrade your health, earn more money, and change your life so you look and feel better. Tips for getting organized throughout the house

43. My Spouse (roomate / child) has the Clutter Problem – now what? CLUTTER ZONE CLUTTER FREE ZONE 50 / 50

44. GARAGE

45. ENTRY WAY OR GARAGE ENTRANCE

46. LAUNDRY ROOM

47. RAFFLE WINNERS

48. KITCHEN DUMP ZONE

49. INFO – menus, club rosters, DVR programming info

50. CLOSET Hindrances: #1 Improper Lighting #2 Stuff on the floor #3 Too many sizes

51. HEIRLOOMS

52. IRRITATION vs. BOUNDARIES  When others talk on the phone too much  People step into your space in line at grocery store  When visitors don’t leave your office  People run late  Husbands end up in jail? (let me explain) SPACE – claim it! Speak up!

53. ORGANIZE YOUR LIFE VALUES What’s most important? Spirituality, art, finances, work? Family, health, rebuilding a car? Movies, reading, care giving?

54. 1. WORK 2.FIND A MAN 10. HEALTH MINE? 5:00. 5:30, 6:00, 6:30

55. ORGANIZE ACCORDING TO YOUR LIFE VALUES (took a look at my life) 1. HEALTH 2. EXCELLENT RELATIONSHIPS 3. ADVENTURE

56. DorothyTheOrganizer - in THE NATIONAL MEDIA

58. IF YOU HAD AN ORGANIZED LIFE – WHAT WOULD YOU REALLY LIKE TO BE DOING?

59. Indeed an organized home or values can spark an organized life that is joyous and free - including a vacation of your dreams.