After years of researching and contemplating, I finally did it! I've started my own professional organizing business... and I couldn't be more excited about it! I have loved organizing different spaces for many years and it is something that comes naturally to me. A couple of years ago, I was talking with one of my friends about our dream jobs. I randomly threw out that I would love to be a professional organizer. At the time, I had no idea such a profession even existed and kind of said it jokingly. It wasn't until I started researching that I realized it actually is... imagine my surprise and excitement! That was when I started thinking this may be something I could actually do.

Of course, I had no idea how to go about starting my own business. So I enlisted the help of a good friend who had recently started her own wedding planning business: JoAnna Bayliss of JoAnna Dee Weddings. I remember asking her advice on what I should do to get started, and she said to just go with my gut and do it! She recommended that I reach out to some of the professional organizers I had been researching and stalking to seek out some advice. I did just that and sent out email to about four different organizers in the Indianapolis area. I was so blessed to hear back from Barbara Bougher who gave me some amazing advice on directions I could take my dream for my business and first steps to take. I was all set to get started! And then life happened and I accepted a new teaching position... which then took most of my time and brain power. I had no desire to try and start a business and feel like a first year teacher all over again. My brain, emotions, and stress level couldn't handle it.

Now I've been teaching in my new position for two years and finally feel like I'll be able to take on this new venture! It has been a long time coming, and I have a lot of people to thank: JoAnna for helping me take the first steps, for designing my amazing logo, and for being available to answer my never ending questions about how to get my website up and running. Elizabeth and Leah, two of my best friends, for letting me try my hand at organizing a classroom and a nursery. My mom for helping me come up with my slogan/mission statement and for passing on her natural tendencies to be overly organized. Barbara Bougher and all of the other organizers who have given me advice and been willing to answer my questions. And once again to Elizabeth who got me one of my favorite birthday presents two years ago, which motivated me to once again start researching. It also is the basis for my slogan. As I said... one of my favorite gifts!

Pretty much the perfect gift for someone who loves to organize. :)

Needless to say, I'm so excited to start this next chapter! Thank you so much for all of your support!