Archive for February 22nd, 2012

getting organized with kids’ stuff

Wednesday, February 22nd, 2012

Do you feel like you are swimming in the stuff that your kids bring home from school?

Do you feel like you have more papers, projects, pictures, works of art, programs, awards, and memorabilia than you can manage?

Do you feel completely overwhelmed by the very idea of organizing all this stuff?

Do you have a desire to bring some order to the chaos, and ultimately have organized scrapbooks for your kids?

Me too, friends. Me. Too.

I really needed to get a grip on all the stuff for my kids so I embarked on a little journey with a big goal. I decided that having a video camera along for the ride might end up being beneficial for some of you too. That’s the goal. This is not a quick tutorial. This video is nearly 30 minutes long and you’ll feel like you’re hanging out with me in our home office as I walk you through my own process of creating order out of chaos. You’ll appreciate the fact that I’m years behind on the kids’ scrapbooks. And you’ll see first-hand what I’m doing to get to a place where I no longer feel Mom Guilt.

Join me on this quest to get organized. This video was built piece-by-piece over many weeks. If I had nothing else going on, this would all have happened in a few days. But that’s not my real life. So I fit it in a little here, a little there. Many outfits. Many hairstyles. Too many outtakes that warrant their own video … some day.

I genuinely want you to feel inspired to get organized with your kids’ stuff without being completely overwhelmed. In fact, I expect that many of you will even get organized with your own childhood and school stuff as well. (But just take one thing at a time, okay?)

As I mentioned in the video, I’m looking forward to hearing from you, too. If you have insights to share that will help us in developing product that will ultimately help you, don’t be shy. We are literally in the middle of designing school/childhood products right now and I invite you to participate in our brainstorming. Consider yourself an honorary team member of Becky Higgins LLC. So much of what we have done is a result of listening to our customers and readers. Your suggestions will be heard and considered.