How to stay organized when working from home
Now more than ever, people are working from home. For many people this may be a totally new experience, and to ensure it is a smooth one, here are a few tips to help you stay organized at your home office. Setup your own space at home Allocate a designated work space for yourself at home and keep your space organized. Keep a minimal and streamlined workspace. Clutter in your…
Aging in place – support for Calgary seniors
What is aging in place? Aging in place means staying in your home or community for as long as you wish to or are capable of doing so. How can I age in place? For seniors and those getting closer to becoming seniors, to successfully age in place, you can begin by ensuring you have the health and social supports and services you need to live safely and independently. Planning…
How to stay organized
7 tips from a professional organizer on how to stay organized So you’ve finally done it – you decluttered and organized your home. Maybe you even hired a professional organizer to help you. But how can you ensure that your home stays organized on an ongoing basis? Here are 7 tips and tools to help you improve your organizing habits so that your home stays neat and organized. #1 –…
10 tips from an organizer to help you get organized for a move
To make your move easier, doing some decluttering and organizing beforehand will make the process go more smoothly. Here are some tips and some local Calgary resources to make your move easier. 1. Get rid of as much as possible before packing and moving The more unused and unnecessary items you eliminate from your home, the less stuff you’ll have to pack up, haul across town, unload, and organize. Doing…
Help for seniors in Calgary during Covid
Renaissance Lifestyles, a senior concierge, is very experienced in providing a wide variety of supports to seniors living at home and in retirement residences. We also appreciate the array of community resources Calgary’s seniors can access to support them during this pandemic. Building a support network It is recommended that seniors make a list of family and friends who may be able them if needed. It’s great if some of…
How to stay organized when living with others
Living with someone isn’t always easy. This year’s pandemic has forced many of us to spend more time at home. For some couples and families this has been very hard on relationships, and we are often seeing more friction and even higher rates of domestic violence in Calgary and around the world (see CTV article of April 20, 2020). So anything we can do to ensure harmony at home is…
Decluttering and Organizing Your Paper – advice from a Professional Organizer
The amount of paper we all collect and end up storing can really take up a lot of physical and emotional space in our lives. Fortunately, there are many traditional and digital solutions that can help us streamline and simplify our paper interactions. The process of eliminating and reducing paper to help keep your home more organized begins with purging the papers you don’t need. Start by getting three large…
Storage containers to help you get and stay organized
Your efforts to declutter and organize your home will be greatly enhanced by choosing the right storage solutions to keep your possessions well organized and easy to find. Before you run out and buy a bunch of storage containers We find that it’s best not to introduce storage containers too early in the decluttering process because people often to try to determine how much stuff they can keep based on…
Helping seniors declutter, organize, downsize and transition to a new home
Renaissance provides support to seniors and their children in Calgary in making the transition to a new home – whether this be from a larger home to a smaller one, such as going from a house to a condo or apartment, or moving into a nursing home, senior care home or assisted care residence. The need to move can become more urgent when a person is suddenly confronted with a…
5 Reasons to Hire a Professional Organizer
Sometimes people only hire a professional organizer during the big life events … “like marriage or divorce, the birth of a baby or transition to an empty nest, or starting a new job, especially if it’s a home-based business … but even in the absence of a specific life change, if you find yourself stuck, it’s time to consider hiring a professional organizer.” (New York Times 2019) Renaissance Lifestyles wants…
The Konmari Method for Organizing and Decluttering – Is it for Everyone?
What is the KonMari Method? It is a method created by Marie Kondo, a Japanese woman who has become famous for helping us tidying up and organizing your home that will reduce clutter and, she says, “spark joy” in your life. To achieve this, she asks that you pick up each item you own and as you hold it, decide if it “sparks joy”. If it does, you should keep…
Decluttering and Organizing can be good for your mental health
What qualifies as clutter? Can reducing your clutter and having a more organized home help improve your mental health? Some people say there are two kinds of clutter – that which is associated with the past and that which is associated with the future. “”Memory” clutter is things that reminds us of important things from the past, like old school programs or newspaper clippings. “Someday” clutter refers to items you…
