Working with Francesca was fun….
21 April 2015Francesca Pansadoro in Geo – Who is, and what does the Professional Organizer do
12 May 2015
Why did you decide to turn to a PO ?
Turning around and having the feeling of losing pieces.....forgetting important things, being drowned by a quantity of objects that have no resting place, always wandering around the house, spending time carrying them from one place to another without any logical sense, not having time to play with your children when you get home, having your space invaded by your children's toys, facing season changes as an obligatory trauma twice a year, not being able to prioritize things to do, procrastinating, not finishing, starting multiple things at once. The OP represented hope.What was it like working with Francesca ?
An inspection of my house and Francesca notices everything that is wrong or should improve. She tells me about space clearing, telling me that it is necessary to start there. I gave new life back to objects that in my house no longer had a reason to exist but would make someone else in greater need happy: and so I freed up space, I started with my children's room, rearranging some furniture I made a study space for myself; I reorganized the bathrooms and outside closets. Still so much I have to do, in the kitchen for example or on the terrace with small investments but, today, my children have reclaimed their little room and their study-play space. Are you satisfied ?
Working with a Francesca helped me to see what I was not seeing; it helped me to schedule activities over time using simple time management techniques; it helped me to understand that we often give objects meanings that are instead proper to the sphere of memory we carry within us. There are some spaces in the house that I intentionally left empty for emergencies: an unexpected gift for example. I still need to improve and a lot but the switch is made, the switch to rule and method. The speed of life generates daily entropy to be governed; it is not a simple rearrangement. The transition is much more cerebral. I have not become organized , at least as I would like, but the work is not done. It has just begun. Would you recommend it ? Why ? To whom ?
I would recommend the meeting with Francesca to everyone, women and men alike, as our day is often very complex and does not allow us to dwell on some objective limitations we may have in our approach to time, space and objects. An EO serves an all-around purpose, both in the management of the home and in the world of work.
R.S. Bank manager, separated with two children, 44 years old
