Glad to see you,
I’m Lauren!
I started Time 2 Tidy in 2019, and have since been continuing my education through NAPO.
My Specialist Certificates from NAPO include: Residential Organizing, Household Management, Life Transitions, and Workplace Productivity.
Check out the drop-down lists of courses I’ve completed through NAPO for these Specialist Certificates below. Some courses are listed in multiple categories.
I am working towards becoming a CPO, but have not yet started the exam process.
(CPO - Certified Professional Organizer)
My Husband, Jacob, and I live in my hometown of Wexford, PA.
I travel throughout Western and Central PA.
Outside that area? Contact me for inquiries on traveling to your location.
Have an idea for a collaboration project of any kind?
Contact me! I’m always excited to work with others to accomplish new and exciting things!
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Completed between 9/9/19 and 10/1/19
Introduction to Professional Organizing and Productivity
Fundamental Organizing & Productivity Principles
Fundamental Organizing & Productivity Skills
Ethics for Professional Organizers & Productivity Specialists
Starting An Organizing or Productivity Business
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Completed between 9/20/19 - 10/11/19
Eliminating Excess
Less is More: Maximizing Small Residential Spaces
Project Management for Professional Organizers
Client Intake Interviews
Needs Assessment and Action Plan
Transference of Organizational and Productivity Skills
Understanding Learning and Thinking Styles
Smart Space Design
Organizing Solutions For Overwhelmed Families
Beyond The Label Maker: Tools Of The Trade
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Completed between 10/15/19 - 10/23/19
Technology Solutions for Happier Clients
Creating a Household Information Management System
Household Boot Camp
The Magic of Motivating
Managing Client Expectations
Eliminate Email Overwhelm
Organizing Solutions For Overwhelmed Families
Closets. Pantries, Cabinets, Offices - Beyond the Basics
Compulsive Buying: What Every Organizer Needs to Know
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Completed between 10/25/19 - 10/31/19
Understanding and Navigating Life's Transitions
Digital Disorganization & New Organizing Skills
Organized Transitions: Project Management for Life's Milestones
When Communication Works: How to Communicate Effictively with Clients
Transform Your Client Relationships: An Intorduction to Coaching
Organizing Solutions For Overwhelmed Families
Organizing Following a Death
Bridging the Gap throuh Virtual Organizing
Still Someone: Organizing Older Adults with Memory Loss
How Organizers Engage Students
The Art of Letting Go
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Completed Between 10/31/19 - 11/4/19
Technology Solutions for Happier Clients
Project Management for Professional Organizers
Productivity Chain Assessment
Digital Disorganization & New Organizing Skills
Transference of Organizational and Productivity Skills
Understanding Learning and Thinking Styles
Applying the Science of Time Management
Transference of Organizational and Productivity Skills
Understanding Learning and Thinking Styles
Applying the Science of Time Management
Classic Time Management Systems
Utilizing Lean Principles in Home and Office Environments
Eliminate Email Overwhelm
Art of Tactical Time Management
Organizing the Absent Minded Prfessor
How to Prioritize When Everyting is Important
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Completed between 10/18/19 - 11/19/19
Optimized Team Productivity: Principles of Effective Leadership
Optimized Team Productivity: Workplace Processes, Systems, & Tools
When Communication Works: How to Communicate Effictively with Clients
Transform Your Client Relationships: An Intorduction to Coaching
How to Prioritize When Everyting is Important
Business Consulting Interactive (7/30/20)
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Virtual Organizing: Work with anyone, any time, anywhere (3/26/20)
Bridging the Gap through Virtual Organizing (10/30/19)
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The following is a list of books that I’ve read to expand my knowledge in productivity, organizing and other related fields.
The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up
by Marie Kondo
Spark Joy
by Marie Kondo
Organizing Your Home For Busy People
by Jessa Lane
Minimalism: The Japanese Art of Declutter to Organize Your Home Life
by Kiku Katana
The Art of Discarding
by Nagisa Tatsumi
The No-Nonsense Home Organization Plan
by Kim Davidson Jones
How ADHD Affects Home Organization: Understanding the Role of the 8 Key Executive Functions of the Mind
by Lisa K Woodruff
I opened my professional organizing business just in time for the COVID shutdowns, but I was very lucky to have a few established clients to work with through this time. In September of 2020, my husband and I moved back to my hometown of Wexford. We bought a home that we have been slowly transforming into a homestead. If you want to follow our journey through transforming our property and building our homestead, check out our homestead website or instagram account @indeterminatehomestead.
I’m interested in expanding my organizing skills to the garden. I love helping other people create beautiful and productive gardens. Let me know if you need help getting a garden started! Want to learn a homesteading skill like canning? I can help with that, too!
Courses I’ve completed through NAPO for my Specialist Certificates.
Some courses are listed in multiple categories.
My Story
In 2018, my husband and I moved to Central, PA. After working more than “full-time” hours in Social Work for 5 years, I was ready to use our move as a way to find a job that I loved equally as much. I deeply craved a better work-life balance, so I knew continuing with social work was not the answer. I have always been interested in helping people mentally and physically in a career, so this was officially the beginning of my interest in becoming a Professional Organizer.
While living in Reedsville, a small town about 45 minutes from State College, we knew that we wanted a garden, but we also knew that living in this home was temporary (only 2-3 years). This meant we couldn’t go crazy and had to think about resale value with every decision we made. We added a 4x12 garden for me to tend in my spare time, and I started taking exploring my options for employment in the new area. I ended up loving putting the new house together myself and getting everything organized, and started helping friends organize their homes. It took me a while to realize that this was the path I could pursue to accomplish my personal goals for a fulfilling future. Officially, I started working on creating my business in 2019 and was finally ready to take on clients right before the COVID shutdowns happened. Luckily, by that point I had met a few local clients with whom I could work until the shutdown ended. During the shutdowns, the garden produced a TON, and I learned to love water-bath canning. So when we found out in 2020 that we had the opportunity to move for my husband’s career again, we decided that the land was the most important aspect of our search.
We sold our Reedsville home for sale by owner (FSBO). Jacob, took the photos for the sale of the home, and I dealt with scheduling the showings and the rest of the sale aspects. He has a passion for photography and an incredible eye. A majority of the photos from my website (that haven’t been taken by my phone) are by him. Finding our current home was a difficult endeavor during one of the worst times to buy a home, but we got lucky! Since moving into our current home, we have decided to turn the property into a homestead. Jacob has been building a giant garden, and installing things like water collection and compost bins to help us become more eco-conscious. We currently have 2 cats, more than 100 pepper plants, more than 100 tomato plants, and hundreds more inside— and outside. If i’m not in the garden, or working, I’m probably on the water kayaking, spending valuable time with friends and family, learning a new skill, or doing something in nature. As my passion for all growing things continues to increase, so does the garden on our property!
