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Senior Moments...A Professional Organizer's Story About Senior Move Mangement

Beth Blacker

Feb 12
10 min

Senior Moments...A Professional Organizer's Story About Senior Move Mangement

When I turned 60 a few months ago I really began to worry about what will happen to me as I continue to age. I long ago accepted the fact that I need to have a very strategic plan about growing old as gracefully as possible but as someone who helps a lot of, dare I say, "mature" clients transition from one living situation to another, specifically into assisted living and memory care, I can't help but be saddened by the possibility that I, like many older Americans, may be le

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#Together4MH...Mental Health Awareness Month 2022 Edition

Beth Blacker

May 1, 2022
5 min

#Together4MH...Mental Health Awareness Month 2022 Edition

When I look back over the past 4 months of 2022 I really have trouble remembering life before the Marshall Fire, an event that occurred on December 30, 2021 and forever changed the literal and figurative landscape of my beloved community a few miles outside of Boulder. Then again, I am having trouble remembering life before COVID and a political climate that is frightening, to say the least, but I'm trying to remain as positive as possible for a brighter future for us all. Wi

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Ring of Fire...A Professional Organizer's Marshall Fire Story

Beth Blacker

Jan 30, 2022
16 min

Ring of Fire...A Professional Organizer's Marshall Fire Story

It has been just over 3 weeks since the most devastating fire in Colorado history. It was immediately referred to as the Marshall Fire because of the name of the road right outside of Boulder where the flames first ignited and spread rapidly across over 6000 acres due to 110 mph winds that were whipping across the Front Range on December 30th, 2021. It destroyed approximately 1000 homes and displaced close to 40,000 residents in a matter of hours. It created horrific toxic sm

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Scorpio Season...A Happy Birthday, Happy Everything Gratitude Story

Beth Blacker

Oct 30, 2021
5 min

Scorpio Season...A Happy Birthday, Happy Everything Gratitude Story

While November doesn't officially start until tomorrow, #scorpioseason began last week and therefore I began my November birthday season mode. And I'm not only celebrating my actual birthday, November 7th but also what I consider to be the re- "birth day" for It's Just Stuff. It was exactly one year ago on November 1st that I made the decision to go back to an "all in" mindset with this business after losing a W2 job a few weeks before (no fault of my own...just one of those

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And The Seasons They Go Round and Round - An End of Life Story

Beth Blacker

Oct 3, 2021
10 min

And The Seasons They Go Round and Round - An End of Life Story

As Joni Mitchell sang long ago, we can never stop the seasons from going round and round because we are truly captive on a carousel of time pretty much throughout our lives. And we definitely cannot return to the past. I mean we can through our memories, but physically we have no choice but to keep moving forward day by day with the ability to, of course, look behind from where we came in the circle game we call life until the day we die. Last May I was hired to help declutte

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Labors of Love...A Labor Day Weekend Story

Beth Blacker

Sep 5, 2021
11 min

Labors of Love...A Labor Day Weekend Story

In case you have never really thought about the origins of Labor Day it is obviously a day off from "laboring" but we have the labor movement of the 19th Century to thank for this last hurrah for the end of the summer holiday. To say I have been "laboring" a lot since the first holiday of the summer, Memorial Day, is really an understatement. And that's coming from someone who thrives on productivity and can work 7 days a week indefinitely if required...or maybe it's more abo

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#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...It's Not Easy Being Green

Beth Blacker

Jul 7, 2021
4 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...It's Not Easy Being Green

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. On the first Wednesday of every month #TeamIJS invites one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills as well as complementing our monthly theme. This month, however, we decided that the #WOYMW blog needed to embrace our theme for July, Go Green in a slight

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Call Emmy

Jun 23, 2021
8 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday - Call Emmy's Guide for Planning Your Next Move

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we invited once again our friends at Call Emmy , an on-demand service for busy moms and families, to share their Guide for Planning Your Next Move in keeping with our

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#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...What Does Your Retirement Picture Look Like?

Gabe Bodner

Jun 9, 2021
4 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...What Does Your Retirement Picture Look Like?

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we invited Gabe Bodner of Fairway Mortgage to share his view on retirement and the latest information about home equity conversion mortgages as part of our "Moving On"

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Jun 2, 2021
9 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...And The Winner’s Are...

Every Wednesday for the past several months I have invited one of our many It's Just Stuff partners to write a blog about what is on their mind as it relates to the services we provide, but this Wednesday I am "hijacking" the blog to share some incredible stories that we collected during May from dozens of people that entered our Mental Health Awareness Month Giveaway and announce all of the winners of the various prizes including the Grand Prize, a decluttering and home orga

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May 30, 2021
10 min

Moving On...A Memorial Day Weekend Decluttering Story

For the past several days I have been at the beach house my brother and sister-in-law are renting in Ventura County. I actually came to California at the beginning of the week and spent the first few days in LA so I could see my daughter who is also here, partially for work but also to see several of her friends she hasn't seen in a very long time. She lives in Brooklyn and works in the film industry so she had planned this trip a few months ago once she knew she would be ful

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May 26, 2021
5 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday... Turn Your Ideas Into Reality

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we invited Brook Borup, Founder and Queen of Productivity at My Clone Solution to share her greatest tips and tricks for turning your ideas into reality, Our COCTC aka

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#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday... Decluttering for Better Health

Dr Noah Goldstein

May 19, 2021
3 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday... Decluttering for Better Health

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we are so happy to introduce Dr. Noah Goldstein, acupuncture and Chinese medicine specialist. Our COCTC aka Chief of Chaos to Calm has been a patient of Noah's for the

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May 16, 2021
10 min

If A Picture Paints 1000 Words...A Decluttering Transformation Story

As a professional organizer I see a lot of degrees of clutter and chaos, but it is always the back stories of how people have gotten to where they are that can be the most challenging part to actually get a particular client to the point of a much more organized and calm existence. Such was the case with a large project that #TeamIJS worked on this past week. I was contacted by the sister of a woman who has Down's Syndrome looking to get the home she is living in with a careg

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May 12, 2021
4 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...A Mental Health Awareness Month Giveaway Contest!

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJSis inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week, however, I am "taking over" the blog to make a very special announcement that ties into It's Just Stuff's commitment to promoting Mental Health Awareness Month. I hope

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May 9, 2021
17 min

Smiling Faces...A Mother's Day 2021 Story

This past week was a tough one for me...emotionally and physically. Emotionally because I was thinking about the fact that tomorrow, May 10th, will be 16 years since my mother passed away and it changed the way I celebrate/honor Mother's Day ever since. Most importantly, I vowed to always be with my kids for every Mother's Day no matter where we all were in the world This year, though, will be the third year in a row that hasn't happened. In 2019, I was willing to let it slid

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May 5, 2021
4 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...Spring Clean(s)ing: 5 Simple Practices For Your Mental & Physical Health

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we invited Mitten Lowe of Journey To Wellness to write the first guest blog for Mental Health Awareness Month. She provides a very holistic approach to both mental and

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May 2, 2021
6 min

You Are Not Alone...A Mental Health Awareness Month Story

In case you aren't aware May is Mental Health Awareness Month. And while I have advocated for many years about what I think is a severely undertreated and ignored epidemic in the U.S., I am taking this virtual soapbox of my own creation and will continue to virtually stand on top of it to shout as loud as I possibly can until change finally happens. I've written far too many social media posts and blogs on this topic due to the ever-rising number of people truly suffering fro

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#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...5 Pro Tips to Help You Tackle Digital Spring Cleaning

SurroundUs Services

Apr 21, 2021
4 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...5 Pro Tips to Help You Tackle Digital Spring Cleaning

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we invited SurroundUs to share some incredible tips to get your paper files digitized and digital files more organized. SurroundUs is located in the Greater Boulder ar

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#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...So You've Decided To Sell Your Home!

Adam Sloat

Apr 14, 2021
7 min

#WhatsOnYourMindWednesday...So You've Decided To Sell Your Home!

Welcome to It's Just Stuff's #whatsonyourmindwednesday guest blogs. Every week #TeamIJS is inviting one of our Preferred Partners to share what is on their minds as it relates to the services they provide and the connection to helping anyone struggling with organizing and executive functioning skills. This week we invited a local Realtor partner, Adam Sloat, the Broker/Owner at Westwater Realty to share his wealth of knowledge and experience about preparing to sell your home.

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home organizer, mover