Practically Organized Voted Best Professional Organizer Every year the Shore Update hears from locals as to who their favorite local businesses and organizations are, and we’re highlighting some of the locals you voted the best! This month we’re featuring Practically Organized, who you voted “Best Professional Organizer.” We had the chance to talk to the owner of Professionally Organized, Nicole Holtman, to learn more about why she started such a unique business, organizing tips for your home and work space, and more!
Nicole has always been an organized person. “Even when I was young, before I started homework I wanted my area to be tidy; I could concentrate better,” she explained to me. While Nicole was working as a government contractor in DC, a new contract needed help organizing some paperwork that was “piled up like a waterfall” in a cubicle. After organizing all the documents, her manager told her that someone she knew worked as a professional organizer and if it’s something she enjoyed, it could be a career for her. Nicole thought “that’s amazing; I’d rather do that,” and within a few months she created Practically Organized.
Nicole makes life simpler for businesses and for people in their own homes. “I think that our homes are our oasis, our haven, our place to get ready to tackle the world, and I think that a space that supports us is usually a space that doesn’t have a lot of clutter. Clutter makes us feel uncomfortable; it makes us see unfinished projects. If we are in a space that feels a little bit simpler and a little less chaotic, we can relax more,” Nicole explained. For business owners Nicole believes that organized spaces can help them save time and money, as well as giving them an edge.
If you’re trying to keep your space more organized, Nicole offered some helpful tips that you can easily apply to your own life. One of them is to label everything; Nicole says this is especially important in spaces shared with a lot of people because it cuts down on time spent looking for objects. Another is to use consistent containers. On top of being more aesthetically pleasing, using the same types of containers makes it easier to sort and stack as opposed to using containers of different shapes and sizes.
In helping people get organized, Nicole saw a need to help people maximize productivity. She explained to me that “you can help someone organize their life and space, but there’s a whole other side. That is creating those habits and routines to maintain being organized on an ongoing basis. While the organizational side is more about managing their space, productivity is about managing their time.” Nicole offers coaching packages, working directly with individuals and business owners for a few months. “I start by learning more about how they live their lives, how they want to change, and then we figure out a goal. It’s a lot like organizing someone’s life,” Nicole explained.
If you would like to learn more about Practically Organized or about organizing in general, you can go to their website at https://www.itspracticallyorganized.com/. Stay tuned because later this year voting for the Best of the Best will be back at the Shore Update.