Ellen, Author at Ellen's Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood & Houston

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Ellen Delap is a professional organizer, family manager coach and productivity consultant in the greater Houston area. She is passionate about making a difference for families and being an organizing resource for the community. Her blog notes her remarkable encounters and experiences in organizing.

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Parents’ Resources for ADD

June 1, 2011/0 Comments/in ADD and ADHD, Classroom organizing, Family Organizing/by Ellen

Learning that you or your child has a new diagnosis can be scary. Getting some background and tools empower you and your child. Here is a short list of suggested resources for you to start your education. Websites www.additudemag.com www.chadd.org www.adda-sr.org http://letsgetfittofocus.com/ http://www.familieswithpurpose.com/ Blogs http://www.additudemag.com/adhdblogs/ http://www.parenting.com/article/adhd-in-children Books Empowering Youth with ADD by Jodi Sleeper-Triplett […]

ADD and Productivity

May 25, 2011/0 Comments/in ADD and ADHD, Family Organizing, Financial organizing, Green Organizing, Office Organizing, Organizing Skills, Paper management, Productivity, Technology and Organizing, Time management/by Ellen

Slow to start, hard to complete, lose interest, can’t get it perfect? These are some of the stresses of productivity and ADD. Having some tools to work through these challenges can help. Know your strengths and work from your strengths. Have the best possible match for your work. Creativity, being in the moment, and […]

Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive during June and July 2011

May 21, 2011/0 Comments/in Classroom organizing, Green Organizing, Organizing Skills, Productivity, Technology and Organizing, Uncategorized/by Ellen

Cell Phones for Soldiers Drive Hosted by PostNet Kingwood and Professional-Organizer.com Your old cell phone can help a soldier stay in touch with family. Cell Phones for Soldiers wants to turn your old cell phones into more than 12 million minutes of prepaid calling cards for U.S. troops stationed overseas. To do so, Cell Phones […]

Spring Cleaning: Big Cleaning

May 15, 2011/0 Comments/in Family Organizing/by Ellen

It might be called spring cleaning. Not to be confused with organizing, these are projects that make our homes sparkle. Our parents had time to deep clean each room and even wash the windows. However in our busy world, we seldom can get the dishwasher loaded and unloaded. Here is a basic checklist for The Big Clean for […]

Blended Family: Blending Together

May 8, 2011/0 Comments/in Family Organizing, Organizing Skills/by Ellen

A mom and dad remarry, and it is not quite like the Brady Bunch! The new American family comes together with kids, pets and way too much stuff! There are a lot of emotions involved as well as a lot of personalities. The job of creating a new space for the new family, […]

Best Mother’s Day Gifts Ever

May 4, 2011/6 Comments/in Family Organizing, Organizing Skills/by Ellen

A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie. ~Tenneva Jordan Being a full-time mother is one of the highest salaried jobs in my field, since the payment is pure love. ~Mildred B. Vermont Any mother could […]

Sync or Swim: 201 Organizing Tips You Need to Survive the Currents of Change

May 2, 2011/0 Comments/in Classroom organizing, Family Organizing, Financial organizing, Green Organizing, Office Organizing, Organizing Skills, Paper management, Productivity, Technology and Organizing, Time management, Uncategorized/by Ellen

Sync or Swim: 201 Organizing Tips You Need to Survive the Currents of Change are the next-generation organizing tips for getting things done and controlling clutter without falling into a sea of complexity. Seventy organizing and productivity specialists share 201 of their best tips and 100 most valuable resources in home management, information organization, […]

Reminders: Task Management, Technology and More

May 1, 2011/5 Comments/in ADD and ADHD, Family Organizing, Office Organizing, Organizing Skills, Productivity, Technology and Organizing, Time management/by Ellen

Sometimes we need reminders to help us get our tasks done, be on time, and honor our priorities. Here are some systems to use! Technology reminders www.dailynudge.com Daily Nudge helps you remember the important things in life. Setup regular, free electronic reminders, or “nudges”, to arrive in your inbox or cell-phone. […]

Family Traditions and Organizing

April 28, 2011/0 Comments/in Family Organizing, Organizing Skills, Productivity/by Ellen

It was Friday night and my son called. “Mom, do you have the skewers to roast marshmallows”? Let me tell you about my family and one of our family traditions. My son, in his thirties, married and 3 children, remembers when he and his sister were in elementary and middle school, we would […]

ADD and Routines

April 22, 2011/1 Comment/in ADD and ADHD, Family Organizing, Financial organizing, Office Organizing, Organizing Skills, Paper management, Productivity/by Ellen

For some of us, creating routines is natural and comfortable. We love repetition and the sameness of routine. However, some of us like spontaneity and the excitement of new and fresh! Can there be a balance or a way to merge these two ideas? With the challenges of ADHD, often there is a big void […]

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