Item! Two local desks get Sorted

I'm so excited: the magazine section of yesterday's local paper, The Virginian-Pilot, had a cover story about two volunteers who got one hour of coaching each to get their messy desks Sorted. The coach in question? Me!

Here's an excerpt from the story:

Whatever the cause, Lee knew there was a problem and cried out for help.

He agreed to a one-hour session with Catherine Cantieri, a workplace organizer from Portsmouth who runs a business called Sorted.

Cantieri approaches her task with the demeanor of a cheerleader, not a schoolmarm. Clutter, she said, "doesn't mean that you're a bad person. You just don't have a system that works for you."

She had a system rather early in life.

"I was a very creepy child," Cantieri confessed. "I always had to-do lists that were color-coded."

She swears she doesn't grit her teeth and tighten her stomach when she enters the world of mess. "I think, 'OK, I can't wait to see what it looks like when we're all done,' " Cantieri said. "It's like sitting down to a really rich meal."

I had a great time working with both Ron Lee and Sally Hartman, and I believe they've got systems in place now that work for them. Check out the whole article if you'd like, or if you want to get Sorted yourself, drop me a line!

Comments

[Liz]

Cath-

Congrats! What a great article on you and Sorted! Hope your phone starts ringing off the hook!

[Catherine Cantieri]

Thanks so much, Liz! So far, there's been a definite uptick in interest. :-)