A Father's Day Gift

This new client hired us to organize the garage as a surprise for her hubby for Father's Day.  What a great gift for the garage dweller in your life.  This space is usually a catch all for the things we don't have homes for and for things that we might use less on a day to day basis. Typically when I encounter a garage, there is usually every tidying category in this one space. Blenders, pots and pans, clothes, paperwork and many other random items that also seem to lack in the Spark Joy category.  This is why it is important to follow the categories listed in Marie Kondo's book "The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up" and gather all items from every room in your home for each category.  Otherwise, you will be left with many piles that will sit until you tend to them.

Garages can be the least favorite project to tidy but I love them. Pulling everything out and getting rid of all the cob webs and dirt invokes a very gratifying feeling.  What was once a dreaded space to enter and even think about then becomes a place you treasure. Marie says, "tidying forces you to confront yourself while cleaning forces you to confront nature." We definitely accomplished both during this session and the client was completely transformed when we finished up.  It isn't a science I can prove on paper but after watching my clients go through these sessions, there is a major visible change in their presence.  Kudos to my teammate, Takara, for she is deathly afraid of spiders and I think we had cob webs in our hair when we left.  

Something I learned from my own dad, hard work pays off and being disciplined feels really good. The most important thing is to always keep your goals in the big picture. This will allow you to see your hurdles or obstacles as necessary steps to getting you closer to who and where you want to be. Then when you step back, you can be proud of your accomplishments and you will know that the sweat and dirt were the means for that accomplishment and your job or chore truly becomes your reward! Oh and my dad never sat me down and told me these things, I learned them by watching him.  I love you dad!!

The photo below is what our client left on her hubby's workbench, a six pack of beer and a card.  Thanks, K!