Obsessive Compulsive Archives | Professional Organizer Pasadena, CA https://www.getorganizedalready.com/category/obsessive-compulsive/ Get Organized Already! We help nice people get organized. Tue, 23 Jan 2024 19:22:55 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 /wordpress/wp-content/uploads/favicon.png Obsessive Compulsive Archives | Professional Organizer Pasadena, CA https://www.getorganizedalready.com/category/obsessive-compulsive/ 32 32 75050459 Division of Labor and Caramel Sauce https://www.getorganizedalready.com/division-of-labor-caramel-sauce/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/division-of-labor-caramel-sauce/#respond Mon, 20 Feb 2023 13:32:36 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/?p=8909 This morning I opened my pantry to find the caramel sauce sitting upright beside an empty jam jar. A flicker of recognition passed through my brain because this discovery confirmed my long-held belief about couples fighting over household division of labor. My belief is based on different people’s predisposition to notice visual details. In other […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/division-of-labor-caramel-sauce/feed/ 0 8909 Advice for living with a disorganized person https://www.getorganizedalready.com/living-disorganized-person/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/living-disorganized-person/#respond Sat, 21 May 2016 09:52:35 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/wordpress/living-disorganized-person/ Whenever I give a seminar on home organizing someone inevitably asks the question, How do you live with someone who seems to be incapable of staying organized? If your standards of cleanliness and organization are higher than those of the people you live with, I feel your pain. Having obsessive organizing tendencies can be helpful. […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/living-disorganized-person/feed/ 0 1311 Trash, Recycling, and Compulsive Behaviors https://www.getorganizedalready.com/trash-recycling-and-compulsive-behaviors/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/trash-recycling-and-compulsive-behaviors/#respond Thu, 28 Mar 2013 02:57:51 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/wordpress/trash-recycling-and-compulsive-behaviors/ My husband has given up on recycling. He loves the idea as much as anyone. Alas living with me has forced him to quit trying. It’s hard to be married to an organizer. The problem is my compulsive need to have the trash in the proper container. OK, so maybe when I find things in the […]

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]]> https://www.getorganizedalready.com/trash-recycling-and-compulsive-behaviors/feed/ 0 961 Dishes and Laundry: Where is the Type A love? https://www.getorganizedalready.com/dishes-and-laundry-where-is-the-type-a-love/ https://www.getorganizedalready.com/dishes-and-laundry-where-is-the-type-a-love/#respond Tue, 28 Aug 2012 23:46:21 +0000 https://www.getorganizedalready.com/wordpress/dishes-and-laundry-where-is-the-type-a-love/ No matter how much you eat out and no matter how many items you send to the dry-cleaners, there will never, ever be a shortage of dishes and laundry. Some people can find a little smidge of joy in washing the dishes or clothes.  Some people can find a sense of order in putting them […]

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