http://www.idkfa.com/v3 idkfa: syndicated http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=769 Isn't this just a 'personal assistant'? But watered down a bit? Scrotor@idkfa.com (Scrotor) Mercy General Mon, 27 Sep 2010 21:15:13 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=769 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=469 No, you're not being negative, you're putting all my own thoughts into words. haha. This is the reason why I have known about this for years but have never done anything about it; because it sounds way too strange to me too. If I actually do decide to do it - which remains unlikely - I would definitely just get in with an ongoing firm and be one their on-call consultant type people or whatever they call them. I have no desire to run my own business and get a business license. I would do this as a way to just earn a litle money on the side, not a full time job for sure. You really would think that living in a city would make it easier to stay organize, right? But one of the things that always amazes me about this place is where people's priorities are. I know of so many people here who simply never make the time to do things like cleaning their house/apartment, making their own meals to take to work or even making their own meals to eat at home. It's a culture of "I work to do, I don't have time for that." I guess this is one of those things the wealthy big city people do to make their lives easier or something? Which leads me to another problem with the whole idea... If I did it, I would have to spend my time dealing with wealthy upper crust people who would think of me as their "help." woot! haha. CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Wed, 08 Sep 2010 01:46:58 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=469 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=430 Don't mean to sound negative on this, just think it's worth some analysis. I think it's strange that big cities would have a market on this. I understand big cities mean a large population base to support the most "niche" of products and services. However, for organizational services at least, I would think big cities, with the perks of living there being central/close to amenities both utilitarian and luxury would make one's life more likely to be organized, and therefore big cities would have less of a need of organizational services. If there need is indeed there, I'd certainly look further into it, maybe draw up a business case to see if it is worth your time. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Tue, 07 Sep 2010 02:01:52 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=430 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=429 It's definitely true that more often than not, having any lack of organization in ones life is usually attributable to nothing more than apathy. But that's the part that boggles my mind about this whole industry. It's apparently a huge business in big cities - especially east coast ones. One of my friends suggested the idea to me years ago and I laughed because I just couldn't imagine someone paying someone to organize my life. (Partially because I would just never feel that someone else did it the right way.) But apparently the fad here is that people just don't have the time to do it and don't want to do it; they would just rather hire someone to come in and put their office and closet in some sort of order. The reason I thought of it recently is that I had another friend semi-jokingly bring up the idea this past year, so I got curious and decided to read into it a little. I have always seen those shows on TV about professional organizers coming into someones disastrous house and magically bringing order to it, but I thought that was the extreme, rather than the norm. Apparently it's more of a norm than I was aware of! Though, I do agree with you... The part of having to deal with the psychological aspect of it all would probably be the most annoying. I could definitely imagine myself just saying, ok, leave, let me do my work, then come back and pay me so I can leave. hahaha. CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Mon, 06 Sep 2010 23:10:00 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=429 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=423 In my case, any disorganization I have towards something usually coincides with my extreme disinterest towards it. For instance: laundry. People seeking your services would have a vested interest, of course, in trying to improve upon things, but how do you plan on overcoming ingrained, habitual lifestyle decisions that brought people to vast disorganization in the first place? It might be the reason people do area-specific organizational stuff: weddings, parties, corporate org charts, etc. Solve for a specific subject matter, to where basic principals and practices have established success, and apply them liberally. Otherwise, people's lives, as a rule, are messy, not because of outside forces, but because they consciously choose to have their lives be messy. I would worry you'd be dealing with more psychological drama than actual organizational practices. kaiden@idkfa.com (kaiden) Mercy General Mon, 06 Sep 2010 22:24:42 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=423 http://www.idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=408 so... if this section is for "nothing in particular. general discussion." here is one for ya... I'm thinking about becoming a certified professional organizer to make some extra moolah in my spare time. a way to save up for a potential wedding that may or may not someday actually happen, and perhaps a way to finally afford some "real people adult furniture" as I call it. but I'm trying to figure out... would anyone actually be crazy enough to pay me to organize their life? I hear about people who are seemingly incapable of gaining any sense of order in their life hiring professional organizers who suddenly teach them revolutionary things that just seem like common sense to me. Apparently people pay for this - like up to $50 an hour for this even! But really? I dunno... am I crazy? or are they crazy and I should just try to profit from that? CapitolZebra@idkfa.com (CapitolZebra) Mercy General Sat, 04 Sep 2010 02:17:53 -0800 http://idkfa.com/v3/v_thread.php?thread_id=408&msg_id=408