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Celebrate Get Organized Month with NAPO

January 7, 2009

The National Organization of Professional Organizers designates January as “Get Organized” month. This is the 5th year for GO Month, which is dedicated to raising awareness of the benefits of getting organized and of hiring a NAPO professional organizer.

NAPO conducted a survey in November 2008 to gauge the public’s familiarity with professional organizing as well as the perceived need for the services a professional organizer can provide. Of 400 adults polled, about 85 percent indicated an awareness of what professional organizers do. Other findings include:

• 96 percent said they would save time every day by becoming better organized
  1. Of those, 15 percent of respondents felt they could save more than an hour each day — for a total of more than 15 days per year — if they were more organized at home
  2. Of those, 30 percent of respondents felt they could save at least 30 minutes each day — or more than an entire week per year — if they were more organized at home

Since 65 percent of respondents noted that their household was at least moderately disorganized and 27 percent said they feel disorganized at work, it is clear that the general public could benefit from, and in fact needs the services of, professional organizers. (statistics courtesy of NAPO, www.napo.net)

There are a number of activities planned and sponsored by professional organizations to promote  household and business organization. I encourage you to check them out to see if there are events in yoyr area that you can attend. It never hurts to seek a little professional advice when it comes to taking on the challenge of organizing your household! Go to NAPO’s Event Calendar to view the list.

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