Professional organizing emerged as an industry in 1984 within Los Angeles. A professional organizer assists individuals and businesses to improve their organizing systems and process. This industry has been popularized by a number of television programs produced on the subject, beginning with '' Life Laundry'' in 2002. This was followed by other programs, such as ''Clean Sweep'', ''Neat'', ''Mission: Organization,'' ''

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'' and ''Hot Mess House.''

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Professional organizers achieve the goal of creating and maintaining organizational systems by teaching others the basic principles of organization. Writer

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suggests communicating these principles by using the acronym "SPACE", interpreted as: S=Sort, P=Purge, A=Assign a Home, C=Containerize and E=Equalize. The last step ("E") consists in monitoring how the new system that has been created is working, adjusting it if needed, and maintaining it. This principle is applicable to every type of organization. As one of their main jobs, professional organizers help clients reduce excessive clutter (paper, books, clothing, shoes, office supplies, home decor items, etc.) in the home or in the office. Professional organizers offer a wide variety of services, from designing a functional

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, to organizing a cross-country move. For homeowners, a professional organizer might plan and reorganize the space of a room, improve paper management, or

coach Coach may refer to: Guidance/instruction * Coach (sport), a director of athletes' training and activities * Coaching, the practice of guiding an individual through a process ** Acting coach, a teacher who trains performers Transportation * Co ...

time-management Time management is the process of planning and exercising conscious control of time spent on specific activities, especially to increase effectiveness, efficiency, and productivity. It involves of various demands upon a person relating to work, ...

, or goal-setting. In a

business Business is the practice of making one's living or making money by producing or Trade, buying and selling Product (business), products (such as goods and Service (economics), services). It is also "any activity or enterprise entered into for pr ...

setting, professional organizers work closely with their clients to increase

productivity Productivity is the efficiency of production of goods or services expressed by some measure. Measurements of productivity are often expressed as a ratio of an aggregate output to a single input or an aggregate input used in a production proces ...

by stream-lining paper-filing, electronic organization, and employee time-management.

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Coaching Time management Cabinets (furniture) Clothing containers Office equipment Ordering

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on using professional organizing services.

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