Studies support what you already suspected:

1. You are throwing away almost 5 days of your life every single year trying to find items you've misplaced. (American Demographics Society). And, according to the Wall Street Journal, if you're an executive you're wasting another hour each day looking for information you need, that you think is buried somewhere in files or piles.
2. You are forgetting where you put your money. Most of us have developed the habit of "leaking money". Over the course of a single year, we will repeat one or more of the following:

• Replace items we already have (somewhere)
• Pay late fees (on bills we didn't even know were due)
• Purchase items we don't need (and then forget we even have)

We cope with a more complicated life by buying a mind-boggling amount of technology, services and gadgets to make living easier, and promptly forget we even have these "conveniences." We download, activate, subscribe to, and ultimately use far less than what we own.

“I've used a few professional organizers in the past...but Wendy is outstanding.

First, she—with you—figures out a “plan of attack” and then you get to work. I like that she is very fast, but careful to look at everything before it gets tossed. Because she is a fast worker you have the satisfaction of seeing at least one project done that day.

What is enormously helpful about Wendy is that she has a place to take everything, e.g. consignment shop, good will, the local dump, etc.

Sometimes I've held off organizing…because I didn't want to just throw [things] out. With Wendy knowing where to take everything, I've found it much easier to tackle rooms in our house such as the kitchen. You definitely get your money's worth from Wendy, plus a person who is delightful to work with!”

—Anne Coursey
Wellesley, MA