Carole is one organized girlfriend.

So much so that she has helped me and many others organize our closets (and homes) in the past. She even has a blog called EverythingNOrder about her ideas and inspiration in the journey toward being organized from the inside out!

Even with her organization gene and skills, she still NEEDED a girlfriend to help her accomplish a few things, like she wrote about on this guest blog by Carole:

I can’t wait to tell Debba about this on the Girlfriendology BlogTalkRadio show next week! This is one of the BEST girlfriend stories ever!

I’ve been dreading and putting off forever, going through my closets and pitching what doesn’t fit, or anything I haven’t worn in a year or so. I CAN’T STAND TO DO IT ALONE! Perhaps I’m undisciplined or perhaps I think it’s a social sport. Here’s the story of what transpired TODAY!:

- I begged my neighbor/friend to come over and sit on the bed while I went through my clothes piece by piece.

- What an angel. She came over today, the exact day I asked her to.

- To me, this is nothing less than a miracle.

- I am relieved, and happy and about 50 pounds lighter of clothes I don’t want anymore.

- And, best of all, out of the discarded items, I was able to deliver a gorgeous coat to my very pregnant girlfriend. I had bought years ago at Henri Bendel (a very upscale store in Columbus). I bought it on sale, even though it was too big for me. I knew it would be a PERFECT FIT – and it was!

So here’s a tip from WANNA-BE organizer. Beg your girlfriend to come over and sit while you go through your stuff. It is a lot easier to do with moral support.

If you leave a comment below and set a target date to accomplish this, I’ll keep on ya until you get it done. To me, getting up the nerve to ask someone to sit while I do this was the hard part. The easy part was throwing stuff out in piles!! Next stop: Salvation Army.

everythingnorder.com.

Isn’t that a great story?! What do you need to organize or do that having a girlfriend along would make it easier, more fun and that make you actually do it?! Call up a girlfriend and ask. Chances are she could swap some of her projects for some of yours and you’ll get ’stuff done and spend time together. Go for it girlfriend!

And thanks Carole! You rock!! And, listen in this Friday when we talk with Carole on our live BlogTalkRadio show. You can ask her organizational questions and hear about Blissdom. And, you just might get some girlfriend inspiration from this fun, organized girlfriend!

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Tags: Carole Hicks, EverythingNOrder, Henri Bendel, organization, Salvation Army

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