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MY TV TALK SHOW DREAM

BY LISA WOODRUFF

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I have shared with you my goals, but today I also want share with you my dream.

I have had this idea brewing in my mind over the last few years, and every once in awhile, I could see the end goal with the clearest vision. Then, I always just put my head down and continued working on my goals, moving closer and closer to this end dream.

Every time I take a minute and stop and think about where I ultimately want to end up, I am surprised how much further along the journey I am. This is one of the moments in which I’m stopping and looking up.

I can’t stay in this place very long, or I will stop working on my goals. I am so full of energy right now that I can barely contain myself. I realize that to achieve my dream, it is going to take many, many people. So, it is time to share my dream with you.

My dream is to have an Organize 365 TV talk show. 🙂

Over the years, I have thought about what this talk show would look like. But this dream is too big for just me to pull it off.

A few years ago, I did over 50 television segments in Cincinnati, Ohio. I also did a fully on-air kitchen organization makeover with FOX19. I loved being on TV from the very first segment.

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But television segments are only 3 to 4 minutes in length, not nearly long enough to really walk through the organizational process in any one space. And, in order for people to make organizational progress, the segments would have to be more regular…like on a weekly basis.

So, my next step was to create the Organize 365 podcast, which is essentially a 20 minute radio show. Once I had created the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge series, it was easy to add the Organize 365 podcast to the series.

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Now, I want to add a TV component. I thought about recording my own videos on YouTube and linking them into the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge posts next year, but that’s not really what I want to do.

One of the awesome things about being able to record 20 minute podcasts is that I am able to really flesh out my thoughts and processes of ordering a space. If I did that in a blog post, it would be way too long.

There is something about a TV show that is able to bring all kinds of elements together in one cohesive format. So, let me tell you what my dream show would look like.

First of all, the show would be 40 weeks long, and each week would coincide with the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge. I know that by following the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge, you can organize your entire house in one school year.

In the TV show, I would be able to show concrete examples of each organizational stage as real people go through the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge.

Now, if you’re not familiar with the “organizational stages” I refer to, it’s because this concept is something that I discovered and identified for myself and my clients. 🙂 Essentially, as I work with clients as a professional organizer, I have found that my clients tend to fall into three different categories.

The first stage of organization clients are those who are completely overwhelmed and disorganized. This is a client who has had life happen to them and their home is in the state where every drawer is now a junk drawer. The goal in this stage as a person goes through the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge is to decide what items they want to keep and what items they’re ready to donate or sell. Getting rid of clutter to have a space to organize is the first step, and some clients require a great deal of help to get through this stage.

The second stage of organization are the clients whose homes have been decluttered at least one time. There is still more decluttering to do, and they’re looking for better systems to put in place in their homes so that the disorganization does not continue to rear its ugly head. Clutter doesn’t magically disappear, so this stage client needs training and tools to continue the success they have started to enjoy.

The final stage of organization are the clients who know where everything is in their home and they’re pretty sure that they have the systems in place that they want, but they’re ready to take their organization to the Pinterest level. They want to go to the Container Store and shop to their heart’s content. And they want everything to look as organized as they feel.

In reading these organizational stages, you probably have put yourself in one or more stage. In a TV show, I would be able to show a kitchen in each stage and how I would attack that as a professional organizer so that people can be more successful in completing the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge in their own homes.

As I have said, I personally have done the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House challenge three times. I started in the completely disorganized stage due to life events, and I am now probably in that Pinterest stage.

The second thing I would like to show in a TV show are all of the cool organizers and products on the market that you can buy to organize whatever room of the home that we are in.

It is just not physically or financially feasible for me to purchase all of the different organizers that I love to be able to show those on my blog posts in this series. But through sponsorships, I would be able to show on TV all of the awesome organizers that are available to the public.

I also would like to have a featured guest on most of my shows.

It would be really helpful to talk to psychologists, establishments like Goodwill, cleaning experts, technology experts, photo historians, accountants, educators and much more. Part of getting organized is learning from different experts the tips and tricks that will help you stay more organized as you tackle each section of your home.

Finally, I would also like an “Ask Lisa” segment where readers and viewers can submit questions they would like a professional organizer to answer, and my team can offer solutions and any product recommendations right on the show.

I have more ideas as well, but as I start to think about them, I think about all of the people that it would take for this dream to come true.

First of all, I have zero video experience. Nor do I have any of the equipment to record a show, upload it to the Internet and stream it on to a device like Roku. {Yes, I want my own channel.}

There are also the logistical details of creating a set for the TV show, getting the products to highlight each week and finding different homes that I can go in each week so that we can film segments for the show.

And, when I think about all of these people and things and time that I would need, I know this is a big dream! I don’t have an extra hour now, so how would I find the needed 15 to 25 hours a week to produce the show?

But I know it can be done, and I know it would help people and I just have a feeling deep in my bones that it is going to be a reality.

When my mind turns from dreaming mode into productivity mode, I start to think about how I can make this dream a reality. From contacting TLC or HGTV to self-producing with the local community college IT department, I have loads of creative ideas already!

Last year when I asked you to complete my reader survey, I asked what brands you would like to see more organizational products from. Top of the list were Home Depot, Procter & Gamble, Staples, Bed Bath and Beyond, Post It, Goodwill, Michael’s Craft Store and Office Depot.

I am continuing to edit and refine the 40 Weeks 1 Whole House Challenge program…continuing to build and develop my podcasting and television presence…and working with as many people in the Cincinnati area as I can to really get down to what is holding them back from living a more organized life.

So, that’s my dream. I would love it if you would leave in the comments any suggestions, things you would like to see in the show someday and any work contacts that you have that could help this dream become a reality!

Thank YOU for being part of my dream!

🙂
Lisa

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