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Welcome to Organize 365®!

I am thoroughly interested by the way the mind works. It is my desire that by engaging with the resources below, and across the Organize 365® website, you too will understand how the ADHD mind can learn to be organized.

I understand the anguish and shame that you may experience if disorganization is overwhelming your life. Even though I don’t struggle with ADHD myself, I am a wife, a mom, and a professional organizer. Which means that I have successfully parented, taught, and professionally organized those who do.

And that is why I am so thankful that you are here. You are ready to take action and increase your executive functions, and I am honored to be your guide.

Detailed information is below, but getting started truly is as simple as 1, 2, 3:

How ADHD Affects Home Organization

If you have ADHD and you’ve been struggling with organization, it doesn’t mean there’s something wrong with you.

Do any of these organizing challenges feel familiar to you?

Do you walk in a room to organize and find yourself paralyzed and overwhelmed?

Do you find yourself spending money on organizing solutions that don’t work?

Do you feel like you put in effort but never make any progress?

Or maybe you know exactly what you want to do, and yet for some reason, you just can’t get started.
Organizing isn’t easy. And having ADHD doesn’t make it any easier.

But it doesn’t have to be impossible.

It just means it's time to try working with your brain instead of against it.

In How ADHD Affects Home Organization, professional organizer, motivational speaker, and teacher of the learnable skills of organization, Lisa Woodruff will help you to: * Understand how your mind works * Recognize your unique strengths and weaknesses * Find the strategies that work for you

Read What Others Have To Say About This Book

How does someone without ADHD write a book that is completely relatable to those who have it? She gives clear explanations, real-world examples, and a solution or resource on just about every page. When an organized person wants to help disorganized people, we need to get fluent in their language. And there are a thousand dialects of the language of the disorganized. The language of the person with ADHD who struggles with executive function and organization are on every page of this book.

Lisa Woodruff makes it very clear that she does not have ADHD, but has been surrounded by it throughout her life and careers in service to others, and finding ways to help those with ADHD move forward. This immersion, and helping understand challenges and collaborate to develop solutions has led to this easy to read, easy to use book.
“Lisa offers clarity, support and guidance to help her readers take a step back, consider what progress would look like, and take action to tackle the areas in their home that have left them feeling defeated.”
Oh, and here’s the real secret: Even if you don’t have ADHD but struggle with organization, you’ll learn plenty reading this book!

As a professional organizer, I plan on sharing this with my ADHD clients, so that they may have access to the understanding, ideas and resources that this book brings.

–Kathy Vines, Certified Professional Organizer ®, Clever Girl Organizing

Clearing clutter and getting organized are healthy goals for millions of homeowners, as it can not only reduce stress, but generally help your home life run more smoothly. But for those with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), it can be an overwhelming and emotional struggle. In “How ADHD Affects Home Organization,” professional organizer Lisa Woodruff explores the executive functions of the mind that directly affect one’s ability to organize the home: Flexible thinking, working memory, self-monitoring, task initiation, planning and organization. “Along the way, she provides tips and strategies for overcoming obstacles — tools you can use to get the organized house of your dreams.” Published in May, Woodruff’s book appears to have struck a chord with readers. The Kindle version is the No. 1 Best Seller in Do-It-Yourself Home Improvement on Amazon, where it also ranks among the Top 20 Most Wished-For titles. In addition, the Audible audiobook edition currently sits at No. 2 on the list of Top 20 New Releases. It has earned five-star reviews from 90 percent of Amazon customers, with one stating that it “reaches far beyond just helping people with ADHD.”

–Kathy Vines, Certified Professional Organizer ®, Clever Girl Organizing

The Sunday Basket® System

Organizing is a skill, not a personality trait. That means you can learn to organize! The Sunday Basket^® is all about functionality and practicality. We’re not looking for “Pinterest perfect.” We’re implementing a system that works for you.

With the Sunday Basket^® you will:

Gather incoming paperwork into one spot.
- Stop frantically searching for the document you need!
Establish a dedicated routine for processing paper.
- Streamline your life, reduce your mental load, save 5 hours per week!
Plan your week in advance.
- Maximize productivity and efficiency without forgetting anything!
Learn vital skills you can apply to all areas of life.
- Being organized will save you time, energy, and money!

The Productive Home Solution®

Give me one year.

One year to organize your home.

One year to go from files and piles to a simple, easily maintained paper binder system.

One year to change your chaotic, reactive life into a purposeful, proactive life where you are in control.

The Productive Home Solution® includes everything you need for your year of transformation:

The 100 Day Home Organization Program – 100 daily lessons to guide you through organizing your entire home 3 times a year.
The From Hot Mess to Organized Storage Course – 28 lessons designed to get your storage space organized once and for all!
The From Hot Mess to Organized Storage ebook – where to sell, donate and recycle #everything.
The NEW Private Productive Home Solution Podcast – guiding you through each week in your transformational year starting 12/5
The NEW Organize 365 Community App – where you can find the new podcast – and support from Tanya.
Ditch the file cabinet with the 4 Essential Household Binders: Medical, Financial, Household Reference, Household Operations, including editable PDFs of each binder
Registration for Planning Day on May 7th. (Live or the replay good until July 5)

The opportunity to join the planning day subscription plan which will give you the 100 Day Home Organization Program planners for each session you remain a member.
The Saving Your Story Photo Organization Program has everything you need to organize physical photos and paper memorabilia.

Kids Program

I want your kid(s) to feel empowered – to feel like they have the skills and tools to keep their home life and school life organized. I want you to feel confident knowing you are raising kids who will one day be responsible, independent adults. This program is designed to give your kids the SKILLS they need to get and stay organized.

This course will walk your kids through all sorts of skills they need for organizing their backpacks, their bedrooms, and their clothes! And you know me. I am a teacher. All of these skills are taught simply, clearly, and in my step-by-step Lisa way. 🙂

Your kids will learn how to clean their room, plan their week, keep their activity bags and homework in order and even learn how to organize their toys, hobbies and special memories.

The Kids Program consists of a compilation of 6 separate courses:

For the Parents – Everything YOU want to know about how to TEACH organizing.
LITTLES – Organizing Kids ages 0-5.
LEARN – 20 step-by-step lessons designed to do a big clean out and reset your kids room – ages 6-17.
LAUNCH – 5 step-by-step lessons to help young adults prepare to transition from living at home as a kid, to being an independent adult – ages 16-25.
SATURDAY – Weekly videos, printables & steps to clean & organize your room.
SUNDAY – Weekly videos, printables & steps to plan your week.

The Organize 365^® Kids Program is a 100% digital course with lessons, videos, and printables. It is divided by age range and covers everything from how to make their bed to how to organize their school paperwork – from how to declutter their toys to how to use a printable to plan their week. There are even check marks to mark the lessons “complete” as they go through the program so your children can see their progress.

MEET LISA WOODRUFF

Lisa Woodruff is a productivity specialist, home organization expert, and founder and CEO of Organize 365^®. Lisa provides physical and motivational resources teaching busy women to take back control of their lives with functional systems that work. She’s the host of the top-rated Organize 365^® Podcast, which was featured as the Woman’s Day podcast of the month, where she shares strategies for reducing overwhelm, clearing mental clutter and living a productive and organized life. Lisa has authored several Amazon bestselling books and is a sought-after trainer and speaker, often quoted as saying “Done is better than perfect” and “Progress over perfection.” Her sensible and doable organizing tasks appeal to multiple generations and her candor and relatable style make you feel as though she is right there beside you, helping you get organized as you laugh and cry together.

As a recognized thought-leader Lisa’s work has been featured in many national publications such as, Fast Company, US News and World Report, Women’s World, Ladies Home Journal, Getting Organized, Woman’s Day and Your Teen magazines. She’s been interviewed on over thirty podcasts, more than fifty local TV segments, countless online summits and is a regular HuffPost and ADDitude magazine contributor. Lisa is also a generational expert and specializes in unpacking common everyday scenarios with grace and reshaping your understanding of the role we play in the home today. Believing that organization is not a skill you’re born with, but rather is developed over time and which changes with each season of life, she made it her mission to redefine what it means to be a woman in the home.

Research

Our Mission

Organize 365^® helps busy people, in all phases of life, learn the functional skills of home and paper organization in one year with organizing systems that work. By developing these skills, people have the time to pursue their passions and unique gifting and calling.

Our Vision

Through research, targeted surveys, and data analysis, Organize 365^® will bring to light the organizational needs of individuals. Podcast conversations and thought leadership will shape and develop the discussion about the “stuff” in American homes. As the trusted leader in home and paper organization, Organize 365^® will be the go-to resource for busy individuals, future professional organizers, home organizational brands, and the media. Organize 365^® will help individuals “finally get organized” with home and paper organization courses and products that combine teaching and applications of practical organization principles.

Why Research?

When writing The Paper Solution: What to Shred, What to Save, and How to Stop It From Taking Over Your Life, Lisa found a lot of organizational “statistics” but was often unable to find an original research study or source for the numbers repeatedly cited on the internet. Additionally, much of the available information about household organization was collected in the 1980s to early 2000s. Over twenty years later, it is important to collect and analyze updated information to better explore and understand household organization today.

Organize 365^® has initiated research about The State of the American Home in the 21st Century. We are partnering with several organizations and independent researchers to ensure our data collection is ethical, accurate, and interpreted properly. Organize 365^® will share information and knowledge gained from rigorous scientific research.