FAQ
Frequently asked question about home organisation.
General
I primarily work in Budapest, Hungary. However, I am open to coming to any city in Hungary for an additional fee. Contact me to get a travel quote. Additionally, I work online and can help you from wherever in the world you are located.
Initial consultation, both in-home and over the phone are completely free. Additionally, I offer services within services, such as being an accountability buddy. Please contact me for prices of additional services.
You can fill out the contact form HERE (https://orgify.org/contactme) and I will aim to get back to you within 48 hours. Or you can contact me by phone or email (+36 30 071 9421/ christinastolin.orgify@gmail.com).
Confidentiality is extremely important to me. All information provided by you will be confidential. This includes anything you say and show me. None of your personal information will be shared with a third party either, unless it is for tax purposes, which includes your name and address.
In all honesty, I don’t want to charge people for canceling. I fully understand that emergency situations happen, or life gets in the way of us trying to improve on ourselves. I do ask for a 24-hour notice when canceling, just so I can give my time to my other clients. Despite not having a monetary cancelation policy, I do use the “three strike rule” whereby if you cancel three times in a row, I can no longer help you in your journey. I believe this is a fair substitution.
Organization
The best thing to do is ‘nothing’. It’s important for me to view your home in its original state. There is no shame in messes, we have all been there, and the main thing is that you are motivated to get rid of disorganization, for which you should feel pride and a level of accomplishment. We are about to embark on an amazing process together.
Every project and client are different. There are many things to consider here, such as the size of the project, level of disorganization, motivation of the client, and speed of decision making. Some clients accomplish their goals after a few sessions, whereas others need more time to achieve their goals and could need additional sessions to help maintain the tidiness. During our consultation, I can give you an estimate of how long your project may take, but this will only be an estimate.
Absolutely not. My job is not to force you to do anything! Instead, I will be there to support and motivate you into making decisions about what you would like to keep and what you can let go of. Sometimes it’s worth diving a little deeper into the reasons you give. In these situations I may press for more information, not to change your mind, but to help you understand the deeper meanings behind your decisions.
Often, it is believed that an organizer can magically make a space permanently organized. Sadly, that is not true. We need to do more than just organize. Smart systems need to be established in your home, that encompass your personality, habits, and lifestyle. These systems help us stay organized and tidy. From time to time, after any major life change, the organized space will need some touching up, which is completely normal. It is also normal that the initial system we come up with may not work 100%, in which case we tweak the system until it fits just right. From that, combined with some cool maintenance tricks (which I’ll teach you during our sessions), you can learn how to keep a space organized permanently.
I try to take before and after pictures so that we can see the results. Its important to remember where we started and to see the full change at the end of our project. I may use the photos for marketing purposes, however only with your prior permission.
Productivity
I need to know what you think is going wrong, how you spend your time, what your aims are, and what your good and bad habits are. Together we tweak your routines until you are fully satisfied. The idea with productivity is that we need to find what works for you as an individual, to fit your personality, habits, lifestyle, etc. There is no quick fix to this. We have to do the work to find our perfect methods and then stick with them. But I promise, once we find those methods, you’ll live a much more productive and effective life.
That’s completely up to you. Some people like coming to me on a weekly basis and going over what worked and what didn’t and discussing some new methods to try out. Others like having me in their back pocket, sending me messages throughout the day, sort of like an accountability buddy. I suggest a combination of both, starting with sessions to go over global changes that may need to be done, followed by having me around to help when things go wrong or right.
As the saying goes “slow and steady wins the race”. Together we work on changing your habits, question your goals, and aim for something more than just ‘getting the job done’. We want to be doing things to the best of our abilities, and that requires some changes, motivation, and time. Be patient with yourself and your productivity journey.
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Christina Stolin
+36 30 874 2655
christinastolin@gmail.com
+36 30 874 2655
christinastolin@gmail.com