Labeled Organizing
Professional Organizer Sara Garrison shares practical tips for organizing your home, simplifying your life, and creating systems that actually work. Drawing from years of experience with residential and commercial clients, Sara explores decluttering, productivity, moving, hoarding behaviors, time management, life transitions, and the mindset shifts that make lasting organization possible.
Whether you’re tackling a cluttered closet, preparing for a move, recovering after a major life change, or simply looking for motivation to get started, each episode offers actionable strategies and real-world insights to help you create a more functional and peaceful space.
New episodes feature organizing advice, product recommendations, client-inspired lessons, and encouragement for making progress one step at a time.
Episodes
130 episodes
130. Timing Larger Organizing Projects
Is there ever a time when you start a larger project then feel defeated when you can't wrap it up before bed, or starting something else? You're not alone. You're just not timing your project accordingly. In this short, motivational episode, I ...
129. Organizing for Single Moms (and those who feel like one) - Part Three
In this third and final part of the series, I focus on "health and stress" as part of being a single mom. We talk about organizing time, where to put fitness on your list of priorities, and how to work towards alleviating stress so that you don...
128. Your Nightstand is Keeping You Awake
IMPORTANT: We have a new website! Please go to www.labeledorganizingpodcast.com for more info on the show.Be honest, how organized is your nightstand? Does it support your bedtime ro...
127. Organizing for Single Moms (and those who feel like one) - Part Two
IMPORTANT: We have a new website! Please go to www.labeledorganizingpodcast.com for more info on the show.In part two of this three-part series for single moms, I focus on "time and balance" and give examples of how we can invest some of...
126. The Digital Crossover
Sometimes our mind gets tripped up when we try to convert our "physical" life over to digital. In this episode, I give a few tips on how to make that transition smoother, as well as how to organize your time while doing it.
125. 10-Minute Task: Time the Task
How many times do you outsource something then say, "It shouldn't take you that long"? Do you actually know how much time it will take for someone to do it the "correct" way? If not, if this 10-Min task is for you. The goal here is to bridge th...
123. Moving Series: Episode 4 of 5: 2 Weeks Out
As we get closer to our hypothetical moving day (and real one for some), we're getting very HONEST with ourselves in terms of what we want. Though it's getting close to the point of no return, there IS still time. And after this episode, you wi...
122. When Organizers Get in the Way
If you've been listening to this podcast for a while, you may have gotten so good at getting rid of stuff that now you have too many... organizers. But Sara, you say, isn't it a better problem to have that there are now empty orga...
121. Organizing for Single Moms (and those who feel like one) - Part One
I've been wanting to do a series like this for a very long time, and with this episode, I'm starting it. I am a single mom - an organized single mom at that - and even though I organize for a living, it still took a lot of trial and error to ge...
120. Travel Product Review: Matador Refillable Toothpaste Tubes
This all started when we went on Spring Break, earlier this year. I decided to pop into my favorite Container Store location, while we were in Alpharetta, GA, and caught of a glimpse of a set of toothpaste tubes - one black and one white. I pur...
119. Intro to "Organizing for Single Moms (and those who feel like one)"
I've been wanting to do a series like this for a very long time, and with this episode, I'm starting it. I am a single mom - an organized single mom at that - and even though I organize for a living, it still took a lot of trial and error to ge...
118. The Organizing Quiz with Shawn Lemon
INTERACTIVE EPISODE: Take the quiz now and review with us!Joining me on today's episode is THE Digital Organizer, Shawn Lemon. Shawn started The Digital Organizer back in 2013, after working...
117. 5 Things Your Organizer Won't Tell You - Part Two
In the conclusion of this two-part series, only for subscribers, we'll finish up the conversation we started in part one about what your Pro Organizer, Cleaner, Landscaper... won't tell you when you aren't being the ideal client.
116. 5 Things Your Organizer Won't Tell You - Part One
In this two-part episode, ONLY for subscribers, I walk through a client scenario where a lot of the issues, regarding the project, were initiated by the homeowner. This is unfortunate, because sometimes the contractor (not me) will just decide ...
115. 10-Minute Task: This or That
Sometimes you look at a pile of items and try to figure out what you're going to keep, and what you're going to give away. For today's 10-minute task, you're going to do something new: Choose A or B. Once you get the hang of it, you'll find you...
114. Becoming Handy 101 - Part Two
This episode is the second in a series of two! If you haven't already listened to Part One, I suggest going back and doing that before continuing with this one. Also, this is truly "beginner" advice when it comes to things that are considered h...
113. The "Baddy" Bag
When "goody" bags hinder your organizing efforts...
112. Your Make-up Bag is Keeping You Unorganized
I know a lot of people are into the "Get Ready With Me (GRWM)" videos on social media, but ALL of those products, in a "real" household, are keeping people unorganized. Let's talk about how you can get your makeup bag organized NOW, so that you...
111. The Art of Honest Organizing: Grocery Shopping
How honest are you with yourself about what you buy? Does the purchase fit your current lifestyle? Do you feel yourself wasting money often, because you're not being honest about what you really need (or want) right now? In this new, ongoing se...
110. What Ikea Did Right! (Also on YouTube)
In this episode, we're covering another "organizing" store: Ikea! I actually a mentioned a couple of Ikea products during the Container Store episode, and I have updates on at least one. I'll also show you a few things I picked up during my las...
109. 10-Minute Task: The One Thing
I know many of you are struggling to get your home organized. Sometimes it's just starting with one thing... And I know that's easier said than done. That's why, in today's 10-minute task, we're going to get specific on one item that could alte...
108. Moving Series: Episode 3 of 5: 4 Weeks Out
Can you believe we're halfway to moving [day]? I know some of you didn't believe me in the first moving episode, but time FLIES when you have a thousand things to pack. In this episode, we really start cracking down on household items and perfo...
107. Bonus: It Never Gets Easier
Some people think that if you have ONE thing figured out in your life, then you must know it all. This is not really how talent or intelligence works. Everyone has some kind of obstacle they must overcome, and I'm here to tell you a story...&nb...
106. Organizing for Rainy Holiday Weekends
So you made plans for the long holiday weekend, and... it's decided to rain. Whether you were "all in" to be productive or "all out" to have fun, this episode will help you find a balance, as well as alternatives to utilize your now open schedu...