Testimonials
What people are saying about Creating Space.
“Stefanie is so motivated and motivating and positive that I find myself hearing her voice when I look at things in my home. She is my new muse!”
- Jeanine Crumley
“Working with Stefanie has had a profound effect on both my business and my life. What has been most helpful that is she is able to reflect back what I am already doing well while she reminds me that I don’t have to beat myself up for my mistakes. Stefanie is patient, empathetic, and wise- she has really partnered with me to create systems that actually complement my strengths and navigate my challenges.”
- Lynn Johnson, Co-Owner, Glitter & Razz Productions
www.glitterandrazz.com
“Stefanie helped me declutter, organize and develop systems to handle a very busy home-based business and family life. I now know where to go to find things so I can easily put my finger on what I need. It’s also helped the flow of creativity in my writing and other projects.”
- Grace Durfee, Professional Coach
“Stefanie is an angel- in the short time that we have worked together, she has understood the creative way I think and easily translated that to efficiently organize my workspace!”
- Kara Butterfield, Home Stylist
“Stefanie’s style is perfect for someone like me who needs a partner to keep me focused on the task that needs to be done. She listens for the client’s processing style, quickly devising an initial approach that can work with the materials and objects already available. Stefanie also stays aware of the long term goals clients might wish to achieve once they feel that they have more control over their space and can manage it themselves. Stefanie aims for the client’s self-sufficiency and not long-term dependency, although she remains available for interventions as situations change in the client’s life. She is smart, a skilled deep listener, and very quick and accurate in responding to clients where they are in the moment, yet still hearing where they would like to be in the future. As if this were not enough, Stefanie is also an interesting person too, and easy to have around and to work with it. I am sure you will find that working with Stefanie is both productive and fun!”
- Virginia Fry, Ph.D., Personal Coach & Writer
“Stefanie was very efficient, so we accomplished a lot on a short amount of time. As always, her attitude was very positive and encouraging, so we have accomplished more than I was expecting.”
-Iris Keren, Biologist
“THANK YOU so much for helping me organize my office. It feels so light and airy. I no longer feel overwhelmed when I walk in.”
- Margaret Batting, Image and Wardrobe Consultant
“As a result of Stefanie’s work, my office is well organized, my efficiency has improved, and my stress level has dropped significantly. My organization that has undergone tremendous transition recently. As a result, new staff such as myself have been thrust into a fast paced work environment while inheriting years of disorganized files and information. When Stefanie was hired, I was literally surrounded by my own clutter as well as by years of other peoples’ clutter.
Needless to say I wanted a clean, organized office, but was too overwhelmed and busy to make it happen. Stefanie, however, made it seem doable. From the start, Stefanie brought a calming presence to my office and in turn to the project of organizing it. Stefanie was flexible and willing to work around my extremely busy schedule, but she was persistent enough to make sure we got it done. Having successfully overcome my avoidance, we began to tackle the project. Stefanie took care to make sure the work environment was as soothing as possible, including making sure we had a variety of music, and that I wasn’t too hungry or too tired at any point during the work. From the outset, Stefanie asked great questions about the nature of my work and my goals for the workspace. I started to actually get excited about an organized office! Stefanie helped me develop a vision, and then helped create the tools and systems to make the vision a reality. After our first two-hour session, I had the workable skeleton of a filing system in place. My stress began to abate almost instantly. After another two hour session, almost all of my work was filed in an orderly system, old files were categorized, book shelves were clear of piles for books, and the office not only looked better, but felt better.
Working with Stefanie to organize my workspace has truly improved my spirits, my energy level, and my productivity. I no longer feel constantly overwhelmed which frequently led to stress or procrastination. I highly recommend the professional organizing services of Stefanie Archer.”
-Jennifer Springer, Attorney
“I just want to tell you how great my office feels and how much clearer my head feels as a result. After you left, I had the energy to tackle even more. Everyone that walks in is shocked and anything out of place is very noticable! My To Do list is very long but at least I know everything that is on it. Thank you so much!”
- Jen Kiok, Spontaneous Celebrations
Executive Director
“Most of my life has revolved around work and community volunteerism, with little time devoted to myself. I felt as if I were trying to catch up all the time. Both my living space and my personal life reflected a lack of work-life balance which was taking a toll on my mental/physical health. I had given much thought to hiring a professional organizer, yet I was fearful of letting someone else make very personal decisions about me.
I hired Stefanie Archer as my professional organizer because I valued her work-life balance, her opinion, and her unassuming work style. First, Stefanie used her motivational and supportive skills to quell all of my anxieties. She assured me that as a young emerging professional, hiring a professional organizer was a sign of strength, rather than one of weakness, and that we would approach my personal goal as a team. Together we developed a budget to organize my finances, as well as a plan to manage my time effectively. Stefanie provided me with tools to clear out the clutter in my apartment and maintain that sense of organization. She let me work at my own pace, yet nudged me along when I was at a standstill. Succinctly stated, Stefanie brought order and simplicity to my life. With her creativity, patience and humor, Stefanie Archer inspired me to be better organized. I highly recommend her services.”
- Rosalinda Cruz, Visual Merchandise
“I work with a small grassroots organization called Bread of Life, a free food provider for low-income and homeless people in the north metro Boston area. With over 500 volunteers and only three employees, each staff member of Bread of Life wears a number of hats. Keeping track of volunteers, grant applications and reports, fundraising tasks, financial statements, mailings, reference materials, etc., has often been overwhelming.
Working with Stefanie has been a great help to me personally, to the other staff, to our office volunteers, and to my workspace — which is where the computer server is for our office. With Stefanie, I have been able to focus on fundraising by reviewing grantor files one by one, sorting, filing, eliminating some, and designating others for follow-up. This sorting process is tedious and I put it on the back burner for years, but with Stefanie’s help, we were able to do it in one session and pass along the useful information to a volunteer for follow-up and research.
Stefanie also helped me get clear on tasks, setting up Outlook for me to use as a calendar and task list. She has repeatedly reminded me that getting things off my mind, into the task list, into a file, delegated to a volunteer, makes for less stress.
Stefanie helped me re-organize file folders on my desk so that files I need are accessible and nearest to me, files needed by volunteers can be accessed by them in a different location without interrupting me, and files of inactive projects are archived. Stefanie helped me set up new files of office forms, placed where volunteers can access them without needing to ask me. We also set up new files of tasks that volunteers can do without needing to ask me.
The immediate result is a more organized, more calm, more focused work environment for all. The long-term benefits are that our fundraising efforts are seeing less details falling through the cracks. Our grant writing and tracking deadlines are back on track. Our office processes for staff and volunteers are streamlined. Our communication about schedules, supplies, vehicles, etc. are improved through the use of calendars and white-boards.
Working with Stefanie has ‘ramped up’ my productivity. I feel that I no longer have nagging thoughts about things I ’should do,’ but rather lists of things that I am accomplishing on a particular day, or for a particular project. I whole-heartedly recommend Stefanie Archer and can confidently say that you will be glad you can benefit from her organizing expertise!”
- Gabriella Snyder, Special Projects & Volunteer Coordinator
