Kelly and Katie McMenamin are two sisters who run a home and life organization service called Pixies Did It. Their philosophy: if your life is not organized around your own habits and personality, it won’t run smoothly. Here, Kelly takes on a subject that I, for one, find terrifying: organizing the linen closet…
Every once in a while, I’m tempted to try to be someone I’m not. Someone carefree and able to ignore “to do’s”. Yesterday, I felt like watching TV all day but knew I couldn’t as I had writing to do. I thought, “Hey, I know! I’ll be like my sister & business partner, Kate. I’ll finish my writing while simultaneously watching TV.” So, I tried to write this bit while watching movies all afternoon. I didn’t get farther than a few sentences and had to keep rewinding the movies. End result: I neither enjoyed the movies nor experienced the joy of crossing off “Write blog” from my to-do list.
No matter how hard I try, I cannot be someone else. I work and then play, not because I’m virtuous or have superior willpower to Kate, but because it’s easier for me this way. If I don’t do it in this order, I don’t get work done and then I’m anxious and unhappy. That’s it. That’s the only reason.
I like to keep my house tidy because I can’t relax if there is obvious work in front of me, i.e., junk everywhere screaming to be put away. I’ll honestly never know how people can truly relax amidst genuine clutter. I can tolerate things temporarily but eventually it grates on me and I must find a home for something.
So now you are probably wondering how anyone like me could possibly have problems with organizing.
Kelly and Katie McMenamin are two sisters who run a home and life organization service called 
