I recently stumbled upon a TikTok where a woman shared her experience of working with a professional organizer, only to feel like she’d been duped. As someone who’s been in the organizing world (and real estate, where complaints are par for the course), I can’t help but feel a twinge of secondhand defensiveness.
I’m not gonna lie - I love beautifully organized spaces. Those Pinterest-perfect walk-in pantries inspire me to build one in my next house for all the food I can store and probably will never eat. I no longer get asked if my job is a “real job” and “do people actually pay you” to do it; however, social media and reality TV are not reality.
