Today we’d like to introduce you to Sheree Gregory.
Hi Sheree, it’s an honor to have you on the platform. Thanks for taking the time to share your story with us – to start maybe you can share some of your backstory with our readers?
Until recently, I was living in New York and working as a flight attendant. I loved my job but was looking for something more fulfilling. A passion. An intersection of doing something I loved and improving people’s lives. I spent many hours on the jump seat of a 737 trying on different careers in my head and never finding anything that seemed quite right.
When Marie Kondo’s book “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying” came into my life devoured it. I realized this is what I had been doing in my spare time my entire life. This is the thing I would do for free. When I was organizing time flew by. It was my passion.
I realized what a difference organizing made in my life as well as the difference in friends and family I had helped to become more organized. They were buoyed by the work we’d done, lighter and happier.
I never dreamed it could be a career path, but I found and joined the National Association of Professional Organizers and Productivity Specialists, NAPO for short. I had found my people. I took educational courses through NAPO and spent time in quarantine building the foundation of my business. Asking what is was exactly that I wanted to provide and what I wanted my business to look like.
Like for so many people, COVID prompted a move and my partner and I moved briefly to Houston where I started hands on organizing and then to Austin. We are new to the city and loving it.
Can you talk to us a bit about the challenges and lessons you’ve learned along the way. Looking back would you say it’s been easy or smooth in retrospect?
I can’t imagine there is a business owner out there who would say starting a business was a smooth road. The biggest struggles I faced however were not the kind you’d generally think of when starting a business.
My biggest hurdle was me. I literally had to get over myself. Get over the fear and self – doubt and put myself out there. As an introvert that was terrifying. But I am thankful for the bumps in the road because they always taught me something.
As you know, we’re big fans of Conscious Quarters Organizing. For our readers who might not be as familiar what can you tell them about the brand?
Conscious Quarters Organizing is a professional organizing business providing organizational services for residential homes and small businesses. Professional Organizing can encompass a whole range of services. I offer do it for me services as well as working one on one with clients. Sessions include de-cluttering and purging, finding space and storage solutions, containing and organizing remaining items and donation drop offs as well as personal shopping and booking other necessary services. Overall I create systems and procedures so that homes and spaces work for my clients and not against them.
Julia Child and Martha Stewart are two of my biggest heroes so kitchens, of course, are my specialty. I am a proud member of NAPO and hold specialist certificates in Residential Organizing and Essentials of Organizing. Yoga teacher training, a degree in Psychology, and a living life between a small NY city apartment and out of a suitcase while traveling as a flight attendant have helped to hone my organizational skills and bring a unique perspective to my profession. Design, flow, function and beauty are all important to me as I consider each particular space.
Our homes home have such a profound impact on our daily lives, moods, and emotional well-being but, so often we are unaware of and frustrated by our spaces. I strive to bring awareness of your home into your home. Together clients and I determine whether their homes align with the most recent version of themselves. We work together to curate a space that nurtures and restores them. A home, I believe, should be an oasis from a hectic and chaotic world. I really believe that getting organized can change your life.
Is there a quality that you most attribute to your success?
I believe empathy is such an important characteristic in this profession. It takes a lot of courage for people to allow me into their homes, to reveal the spaces they are ashamed of. Empathy allows me to meet my clients where they are, to walk alongside them in their journey and help them along the way. Discretion and non-judgment are also important characteristics. I want people to feel accepted and heard and helped. When they are it is empowering for them and allows change and growth.
Pricing:
- $65 an hour – In Home Organizing
- $65 an hour – Virtual Organizing
- $100 DIY Session
Contact Info:
- Email: cqorganizing@gmail.com
- Website: www.consciousquarters.com
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/consciousquarters/
- Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cqorganizing/
