An Organized Life

MJ Rosenthal’s skills are nothing short of life changing . I have used several different professional organizers to try to conquer a life long challenge with excessive clutter and general disorganization. It would help for a bit but then weeks later would go right back to baseline:( . MJ gets to the heart of the challenge. She gives you tried and true strategies that match with your unique personality and habits to make permanent changes that enable you to live the life you want! I cannot thank her enough! Call her now - you will not regret it .!!!!!!

MJ Rosenthal is an extraordinary organizer, & a businesswoman of incredible integrity. I've had uniformly excellent experiences with her, & have hired her to shepherd me thru projects at work & in my home. We've worked together for 9- 10 years, & since she & I connected I've never worked with another company or individual. MJ has seen me thru two demanding careers, both of which require lots of documentation and entail swift and accurate turn-around -- as well as a number of residences. She can be trusted implicitly. Yes, you might find cheaper, but you can't find better. She's gifted at what she does, smart as a whip, & extremely professional. The fact that she has a great personality means that in addition to delivering results, you'll enjoy the collaboration. She respects her clients & develops customized organizational systems. Everyone that I've referred has reported similarly awesome experiences. Some used her to streamline their homes and/or create home offices. Thumbs up from me & several friends & colleagues who include professors, two scientists, a writer and a public health specialist, one of whom has a serious case of ADHD.

MJ Rosenthal of AN ORGANIZED LIFE is a "15" on a scale of 1 to 10! I initially hired MJ to help organize a basement full of "extra things" shortly after we moved from a large home in Needham to a smaller townhouse. I only wish I had availed myself of her services before our move! She is enormously knowledgeable on "the process" of organizing. From the emotional/psychological side - to the nuts and bolts of "what" to discard, "how" to discard- and then, how to organize what you "keep" so that it fits into your everyday life easily. During our recent move - ALL of our holidays decorations were lost. After a focused, short discussion, MJ knew exactly what my style and taste was. She not only purchased all new holiday decorations, but she put all of them up within a few hours! It was a beautiful and stress-free holiday! She also scheduled a date after the holidays to take down and completely organize everything. Setting everything up the following year was amazingly easy. As a business-owner myself, I have extremely high expectations of of everyone I hire and everyone I work with. MJ is TOP in her field! She is professional, dependable and a true joy to work with. She works within budget and has always met and exceeded all deadlines - even on the most difficult of projects. One of MJ's greatest strengths is her amazing ability to immediately identify how to best help each client individually. She provides the highest level of expertise in everything she does. I have worked with MJ on many projects and always look forward to each and every project! If you are lucky enough to work with MJ you will not be disappointed.

I hired MJ (An Organized Life) in 2013 following an initial consultation and subsequent preparation of a organization plan that included several rooms, the basement and garage of my home. To date, MJ has assisted us with the approx 1000 SF partially finished basement, which includes living space and several areas for storage, as well as assisted in rooms on the first floor. MJ is outstanding at listening to her client, determining needs and objectives and then organizing space and providing solutions. She also provided weekly and long term guidance to me about ways to think about and maintain the space, and in clutter management. Before MJ, each time I said to myself that I was going to organize the basement to create a nice space for teen daughters and to create storage, I'd end up just paralyzed by the size of the project and amount of stuff all over. MJ knew exactly what to do to start the process, and worked with us over the following several months until completion. There were several sub-projects required of us, like setting up an organization system for an extensive train collection as well as home seasonal decorations. She collaborated with us and then executed. The space is fantastic now!! We all regularly use it as it is just so pleasant now. We owe that to MJ! It never could have happened without her. I will hire her again at the right time to do the remaining projects. I highly and without any reservations recommend An Organized Life!!

By providing me with clear criteria for giving away things and pointing out problem areas long invisible to me, she helped me take my house from crowded and unsaleable to selling for more than asking price at the bottom of the market. I cannot thank her enough! MK in Newton (thanks again MJ)

MJ helped my husband organize his whole office in just a few hours. It was a miracle and he could never have done it by himself. She forces you to make decisions and makes it seem easy. She is pleasant to work with and very energetic.

MJ is fantastic! She is creative, high-energy, responsive and reliable. MJ made cleaning out and organizing really easy and she is a pleasure to work with. I cannot recommend her more highly.

MJ Rosenthal of An Organized Life is fantastic. She has worked with me over many months, maintaining a positive outlook, encouraging me, celebrating my successes, while also pushing me to set goals and holding me accountable for working toward those goals. MJ has provided the support I've needed to get "unstuck" and continue to move forward. Her knowledge and her ability to modify her approach based on my changing needs has been critical -- her services have evolved as my project has moved forward. She is patient and kind and dependable. I will always be grateful for the help she has provided to me. Lisa B.

In recent years, I have become less and less able to manage my personal and professional spaces. As a result of feelings of low self-worth and a cycle of inefficiency at home and in the workplace. I became unable to organize and manage matters on my own and looked for professional service providers for assistance. MJ Rosenthal of An Organized Life has been invaluable in guiding me through a process that has shown marked improvement in a relatively short period of time. MJ has done so in a nonjudgmental and supportive way which encourages me to implement tools and strategies learned with increasing consistency, independence and success.

MJ brings a lot of energy and focus to a project. I have had her help seasonally over the last 2 years to update storage spaces, and areas of accumulated clutter. It is always refreshing to finish a project with her and feel the positive effects for months to come.

I found MJ using a Google search when I moved to Waltham last June. I was cleaning out my new husband's home and bringing my things into it (both of us were widowed). MJ was amazing -- tactful, understanding, practical, and professional. Her enthusiasm and optimism helped me both while she was here and while I was making progress on her recommendations on my own. She was also able to connect me with the outside help I needed (contractors and donation outlets) to finish the job. Now our home is settled, clean, comfortable, and organized.

An Organized Life continues to be my salvation. I have had the good fortune to learn and blossom under the care of Founder and Owner, MJ Rosenthal over several years. MJ is kind, warm, caring and brilliant at empowering people by transforming the "overwhelming" into "very concrete and manageable." She listens closely, honors each person's journey and absolutely never judges; even when the sink is full of dirty dishes, the stacks of paperwork fill boxes and the floor is covered with Legos or laundry. An Organized Life has helped me begin the journey to bring balance to the chaos that came from trying to do everything on my own, with no strategies to do so. MJ Rosenthal has helped me physically organize my house. She has also worked with me to develop routines and systems to prevent this new found organization from falling apart. Additionally, MJ has worked with me to develop systems for processing incoming paperwork; budgeting and managing my bills and bank records; to help my children be more organized; she has overseen the organization of construction project management with me on multiple projects; she has even helped to setup a short term support system for me to assist in recovery from a surgery. An Organized Life has taught me that disorganization is not a moral shortcoming, rather, it is just a lack of skills. And even with ADHD, it is very possible to learn those skills from a gifted teacher. MJ Rosenthal with An Organized Life is that gifted teacher. Abi--Newton Centre, MA