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 The Chronicle January 22nd, 2005
By Matthew L. Brown
Chronicle Staff Writer
Willimantic-Some people never throw anything away.
Others attach emotional significance to everything that comes into their
possession. Still others are packrats, and some people are just plain
disorganized.
Whether it's a little clutter or pathways cleared through the piles of stuff,
Jennifer Doyle says she can help. She and her company Chaos Consultants just
moved to Willimantic.
Doyle is a professional organizer. She's well established in the Bolton and
Glastonbury area and has turned her focus on the Willimantic area. Soon, all of
eastern Connecticut could become a neater, cleaner place.
"I've helped businesses and I've done basements." Doyle said in a recent
interview.
The Brooklyn native and Eastern Connecticut State University graduate-her degree
is in Sociology-said she's always been an organized person and was in the habit
of organizing for family and friends before she started Chaos Consultants.
"I'm definitely organized," she said, "but I do have my issues, everyone has
their hotspots."
Some of the most frequent organizational difficulties have to do with the most
common materials of everyday business, Doyle said.
"Probably the biggest thing is we're so inundated with paper every day," she
said.
Also in the months right after the holidays, people are often at a loss for
where to put things. "Shopping, Christmas, you get a lot of gifts, and then
January is such a busy shopping month; things get really cluttered."
But there are other obstacles to organization, Doyle said.
People tend to become emotional about their possessions. Perhaps they don't
intend to clutter up their home or office, but the result of becoming unwilling
to part with certain things may lead to utter disorganization.
"If you try to do it with a loved one or rush through it, it's really hard,"
Doyle said.
"It's not good to start" organizing one's home or office "with grandma's
letters. You can start with a closet and work from there. The more emotional
things are hard to let go."
Doyle moved to Willimantic about six months ago with the intent of expanding her
business. She's already met with business owners from Storrs and Ashford
interested in becoming more organized.
"I started doing it with family and friends. It's not cleaning exactly. People
wanted me to come over and go through their pantry."
And so much for leaving work at the office. Doyle's home is as organized as the
homes of her clients.
"It's hard to enjoy yourself if you come home and there's clutter everywhere."
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