The Practical Sort Story

KATU’s Afternoon Live TV Appearance

As featured on KATU's Afternoon Live, PDX Small Business Network Podcast, The Portland Home & Garden Show, and in Better Homes and Gardens Secrets of Getting Organized Early Spring 2022 and Spring 2024 (reprint); NBCNews.com; AARP.com: 25 Great Ways to Make Your Life Easier; Apartment Guide: 18 Essential Spring Moving Tips For a Stress-Free Transition; meQuilibrium:  5 Productivity Hacks that Actually Backfire; Cheapism.com; Redfin.com: Small Apartment Storage Solutions: How to Make Your Space Efficient, and 26 Small Kitchen Organization Ideas to Simplify Your Home; Realtor.Com: “Decluttering for Dummies: Insider Secrets for Organizing Your Overflowing Book Collection” and “6 Tips To Get Your Collection of Cleaning Supplies Under Control”; ZeroWasteLifestyleSystem.com; Better Smarter Richer Blog; “Home Cleaning And Organisation Tips to Prepare Your Property for Sale” (United Kingdom publication); 50 Plus Magazine; Annie&Oak.com: How to Design a Kitchen; and Oregon Jewish Life Magazine: “Shalom Bayit-Achieving Peace in the Home” and “Conquer Misconceptions to Organize Home”. And the list keeps growing. Click on each edition to view.

Organizing Success Coach, Organizing Motivator, Speaker, Writer

I'm Sherri Curley, aka The Practical Sort. I’m an Organizing Success Coach, Organizing Motivator, Speaker, and Writer. Guiding neurodivergent clients and audiences to simplify life through personalized, practical, eco-friendly solutions stokes my passion. Poke around my website to discover a myriad of organizing, simplifying, and time saving tips. Join a class or workshop for socially-inspired group learning.

Need to get an organizing project moving? Let’s chat. Scheduling an appointment now, here.

Looking for a speaker? To see me in action on tv, podcasts, in the community, visit the Speaking tab. There you can schedule time to discuss booking The Practical Sort to engage your audience at your next meeting, conference, or workshop.

What’s Your Story?

Frustration, overwhelm, and tension caused by excess stuff or inefficiency no longer needs to be part of your story.

We’re all crazy busy and seeking practical solutions for getting our sh*t together. There are loads of books and other resources to teach you how to get organized. They’re great. But you can read about getting organized until your eyes cross and your brain is ready to explode. Let’s get real. Unless you take action, the piles won’t disappear, the boxes that haven’t been opened since you moved in 20 years ago will never get unpacked, and old, worn-out clothes will continue to occupy much needed closet space.

Let’s get you unstuck and moving forward. The sooner we start, the faster the reward. Make room for what matters to you most.

Contact me at ThePracticalSort.com or sherri@thepracticalsort.com. Together we’ll sort through your unique challenges to find solutions that work for you.

My Organizing Story

For over 20 years, I assisted non-profits, family members, and friends to create systems and routines to simplify life, provided guidance on what to keep and what to release in an eco-friendly way, and arranged spaces and items to work better for them.   As I transitioned into a "Freebird" sending my last child off to college, I launched The Practical Sort to focus on providing practical, organizing solutions for busy women.

Prior to having children, I worked at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) during the early days of grass roots recycling.  Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Repurpose, and Reimagine are goals of every Practical Sort organizing session. 

Battling through my own issues with Attention Deficit (ADD) and having raised a daughter with Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity (ADHD), I know full well how these gifts can add a layer of challenge to getting and staying organized. Consequently, I have always kept neat and clear surroundings in order to function as best as I can.

If you are not lovin' your home as much as you’d like, if you are struggling to “get it together”, if you’re thinking “if I only had an extra set of eyes, ears, hands, and perspective to get me started”, then reach out to sherri@thepracticalsort.com or request a free, phone consultation by clicking here. Love your home. Simplify your life. Let’s take action…together.

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