You'll love my new, exclusive . . .
Get Organized Now! BINGO! Organizing Printable!

It's a new, quick, easy, fun way to get organized. Each GON Bingo! card lists 24 easy organizing tasks you or your family can accomplish. Get five in a row horizontally, vertically or diagonally and you get to select a reward from the rewards list. Kids love to play too!

To access and print it, visit:
getorganizednow.com/free-resources.html

Happy organizing and enjoy some GON BINGO! organizing fun!

Maria Gracia

P.S. Please forward this newsletter to friends and family so they, too, can access this resource. Thank you for spreading the love!

A GON Reader Asked:

My friend's only child committed suicide. It has been 27 months. They were best friends. She has such a hard time with trying to pack up his memorabilia, his clothes, awards, artwork, etc. Any suggestions? I think she is getting ready to. She is talking about it.

Anonymous

Maria Gracia Responded:

How absolutely heartbreaking. I'm so very sorry to hear of your friend's loss of her son. When there is a traumatic loss like this, sorting through that person's belongings is incredibly challenging. Your friend is likely going to need a strong support system as she begins this process.

Being that you're asking, I can tell that you're a friend who can provide love and support. That's wonderful, because not everyone has that.

Is your friend married? If so, there's going to need to be discussion beween her and her spouse to ensure they're both on the same page.

If it's just her, having a family member or friend to help may provide her with both the support and comfort she needs during this process.

Some people like to schedule one or two days and get this done quickly. Others can only handle putting one or two things away at a time. Yet others find that somewhere in the middle of these two scenarios works best...a little bit each week or 20 minutes at a time. A conversation with your friend will, hopefully, help her think through how she wants to proceed.

Also, be aware that what she thinks may work for her may turn out to be just the opposite. It's important for her to have patience with herself.

Once the process begins, it's best if she handles items that are the least sentimental first. Perhaps begin with clothing. It's likely that most of it can be donated and that would be a good first step because it would show some immediate project progress. It may also be comforting to her that her son's possessions are helping other families in need.

If her son had a collection, maybe someone else in the family may wish to have it. If not, there's likely someone somewhere who does. It may be worth offering these items to someone she knows who may want them. In some cases, selling to a stranger may be less emotional for her.

For anything she doesn't want to donate, she can just box up and stow away. Sometimes people aren't willing to give up anything, but can have some closure just by stowing items somewhere that's not so visible on a daily basis.

She may wish to box up and save awards, artwork, and other personal items. Perhaps she can designate two large boxes for this purpose...discarding anything that's not sentimental. She may or may not find this process healing.

What's most important is that she knows that letting go of her son's possessions doesn't signify letting go of her son. Her son will always be there in her heart and memories.

Many hugs and prayers. Please keep me posted as to how she's doing and blessings to you for being a good friend to her.

To fast forward to GON GLOW immediately, visit:
getorganizednow.com/gonglow-sl.html

If you've been wanting to shed weight, trim up, tone up, and look and feel the best you've ever felt in your life, I have something special for you this week. It's called GON GLOW and it's designed to help you shed those extra pounds...trim up...get toned...give you a TON MORE ENERGY...and provide that 'I feel great' feeling.

My exclusive Get Organized Now! resource, GON GLOW, is designed to help you Get Healthy, Lose Weight, Outshine Yourself, and Wake the Wow.

With GON GLOW, you will get sound advice, motivation, and (most important) support... ALL FROM ME...to help you throughout your journey to a thinner, healthier you. And you'll be able to do this WITHOUT starving, WITHOUT food restrictions, and WITHOUT intense exercise.

P.S. It gets even better and brighter! When you get GON GLOW BEFORE Friday, March 26...you will also AUTOMATICALLY get 5 COMPLIMENTARY bonuses valued at over $100. For details, visit:

getorganizednow.com/gonglow-sl.html

___ 1. Do today's task on my March Monthly Organizing Checklist. The March 23 TO DO focuses on your lawn. Visit GetOrganizedNow.com to access my March Monthly Organizing Checklist.

___ 2. Discard old cosmetics/toiletries. Most of us purchase cosmetics and/or toiletries that we think we'll like, and then we don't. Discard any that you have...but will never use.

___ 3. View our last web poll results. GON readers responded to, `When it comes to items you own in your home, are you an 'Everything In' or 'Everything Out' personality?'. Visit GetOrganizedNow.com to access the results of this poll...and additional comments from GON Readers.

'Walk on, walk on with hope in your heart and you'll never walk alone.' (Rodgers and Hammerstein, Carousel)

I'd love to hear from you.

I LOVE GON reader mail! Whether it's a comments, suggestions, or just a note to say hello, REPLY to this email with a short note.

And remember...there's no better time to get organized, than to Get Organized Now!

Warmly,

Maria Gracia
Get Organized Now!
getorganizednow.com

(c) Copyright 2021 by Maria Gracia, Get Organized Now!

* Copyright, contact and reprint information:
getorganizednow.com/contact.html

* You signed up to receive our Idea-Kit and/or our Newsletter at our Get Organized Now! Web site. We never add names unless you have voluntarily opted in.

* We never rent, trade or sell our email list to anyone. You'll never get an unsolicited email from a stranger as a result of joining this list.

* If you happen to purchase anything I recommend in this newsletter, or any of my communications, I may receive compensation. Still, I only recommend what I truly believe in and share with my friends and family. If you ever have an issue with anything I recommend, please let me know. I want to make sure I am always serving you at the highest level.

* To subscribe, visit:
getorganizednow.com/free-ezine.html


* To unsubscribe, if you absolutely must go, please click the link below. However . . .

YIKES! - If you unsubscribe, you'll lose all the complimentary organizing resources I share with my loyal readers each week. You'll lose the tips, reader ideas, reader clinics, complimentary videos, ebooks, resource recommendations, and the many valuable bonuses I offer each month. Please don't go. I love sending you all of this free training. I'd be lost and lonely without you. If there is something more you would like from my newsletters, then please reply to this email and let me know.
-- Maria Gracia