Dream Space
“What's this?” asked professional
organizer Drea
Montali, picking up a playbill
from a stack of papers
on top of my desk.
“It’s from a show my sister
stage-managed,” I said.
“I’ve been meaning to send it to her.”
“Do you have an envelope?”
That’s when I knew Montali meant business.
The Astoria resident, who started her company
Dream Organization in July 2017, was
helping me organize my desk so I could get
a taste of what it’s like to have a professional
organize your space. I’ve never been the
best at keeping my space tidy — my golden
age of organization was the period after I
read Marie Kondo’s book “The Life-Changing
Magic of Tidying Up” a couple years ago.
My desk bore the brunt of my clutter; it had
long become unusable as I stacked it with
papers and other things I didn’t know what
to do with, until getting it in order felt like a
mountain I didn’t want to climb.
That’s why, when Montali visited my apartment
for my consultation, it became clear
that my desk was the perfect thing to tackle.
“You’re a writer,” she told me. “You should
be able to use your desk.”
The most stressful part of the process for
me was actually before Montali arrived at my
apartment on the designated organizing day.
I wasn’t nervous about her seeing my desk;
she’d already taken a look when she assessed
my space during the consultation. Instead, as
I looked through my desk drawers before
Montali arrived, I was worried about how
much work needed to be done.
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