Ah, breathe it in.
It hasn’t always been this way in these parts. Let me tell you.
Some time ago, struggling with social anxiety and complete overwhelm (from well, life) I found solace in productivity. Concepts around time management, attention management, systems and structure gave me a sense of accomplishment and I started feeling less anxious, less stressed and less tapped out.
A whole new *brave* world opened up for me and I discovered that my super-power is organisation.
So what does any newbie super-hero do? Dedicate themselves to mastery, of course!
Now I can say, it’s truly my calling and I’ve become a passionate Holistic Time Trainer, doing my best work with overwhelmed professionals who have the world on their shoulders and are looking for a way to do life differently.
My mission is to help you live your most centred, productive and efficient life. Fuelled by confidence, calm and fun. You can find inner stillness and continue to do all-the-things. Working with me will help you to banish the overwhelm and reconnect with your purpose.
Working with me is like a personal training session, I help you understand what’s going on for you, what’s holding you back and we establish and reacquaint you with your unique relationship with time. Through our sessions, we find what strategies and systems work for you and together we get your productivity muscles fully developed.
At florandorder there are several ways to start organising your time, goals and priorities.
How about booking a session now to take the first step toward relieving overwhelm?
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I believe that you have a unique relationship with time. It’s different from my relationship to time, your partner’s relationship to time and your employer’s relationship to time.
Once we can ascertain how you can best manage that relationship, you’ll start to see big changes in your productivity, efficiency and ability to nail your goals.
You’ll also see your stress and anxiety around to-do lists, deadlines and volume of work dissipate as you step into a new phase of working with time differently. AND all the other ‘life’ things become much easier to manage when you feel in control and steady in your ability to get things done.
And you’re in good hands! I graduated from the Organizer Coach Foundation Training Program in 2017 having successfully met all requirements of the five foundation courses (Coaching Essentials, Strengths-Based Coaching, Brain-Based Coaching, Life and ADHD Coaching, and Organizer Coach Integration).
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But then, a new direction emerged.
In 2019, I went on a trip.
And let me tell you, I had some breakthroughs.
I had been inspired by organisers who played to their strengths, showing expertise in areas like photos, wardrobes, pantries, hoarding, busy mums, ADHD… the list went on.
And one of my breakthroughs was about what florandorder was and where it was headed. It centred on how I wanted to connect with those who needed my help to sort out the overwhelming aspects of life, business, and career. It all came down to three words: Productivity and Time Management.
florandorder began as a hobby blog four years in 2015, covering topics on organising and life in general. It had since blossomed into something exciting and rewarding—a full-time business as a professional organiser, with me as the founder.
What an achievement!
And while I knew I was in the right industry, and loved being invited into people’s homes to help them declutter, there was still something missing.
There was a piece of it all that held my true passion, but I couldn’t quite grasp it. And then I went on holidays.
The trip was fantastic, full of adventures (seriously, ask me about the three desserts my sister and I shared instead of dinner at a little diner in rural Kentucky with acoustic guitar music in the background—it was amazing!).
But when I returned to my home in Melbourne, I experienced the worst post-holiday blues ever.
I felt lost, a little empty if I’m being honest.
I still loved working with my clients, but I wasn’t sure where everything was headed.
What was I marketing myself as?
What did I want to do in the future?
Call it a sign, but when an email landed in my inbox, something clicked.
It was from a business coach I had connected with a year earlier, and the timing couldn’t have been better. I knew back then that I’d work with her one day, and now the time was right.
With her guidance, I revisited the home and business organising projects I had been fortunate to be part of over the years. It was during this reflection that I realised what all my clients had in common: productivity. It was one of the most requested challenges they asked me to help solve, and I loved it!
Over the New Year’s break, I had time to reflect and lean into this shift. What if I stepped away from being a professional organiser and instead embraced my strengths as a productivity coach?
I paused and asked myself, thinking my instincts would kick in like an alarm clock snapping me awake, “What do you really want to do?”
“Nothing.”
“Huh… cool…”
My answer wasn’t what I expected and didn’t seem very practical. But diving deeper, I realised maybe it wasn’t about organising or productivity—it was about… nothing. Nothing in the sense that, if we could simplify life, we’d have more time to do ‘nothing’. More time to be still, sit, explore, think, breathe, and actually enjoy life rather than rush through it.
This “nothing” discussion with myself and my employees (just kidding, it’s only me) led me to reflect on how I could best help others. How I could help them sift through the physical and mental clutter and bring their goals into focus. I wanted to create systems that maximised their time and effort so they didn’t stretch themselves too thin.
We live in a world driven by more, more, more.
But why not less, less, less?
How could we declutter in a time of so much stuff?
How could people feel more fulfilled by getting back to basics?
I wanted to help people organise their schedules and thoughts, so they had less to think about, less to worry about, and less to stress over. I wanted to help people be human beings, not human doings.
I made the decision—quite quickly and strongly, in fact—that productivity and time management were where I would focus from then on.
I was excited to take florandorder in this new direction. I could coach people to manage and organise their relationship with time, goals, and productivity, allowing them to have space in their lives to just do…
nothing.
I was genuinely told not to do it.
I was warned against leaving my ‘stable’ government career.
Well meaning people said: “You’ve worked too hard to let this go. Just five more years, and you’ll reach long service leave!”
Five more years?! Goodness! I couldn’t imagine anything worse!
I craved more than what was unfolding before me. I saw the people counting down to retirement day after day and it made me sad. I wanted to fully live NOW, not just on weekends.
It wasn’t an easy decision. It took a lot of planning, financial preparation, and leaning on a solid support system.
As I reflect on that time, I remember being a full-time traditional employee, but always carving out time for what fuelled me.
I did Bootcamp twice a week, I was dating actively, and I filled my schedule with breakfast, lunch, and dinner catch-ups with friends.
But even though I had the organisational skills to fit all this in, I needed to learn how to slow down.
That led me to my Holistic Time Mastery work. It’s so important to have not only the technical organising skills, but also the energy and attention management skills to make the most of this life marathon.
So, I’ve made TEA, my pièce de résistance. Time, Energy, and Attention. They all have a role to play.
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