Blog Post: Organize Your Life

My name is Lera Ashe and I am the owner of Organize Your Life. I am 25 years old and started my own business May 2007 in event planning. I graduated from California State University , Long Beach in 2004 with a Bachelors Degree in Political Science and a Minor in Black Studies. I also have an MBA from university of Phoenix which I completed in November 2007. These two schools, including my work experience with Enterprise Rent-A-Car prepared me to start my own business.

Many people my age ask me, "How did you start your own business?" Well, I always wanted to start my own business so while working for various employers I would always think of business ideas and write out my plan. I would look at businesses that would have little to nothing start-up cost but at the same time was something that I would enjoy for many years.

I decided to start a professional organizing business because I love organization. I believe in that old adage "A place for everything and everything in its place!" I think if a person is unable to handle their clutter that’s when they call on me, Organize Your Life  but later I realized that organizing was just not for me.  While in my quest of organizing homes and offices I fell into event planning. When I would let people know about my business they assumed I was planning events and not organizing people’s lives, so I began to plan events for people and I loved it and still do. That is how Organize Your Life became an event planning company.

So this is how I started. I can definitely say that it is not easy running your own business because if I don’t make phone calls to try and generate money then there is no money. Running my own business is hard work but it is rewarding, I feel great when I make a sale or I am making progress on landing a new client.