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come from the bottom up, not the top down.
There is no regulated position title that is
agreed upon by some type of
expert. The individuals who
call themselves professional
organizers do
so by themselves;
there
are no agreed
upon tests to
take and no
A professional organizer is
a person who has above
average skills for organizing
material goods in a living
space.
superior above you to grant you the authority of the qualification.
In the case of professional organizers, in the past people
were responsible for their own goods and standards of organization
were not necessary. This points primarily to the presence
of a new standard of organization that society has created as a
Anyone can label him or herself an
expert in this area, and there is little
skill standardization. Also in common
with all self-proclaimed experts is
the previous lack
of necessityfor an
expert of thiskind.
norm. If you are below this standard, you
require assistance from an ‘expert’. Thiscould
mean that people are in possession of
more goods than they can keep organized
by themselves, and need to part with some
goods to stay organized. It can also mean
however that people think they are not up
to the norms issued by society, and they fear
the possibility of future embarrassments.
Professional organizers by nature impose
moral regulation on their clients. The existence
of the position of professional organizer
implies that there is a socially determined
way of organizing items in the house, and
that there are understood norms about what
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