Kayleen Kelly previously spoke to PEOPLE in July 2025 about leaving her corporate job to become a full-time professional organizer
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- Kayleen Kelly left her corporate job to become a full-time professional organizer after 10 months of side work
- She emphasizes empathy and decluttering over aesthetics, helping clients through life challenges like grief, illness, and trauma
- Kelly’s DeclutterCore method focuses on categorizing and decision-making to create sustainable organizing systems tailored to each client
When Kayleen Kelly started her professional organizing business in 2014, she was still working a corporate 9-to-5.
Kelly, 40, was managing a court reporting firm when she began thinking about what it would look like to build a career around something she genuinely loved. As she considered the skills she could turn into a service, she kept coming back to her natural inclination toward organizing and transforming spaces.
After researching the professional organizing industry, Kelly — who previously spoke to PEOPLE in July 2025 — found there was little competition in her area and that the work could become a profitable career. So she started small, taking consultations at night and tackling organizing projects on weekends…