I wanted to discuss further how energetically essential it is to have a clean home. I am featuring another person who recently had to clear out their space and wanted to talk about the benefits of paper management. I had the pleasure of meeting this person through a networking group. Carmela Walrond was an accountant in one of the big “Four” accounting firms; turned entrepreneur, and she handles IRS back-taxes litigation.
I will discuss how paper management elevates mental health and creates a space for clarity, foresight, and focus for all your future endeavors. When I spoke to Carmela about this, she gave some insight into how this helped her organize her home and further clear her mental state. Usually, when an outstanding cleaning project needs to be done, it’s always put off continuously; until something happens that springs you into action. For me, it was discovering an uninvited guest. For others, it may be an upcoming move, and they need to clean out their attic or basement after years of neglecting those areas. She went into further details about her experience and how she felt afterward.
Carmela decided to clean out her file cabinets as she was moving into her new apartment, and while her mother was assisting her, she brought up the fact that there was no space to put anything and wondered if she needed everything that was in her file cabinet and the subsequent junk-filled boxes. This all occurred two years ago, during the pandemic, while everyone was confined to their homes and space was continually being taken up.
Realizing how daunting this task had become, she enlisted the help of a housekeeper. Rebecca Mosher from Space Composer and her assistant initially dedicated four hours to help assist with the clean-up, and during that process, she decided to give an additional four hours to this project to finish up the job.
This was an important step that Carmela took, hiring someone to assist her, as this solidified her resolve to get this project done. Often times we underestimate the amount of time and effort it takes to clean up our own clutter. The added benefit to hiring outside help is they have no emotional attachment to the items that are being rummaged through, thus allowing for the junk to be removed effectively while only keeping what is absolutely necessary.
We underestimate the amount of time and effort it takes to clean up our own mess.
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Rebecca aided this process by creating a mementos box for Carmela to keep the items that meant the most to her. This was separate from a box that held important documents that she needed to keep anyway. She also gave reinforcement to eliminate everything that didn’t fall into the previous two categories by encouraging her to donate what she could to charity.
While going through all of her papers, she found several important documents, such as the title of her car and the ownership deed to her home. She placed all of her important documents in a safe and gave away old electronics that were in good condition to the goodwill. What was more important than completing this project was the emotional peace she received doing so. Not only was she relieved to finally get this project done to start her other projects, she now has the tools and information she needs to keep the pileup of junk paper to a minimum.
The biggest tradeoff she received from this was the emotional detachment from the items she no longer uses and the realization of the closing of one chapter in her life with the opening of another. She expressed to me that the memento she kept that excited her the most was a letter that a lady from her church, who babysat her and her sister, gave her. This was placed at the top of her mementos box, next to the funeral and obituaries of relatives.
Her biggest epiphany came from her throwing out old résumés, interviewing and document writing tips, career fair information, and the like, as it was this moment that marked the closing of the chapter of her once being an employee for someone else to now working for herself as a full-time entrepreneur. Being on the other side of this transition made her aware of how much her mindset changed and how far she has come since she made the decision to bet on herself and win.
Carmela Walrond
Carmela G. Walrond, Esq.
Partner
JLD Tax Resolution Group
75 Montgomery Street Suite 202
Jersey City, NJ 07302
Main Number: 201.604.2432
Fax Number: 201.357.6220
cw@jldtax.com
www.201tax.com
Accountant and Attorney, with a BS in Accounting and JD from Rutgers University. I work with clients (individuals and businesses) to, ease tax burdens and resolve tax cases. Many clients have a piece of mind after cases are settled favorably.
I have been successfully resolving a range of tax matters in front of the IRS, US Tax Court, and state agencies on behalf of my clients.
A couple who lives in NJ,owed $30,000 by filing and offer compromise application, they settled for $500, now they have plans to buy a house.
No one needs to suffer in silence if you owe taxes.
Carmela Walrond
My contact information is cw@jldtax.com
phone number 1-201-604-2432
Tax Services: Offer in Compromise Installment Agreement, Bank Levy Removal, Wage Garnishment removal, Amend Returns, IRS and State Audit Representation, US Tax Court Representation.
