I'll help you decide what stays, what goes, and how to get the whole thing done.
about all your stuff. Because most of it isn't coming with you.
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Maybe you need one of these. Maybe you need all three. We can figure that out together.
Maybe you need one of these.
Maybe you need all three.
We can figure that out together.
I can help you have the conversations, work through different opinions, agree on a way forward, and figure out who's responsible for doing what.
You need to get everyone on the same page.
I can help you decide what to keep, what to let go of, and what to do with everything you're not keeping. Without rushing you through decisions about things that have been part of your life for decades.
You need decision making support.
You need a strategy.
I can design a plan that takes you from an entire house full of belongings to a finished project, with realistic steps, clear priorities, and a way to know what needs to happen next.
I'm good at looking at an overwhelming project and figuring out how to get it done. I ask questions you might not have thought to ask, help you make decisions you can feel good about, and make sure the plan fits your actual life—not some imaginary version of you with unlimited time and energy.
And I understand that getting rid of something doesn't mean it never mattered.
WHAT I ACTUALLY DO
KATI, illinois
What I thought would be a difficult experience turned into a process that honored my mom’s memories while preparing us both for the next stages of our lives.
Lauren, New york
JANE, ohio
VIVIAN
For capable women who are finally ready to deal with all the stuff they keep meaning to deal with. Stories, hard decisions, and zero labeled plastic bins.
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The questions you can’t Google before you click buy on a one-way ticket.
MOVING ABROAD
My best friend thought I was packing for Italy. I was packing for a whole new life.
MOVING ABROAD
Bags stacked on bags, a storage unit, and a year of Tuesdays until we found the table.
DOING IT OVER ZOOM
My grandmother’s last Christmas, a dirty silver dollar, and death cleaning done with love.
SENTIMENTAL STUFF
The week I had to empty my mother’s house, and what went in the garbage before I could look.
SENTIMENTAL STUFF
The Circus Suit, Lawyer Me, and how much closet space a past version of you still gets.
STUFF FROM PAST LIVES
My truly terrible volleyball serve, and why you start with the easiest no in the house.
METHODS
Stop asking if it’s a good song. Ask if it belongs on this tape.
METHODS
What we do when our memories are attached to our things.
STUFF FROM PAST LIVES
When something ends, it’s nice to be able to say goodbye.
HOT TAKES
Both are funnier than the subject matter actually deserves.
A weekly essay about all the stuff you keep meaning to deal with. Plus stories about what it’s really like to pack up one life and start a new one somewhere else.
VIVIAN NAJIB
I bring calm leadership, clear systems, and zero judgment. You bring your real life, your real stuff, and your “I am a do-er” energy. Together, we decide what’s staying in your life and make peace with what isn’t. No ruthless purging. No regrets. No bread makers will be harmed.
I’m a project manager, emotional coach, kind-hearted realist, and logistical mastermind rolled into one. I do in your home what you do at work: map the project, make the decisions simpler, and see it all the way through.
HI, I’M VIVIAN
I'm moving abroad.
And I can't take everything with me.
I'm helping Mom move.
And we have a whole house to deal with.
We’ll talk for 30 minutes about your house, your timeline, and what’s making it so hard.
If I’m the right help, I’ll tell you how we’d work together.
If I’m not, I’ll tell you that too.
No pressure. No homework involving labeled plastic bins.
You need a better plan.
And a way to make decisions that feels smart and thoughtful and a whole lot easier than navigating French bureaucracy.
Or arm-wrestling your mother over the gravy boat.
So tell me what’s going on in your house.
The moving date. The closet. Mom’s dining room.
The guest room you stopped opening in 2019.
Free. Unsubscribe whenever. Your potato peelers will still be there.
For capable women who are finally ready to deal with all the stuff they keep meaning to deal with. Stories, hard decisions, and zero labeled plastic bins.