1.   Although not everyone who works at home needs a professional organizer, most who successfully manage chaos recognize the need for separation between home and work.

2.   And, as I mentioned in a column in June, I hired that help in the person of Sande Nelson, professional organizer.

3.   Another executive who got help from a professional organizer, Bill Finlay, chose to keep his calendar on paper.

4.   He scored hiding tips from professional Easter egg hunt organizers.

5.   More recently, he enlisted Christy Best, a professional organizer with a Web site called Clutterbug.net, to excavate his closet and bring some calm to his life.

6.   Nelson is a professional organizer, a job category growing almost as fast as the clutter in American offices.

7.   Pat Moore, a professional organizer in Richmond, Va., said that a significant cause of clutter is old shoes.

8.   Professional organizer Elaine Bloom of Maplewood, N.J., says even pros like her are singing the Password Overload Blues these days.

9.   She has turned to a professional organizer, determined to clean up the electronic clutter that clogs her desktop and laptop computers, voice mail and multiple e-mail accounts.

10.   She recently hired Ken M. Diebold, a professional organizer for Priority Management Systems, based in Bellevue, Wash., to help her become more productive.