Get Organized, Celebrate the Wins & Stay Curious: A Summer Camp Guide and a Big Thank You
There are a few things in life that always feel good to me. Getting organized. Celebrating a small win. Learning something new just for fun. This week’s three C’s happen to include all three.
Camps
If you’ve started thinking about summer plans for your kids, you know the drill. One camp opens registration in January, another in February — some fill in hours, others in minutes. Suddenly you have ten tabs open trying to compare dates, prices, and locations.
To make it easier, I put together a local summer camp guide with many of the camps families around Charlottesville often consider. It’s organized by category and includes things like dates, locations, prices, ages, hours, dining options, transportation, and refund policies. My hope is that it helps you see options in one place and saves you from jumping between a dozen websites. Sometimes the biggest gift is simply having the information organized.
Congrats
I also wanted to share a small celebration. Curated Concierge was recently named Runner Up for Best Organizing Business by Charlottesville Family Magazine. More than the recognition itself, what really means the most to me is what it represents. Every time someone reaches out for help organizing a home, managing a project, or simply getting a little breathing room back in their life, it tells me that people are giving themselves permission to lighten the load.
It brings me so much joy to be trusted in that way. Helping people create calmer homes and more manageable days is truly work I love, and I’m incredibly grateful for those who invite me into their lives to do it.
Charleston
Recently I’ve been learning to play Mahjong. If you know the game, you know one of the first steps is something called the Charleston — a tile-passing ritual that kicks off the game.
What I’ve loved most about learning Mahjong is being reminded how fun it is to be a beginner again. There’s something energizing about challenging your brain, learning new patterns, and slowly getting better with practice. While the strategy keeps my mind working, the real bonus is the social side of it — sitting around a table, laughing, learning, and connecting with friends is a pretty great way to spend an evening.
It’s a good reminder that being a lifelong learner doesn’t have to be serious. Sometimes it’s simply about staying curious and enjoying the process.
A little reminder for the week: take a moment to organize something that’s been weighing on you, celebrate a small win, or try something new just for fun. Sometimes the little things really do feel the best — and if you’d like help getting organized so you have more room for the good stuff, that’s exactly what I’m here for.