The Organizing Genie, Empty Nest Decluttering & Day Old Donuts at the Gym

Rebecca and Jojo just finished a glutes and legs class at Midtown this morning and they brought reinforcements. Michelle Cassara, aka The Organizing Genie, is in the studio. Michelle spent her career working at a plastic surgeon's office, retired, and turned a lifelong obsession with organizing into a full time business. Her friends had been telling her for years to do it. One friend opened a pantry door and everything fell out. That was the moment. Michelle broke down what she does and how she does it, from organizing Salon Enza's basement (which is in a building from the 1800s with multiple levels and possibly some ghosts) to driving her genie car to DC to move her son for the third time. She packed, unpacked, and organized his entire apartment in a week. He promised in writing he is not moving again. Her approach is practical: 15 minutes of uninterrupted time, focus on one small thing, feel the accomplishment, and build from there. She calls her phone a ball and chain and turns it off on work days.Rebecca is officially in week two of competition prep for an August show in Minneapolis. Six meals a day, macro tracking, weekly weigh-ins, and the reality that when you eat that clean, one glass of Prosecco will put you on the floor. Jojo is following the same eating plan for what she is calling Girl Summer. They have a wedding in Fort Lauderdale three weeks before the competition and Rebecca is already worried about airplane water retention.The conversation gets into empty nesting and what to do with all the stuff your kids leave behind, why the scale is a liar and your clothes are a better barometer, the difference between boutique shopping and mall shopping, how COVID turned everyone into a home organizer, and why glute training might be the real key to longevity. Michelle works out with a trainer three times a week and it shows. The chicks told her she is officially a hot old chick. She accepted the title.Fit checks from the whole table including Bill in J. Crew. Lucky Penny just opened in Fairport across from Rustic Taco. And the salon has friendly ghosts that apparently left Michelle alone while she was organizing the basement on Sundays by herself. Smart ghosts.New episodes of Two Fit Chicks drop weekly. Produced by Bill Moran Productions. Follow The Organizing Genie on Instagram. Capone's now has three locations including the new one in Irondequoit.