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Who else wants to relieve stress by bringing order to your life once and for all? Are You Pulling Your Hair Out Because Your Life is a Disorganized Mess? Feel like a chicken running around with your head cut off?
Is your house a mess? Papers piling up on your kitchen counter. You can no longer see what color the top of your desk is. And it’s getting harder and harder to feel comfortable in your own home with the mess. The hectic schedule. And the unorganized life.
There comes a point when you must say, “Enough! I need to get organized now if it kills me!”
Sometimes all it takes is a little push in the right direction to get started. To make just a few changes to a busy life that makes it more manageable.
Where can you get that push? Let me help you with my guide…
Jam Packed With Tips and Techniques!! Get Organized Now!
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Unless you have some magical powers like Mary Poppins, you know that cleaning and organizing your home can be a daunting task. With The Essential Guide To Organizing Your Home, that task will become much easier. Inside you will find practical tips and techniques to rid every room in your house of clutter and keep it that way.
Do you shudder when you think of people coming over to visit unannounced? Do you panic when you get a message on your answering machine that family is coming and they left 4 hours ago (and it’s a 5 hour trip)? Do you try to clean before your cleaning lady comes? Can you not afford a cleaning lady and try to do it yourself, ending up discouraged, frustrated, and thinking it’s just impossible?
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You’ve undoubtedly seen the television show called “Clean Sweep”, or one like it. It’s a show that helps families clean up and unclutter their homes. If you think your home needs a clean sweep, one way to achieve this is to clean one room at a time until the whole home is clutter-free.
It’s easy to get overwhelmed when your home is cluttered. Trying to decide what to do to get rid of the clutter is even more discouraging. You look at the things in your home and wonder where to start. Here are some ideas that will help you succeed at clearing the clutter.
Start by focusing on one room at a time. If you look at everything you’ll easily be intimidated by the scope of the work to be done. By cleaning out one room at a time, you’ll get a sense of accomplishment when you’re done with one room, and be encouraged to move on to the next.
Be prepared with trash bags, plenty of cardboard boxes, and some storage containers. Label the boxes “Keep”, “Donate”, and “Trash”. Then start going through the items in the room.
Clean off all surfaces and empty out each drawer. If it’s a bedroom, take everything out of the closet. You will have a number of boxes, but don’t look at the total number. Concentrate on one box by deciding about each and every item in the box, then go to the next box.
Clothing: If you love the clothes and wear them often, put them in the Keep box. If clothing hasn’t been worn in six months you may want to donate them, so put them in the Donate box. If they’re torn or need repairs and you love them, put them in the Keep box. If they need repairs or are stained and you don’t like them, in the Trash they go. Put the boxes you intend to keep aside and move on.
Shoes: Treat shoes as you did clothing. Keep only those pairs that you love and wear often. If you haven’t used them, unless they are seasonal shoes, let them go. Each pair you get rid of will give you more room and less clutter.
Music: Go through your music collection to see if there’s anything you’ve outgrown or your musical tastes have changed. Sort and store your favorite music.
Papers: Take the time to go through the papers in this room. Start a filing system if you don’t already have one in place. You can begin by separating items by broad categories and then into smaller subcategories as needed.
Books: Unless you’ve read a book multiple times or have recently acquired it, books may be something you’ll consider passing on to others. You can donate them to shelters, charities, or even a local library. Books take up a lot of room so getting rid of some of them will open up space in your room.
After you’ve taken the time to decide upon which items you’re keeping, what is being donated, and what is being thrown away, take the donate boxes and trash bags out of the room. Clean the room from top to bottom, paint if that is planned, and then rearrange or remodel the room. Put the items you’re keeping back into the room, being careful to store the items in an organized manner.
Give yourself a break after completing one room. Then start on the next room – separating, keeping, tossing, and donating items until each and every room in your house has been swept clean and is organized. Congratulate yourself for hard work well done.
When you’re the woman of the house, it’s often expected that you’re going to be the one primarily in charge of keeping the home clean and running smoothly. You may not be able to do everything, however, and really need to get the whole family to help you get organized.
Division of labor in the home is one topic that causes stress among families. The man of the house often feels that the house is the woman’s domain and therefore he shouldn’t have to help. And we know what happens when we ask the children to help with chores. You’d think we asked them to walk over broken glass or something equally sinister.
The problem with organizing the home and delegation of chores is that you may work away from the home as well. Even if you’re a stay-at-home mom, that doesn’t mean you’re the only one who does the work. If everyone made the clutter or the mess, it only makes sense that everyone in the family should help to organize and clean.
First, getting the whole family to help you get organized will take some effort. Be sure not to nag and coerce them into helping just to get to you stop nagging. They’ll only resent you for it. Ask them to help, giving them tasks they may find enjoyable, or at least not completely boring.
If you can get everyone to take care of their own messes, it will make your job easier. Have them put their own clothes in the hamper instead of leaving them on the floor, take their dishes to the sink when they’re done, and clean up anything they spill. Help them remember that you’re not a slave and that everyone in the family is expected to chip in with the chores.
When your children are younger, you may have to spend extra time teaching them how to clean and organize their own things. The effort, if they are receptive to learning, will be well worth it in the future. You won’t have to worry about their being able to take care of their own things, they will be less likely to lose them, and they’ll be better prepared to live on their own when the time comes.
Staying organized, at least as far as being where you’re supposed to be on time, will be easier if everyone knows how to read a calendar. Whenever the children bring home a paper with an important date to remember, transfer it to a family calendar. Color-code the calendar so everyone has their own color. You’ll all be able to look at the calendar and quickly see if you have something to do that day.
To help keep the home organized and running smoothly, you may have to get creative. Your goal is to help everyone learn personal responsibility even if that means being tough when someone doesn’t pitch in. Encourage each family member in a way that will appeal and you’re closer to getting the whole family to help you get organized and clean up the house.
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