3 Streamlined Ways to Organize Clutter
Posted: Monday, November 09, 2009
by Marilyn Bohn
Get It Together Organizing
The fall leaves are turning bright yellow, red and orange. The hills look like a masterpiece painted by an artist. It is such a beautiful time of the year with the riot of color in the mountains and in the valleys. The air smells fresh and the cooler days and nights are glorious. So what's not to like about fall? For me it is the hay fever that comes with more pollen and "stuff" in the air. About August I start hoping for snow to settle the air so I don't have to carry around a box of tissues all the time.
Do you ever say, "my time is not my own or I never get anything done"? Maybe you can relate to Barb's experience of clearing clutter.
Barb decided this was the day she was going to organize her bedroom. She started right after the children had gone to school. As she was making her bed she found a baseball cap that needed to go to the hall closet; on her way to the closet she saw a broken figurine so off she went to get the glue. There was no glue so she went to write it on her grocery list.
The bedroom door to her daughter's room was open and her bed was unmade. She thought, "Ah, I will do a random act of kindness and make her bed". She spied a book she had been looking for and was on her way to put it in the book case and realized she was thirsty so off to the kitchen she went for a drink of water. There were dishes in the sink which would only take a minute to load so she stopped and loaded them.
Her day went on and on like this until her children were home from school. She hadn't organized the clutter as she had planned and she felt discouraged.
We have all had days like this because we are busy women and we have busy lives. It doesn't matter if we are single, married, have children, don't have children, work outside the home, are stay at home hard workers, or are empty nesters; we are all in the same boat. There are a ton of things we want and need to get done every day. We all have good intentions and we are doing the right things. But the feeling that we never get anything done leaves us frustrated, stressed out and discouraged. At least I know I feel this way when I am having one of those days.
When clearing the clutter:
Use a BE basket (belongs elsewhere) when de-cluttering a room to save time from running back and forth and getting distracted.
Use little pockets of time. If you were to use a tiny little 5 minutes a day x 7 days a week that amounts up to 35 minutes a week. Times that by 4 weeks in the month it equals 140 minutes which if over two hours a month in time saved. Times that by 52 weeks and you have just saved over 30 hours a year.
Think of the time of the day you have the most energy and work on organizing clutter when you have the most energy. You will clear clutter faster and have energy to spare.
Organizing clutter will be easier to do by using these 3 simple steps. You'll feel less stressed and frustrated which will lead to a happier and more peaceful life.
Marilyn is a professional author and organizer who invites you to visit her website www.marilynbohn.com, She is a sought after public speaker and author who is passionate about teaching ways to organize your life and how to reduce clutter. She works with women in their homes and offices. On her web site she teaches you to get rid of clutter by using her Lights On Organizing System. She provides practical information on how to declutter your home, office and life. In her blogs, articles, and videos she gives timely tips on how to clear clutter and how to declutter everything in your home and office. She is the author of a book called Go Organize! Conquer clutter in three simple steps which will be in major bookstores in December 2009.
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