How to
Organize My Home
My Whole House is Disorganized,Where Do I Start?
 When our homes are organized, life just
seems so much easier to manage. When clutter and disorganization
take over it can be totally overwhelming and get to the point where
you just don’t know what to start on first! Living around the
clutter every day becomes a chore and makes it harder for you to
relax properly at home.
You can't do it all
at once!
Although it sometimes seems like the
clutter appeared overnight, it usually hasn’t. It is often the
result of weeks or months of not being on top of things until it
feels like it is too much to tackle. It is important to take it one
step at a time and the first step is realising that it can’t all be
sorted out in one day.
Make a list
The best way to sort out the chaos in
your home is to take a pen and paper and go from room to room. Make
a list of everything that needs to be done and keep this list
somewhere visible so that you can see your progress. Set yourself a
goal each day to allocate an achievable amount of time to go through
this list. If you work long hours, you might set a goal of 15-30
minutes a day to work on the list and if you have more time, you
might want to set aside an hour or a couple of 30 minute time blocks
throughout the day.
Sometimes the worse thing you can do is
throw yourself into de-cluttering for hours on end only to get
de-motivated along the way and end up back where you started. By
breaking the list down into small manageable chunks that don’t
affect your day too much, you are more likely to be motivated to do
it and you will be surprised at how quickly the items on your list
will be crossed off.
Start small
It is also more motivational to start
with either smaller tasks or tasks that have a lot of impact and you
can see the improvement in very quickly. This may be clearing out a
cluttered corner in your main living space, clearing your closet or
clearing the workspace in your kitchen – anything where you can reap
the immediate benefits to spur you on to do more.
Consistency is key
As you work your way through your list,
you may find that some tasks take longer than the time you have put
aside each day and this is fine – you can just do a bit each day
working on the same area until it gets done. You don’t need to put
a few hours aside for that particular task unless you really want
to. Smaller, more consistent steps are easier to keep up and still
give you time to enjoy the rest of your day.
Keep the momentum
going
Once you have worked your way through
your list, try and maintain the allocated daily time to maintain all
of your hard work. Even better, return things to their rightful
place as you go and you will have even less to maintain in the long
run.
If you
are not the tidiest person in the world and you know that you
struggle to stay organised, this little and often schedule should
work much better for you. There is nothing wrong with a little
clutter now and then, life is for living and keeping everything
perfectly in place is not always practical. What is important is
that your disorganization
is not affecting your stress levels and taking over your home.
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