Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize Organizing Tip #4: Analyze The third step is to attack. Vicki listed four parts of the attacking step: De-Junk: get rid of the stuff you don’t use, need, or want Give everything a home: you’ll more likely put it away when you’re finished … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize Organizing Tip #5: Attack As you go through your house, notice where clutter collects and focus on finding a solution for those areas. We had a mail issue. Paper causes organization problems for most people. We pay our bills upstairs in the office … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #4: Analyze Organizing Tip #5: Attack At this class I went to, the presenter talked about “prime space allocation,” which is the space from your knees to as high as you can reach. When you organize things on shelves or in stacks, use that space … Read more
Organizing Tip #1: Plan Organizing Tip #3: Strategize Organizing Tip #4: Analyze Organizing Tip #5: Attack To begin the decluttering process, start with 5 boxes, labeled as follows: Garbage Donate Another Room Think About Return Begin with one small area and make a huge pile of everything on the floor. Take things out of previous … Read more
In honor of January being National Get Organized Month, this post about planning is the first in a five part series about getting organized! For more organizational hints after this post, click here: Organizing Tip #2: Sort Organizing Tip #3: Strategize Organizing Tip #4: Analyze Organizing Tip #5: Attack PLAN I went to an organization … Read more
I’ve tried to get more organized lately, a never-ending task. It is a slow process, for sure. One thing that I really want to do better at is keeping the house cleaner from day to day, a goal that I’m sure I share with many fellow mothers. In the past, I haven’t been so good … Read more
I am a hopeless list maker. I love lists. However, my list making tends to get a bit wild and I find myself wandering around the house looking for the “right” list because I have so many of them. As of late I have grown a bit weary of having to scour the house to … Read more
I’m constantly on the lookout for ways to spend less and get more done with my time. I found this article about how to make your time and money go farther. I particularly like tips 11, 9, and 6. Enjoy! 25 Ways To Be a Cheaper Housekeeper From Sarah Aguirre, www.about.com 25. Reuse. Find ways … Read more