Organizing Tips for the Clutter Bug - 1

October 22nd, 2006 by Jude Wright

It’s a fact of life: Clutter accumulates! Where does it come from? Who knows — it just appears, right?

Here are some tips to start de-cluttering your home:

Â Make a Plan - with a capital “P.” Take a good look at your home to see where improvements can be made. Write it down! Make a master list of all areas of your home. Take one area of a room at a time. Don’t try to do it all at once.
Create a “Clutter Tool Chest.” This will contain all the items that will help you get your clutter under control:

Notebook
Pen or Pencil
Permanent Marker
Laundry baskets or boxes for sorting
Labels for labeling boxes
Ziploc bags (large & small)
Trash Bags

Keep a “Before and After” notebook. It will inspire you to keep your house at the “After” stage!

Choose 3 areas that need help the worst to work on in your first room. Start with the stuff you can see and work to the stuff you can’t see - in cupboards, drawers, attics and basements.

Set a deadline to finish each area or room - depending upon how much clutter there is. Don’t overbook your schedule! You’ll just give up.

Don’t forget to take breaks. Work in small doses - more often.

Reward yourself! No, don’t buy anything

Read a book, get a manicure, watch a movie…whatever you want to do.

There’s a good start for you…go on…get organized!