I've ALWAYS been a planner, and recently, I've been obsessed with organizing books and websites. I've been working on a "plan" lately. A planning binder actually. I'll share it with you soon, but I want to get it perfected. (One thing I've learned from all those books is that being a perfectionist is actually keeping me from cleaning and organizing -- it's hard to start a job if I know I won't be able to finish it. Either that or I work really hard and get a job done but then I'm exhausted and have no motivation to start something else.)
Anyway, so from the mélange of organizing methods, I've created one that works for me. Again, I'll share more in the next few days/weeks, but I wanted to share one of the most helpful tips I've found. Set a timer for 15 minutes and start cleaning in the main area of your house. Where do you spend the most time, and therefore have the most clutter? For me, it's our family room, and unfortunately, it can be seen from the front door. I tested it out this morning, and it was AMAZING the progress that was made!!! So set your timer and do whatever needs to be done: throw away trash, clear out the dishes, pick up the toys, dust, vacuum, whatever it is that needs to be done, BUT you only have 15 minutes to do this! Don't overwhelm yourself with everything that needs to be done, just start small! Little by little you WILL get on top of all the clutter and housework! Small & simple leads to GREAT things!
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Even better when you can get the kids to help in with the picking up, but only for 15 minutes. Rarely happens, but it did 2 nights ago.
ReplyDeleteYesterday I said "hey! Let's play a game! Everyone pick up 5 things!" I didn't think it would really work, but a few minutes later Evan came to me and said "I got 5 things! Let's count!" It was so cute!
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