Prioritize Your Attack

What do you need organized the most? For most of us it is our wardrobe, and our closet. Perhaps you are someone who piles things, and that needs the most work. Take a look at your home and your life and pick a place that needs it most. After-all, too much gathered stuff not only makes your life look cluttered, but make your life run less smoothly.

Set Aside a Time

Most of us can make a few minutes here or there for sorting through the stuff we have accumulated. Once you get started, it really doesn’t take that long. Ten or twenty minutes can make a huge difference. If you commit to doing this a little at a time and stick with it, you will have things organized before you know it.

Start With Sorting

Sort first, putting trash, recycle, and thrift store items into piles or bags. Just getting this stuff out will be more than half the battle to cleaning up any closet, drawer, purse, or catch space pile. Don’t allow yourself to get overly nostalgic over items that you don’t use. This does not mean the extra special things that you cannot replace, but the everyday items that bring back a memory. If you want to remember it, make a note and take a picture. This will take up a lot less space, and stores easily forever.

Sort as You Go

Keep a trash can handy for things like old papers, mail, ads, and junk. Don’t be shy about throwing this stuff out before it adds to the junk that needs organizing. If you open a drawer and see something you know is not good, take a second to get rid of it now. If you are getting an outfit and find it doesn’t fit, throw it in the thrift store bag or box. It will be one less thing to clean later. Once you get in this habit, you will find things stay cleaner.

Don’t Let It Overwhelm You

The junk did not get there all at once, you don’t have to get rid of it all at once. Take it a little at a time. If you don’t get done this time, it is okay. There is less to look at next time. As long as your making progress it is good.

Allow Time to Notice

As you clear out the stuff you don’t need, take time to notice how much easier your life is getting. You will also find that your stress level is usually lower, and life is more satisfying with less clutter in your life. As you soak in the sense of calm that is increasing in your home, you will be more energized for life. You will also be more motivated to continue simplifying and organizing.

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Dishes after Every Meal

Dishes and laundry are two things in every household that never stop. The moment you stop working on them is the moment they pile up, start to stink, and become a real chore that takes more than twenty minutes to accomplish. A simple, but often neglected trick for keeping the dishes under control is to wash them quickly by hand and dry them after every meal. Skip out on using the dishwasher. Why? Because it is just one more step in the process and the more steps you cut out, the quicker you can get things done. Washing and drying them quickly will help keep the sinks and counters empty and clean.

1 – 2 Loads of Laundry a Day

Laundry is the next thing that must be worked on every day if it is to stay under control. Do a load of laundry every morning and if you have the laundry and the time, do another load later the same day. If you can fold and put the laundry away that same day, it would also help to keep things looking neat and clean.

Wipe the Counters/Stove after Each Use

The stove top becomes a real mess very quickly – with every splash, spill, and splatter the stains and crumbs cake on and if you do not wipe it off after every use it will become dirty and harder to clean with every hour it remains. Wipe off the countertops and the stove top after each use.

Clean/Wipe out the Fridge after Each Grocery Trip

Another area that becomes stinky and gross if it is not cleaned out on a regular basis is the fridge. Instead of waiting till you have unknown leftovers and an unidentifiable smell emanating from the fridge, try to clear things out and do a quick wipe down after each grocery trip so that you can put new food in a clean fridge.

Declutter Daily

The best tip/trick for keeping a clean house is to constantly pick up after yourself and to declutter on a daily basis. Stuff accumulates regularly, which means you need to clean just as regularly in order to keep up.

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