Tips on organizing your home and your life are limitless. Here is a collection of easy, quick helpful hints for your home and everyday life from experts in the organizing business that if used over a period of time produce amazing results.
Three minute tasks:
Delete 15-20 emails that have been accumulating in your inbox.
Weed out 3 file folders instead of being overwhelmed by the entire filing system
Make that appointment you have been putting off
Unload the dishwasher
Dust the bedroom
Five minute tasks:
Put away clean silverware De-clutter the dining room table
Load the dishwasher Organize CDs and DVDs
Set the table Gather up newspapers for recycling
Organize a kitchen drawer Make a bed
Hang up towels Clean bathroom mirror
Throw away old cosmetics Empty wastepaper baskets
Pay and file a bill Write a thank you note
Shred credit card applications Polish a pair of shoes
Open mail over the recycling bin. Don't carry your mail over to your desk or table where it's bound to pile up and take hours to go through later. Open it right over the recycling bin and get rid of all unnecessary mail and inserts immediately. Lay aside any documents that need to be shredded and shred them ASAP. This includes those pesky credit card applications!
Keep a memorabilia box where you put those things that are memorable. Limit yourself to one or two plastic containers (you decide on the size). When the containers are full, you must take out something before putting something new in. This will result in only very precious memories being stored in the containers.
The pros know that organizing an entire house can be an intimidating task. They suggest targeting one room, then one area within that room, then one spot such as a drawer, closet or corner-take small bites at a time!
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Lynn Cressy has a love for decorating and shopping for home decor. She owns a home decor web site and writes articles on home decorating and organizing your home and your life. http://www.decorating-info.com |
