It's been a week. My new habit has been paying off. There are no new piles generated from incoming mail in my office. A definite step in the right direction made by a small change.
Of course, there's still the fact that my home office doesn't look the way I want it to be. What do I want? An organized office that invites me in to work and/or relax with an uncluttered mind in an uncluttered zone. A room that has not only functionality but some character and design to it.
Do you feel the same way about your home office? Or maybe it's your living room, your family room or your bedroom.
Since you're reading a blog entitled "Solutions for the Insanely Busy" I'll presume you don't have hours to devote to getting that room from a cluttered uninviting state to an uncluttered restful room that invites you to enter.
Time to do this will not miraculously appear. We have to make time or take time.
I thought a Saturday would open up to do a good re-organizing of my home office, to give it a jump start. Instead, I've been out of the state for two weekends this month, holding down the fort while my husband was out of the country for an extended long weekend another, and this week/weekend my life is consumed with dealing with insurance issues from someone crashing into and totaling our car---along with buying a replacement car. That's my month of March. Maybe April will be better? Oh, I already know April is one of my busiest months!
I'm not complaining. My life can get insane at times, but it's a good life the Lord has given me. This is just the background for why I'm going to say we'll take reorganizing a room at a time in stages. In small stages. We just have to start!
The easiest way I've found to de-clutter a room or area is to be prepared to sort the items into one of five piles:
Today let's begin the great de-cluttering by setting up our "Pile Station" in the most convenient place for the room we will be de-cluttering. In my case...
...the Throw pile is the 13 gallon garbage can that I have in my home office/guest room.
...the Give/Donate is another garbage bag sitting on the end of the twin size bed in my home office/guest room. I want it to be ready to move out of the house as quickly as possible!
...the Store, Belongs Elsewhere and Belongs Here! piles are set up with three laundry baskets in a row on the bed in my home office/guest room. A notecard taped to the front indicates which is which.
That doesn't sound too difficult, does it?
One note on the Belongs Here! pile. This pile is for stuff we run into as we're sorting that really do belong in the room, but aren't in---or haven't been allocated---a proper place. For now we're not going to take the time to sort these and place in their proper places unless we find unpaid bills, urgent paperwork to be completed---or better yet, uncashed checks!
Remember, we're take reorganizing a room at a time in stages. In small stages. And we've just started!
Of course, there's still the fact that my home office doesn't look the way I want it to be. What do I want? An organized office that invites me in to work and/or relax with an uncluttered mind in an uncluttered zone. A room that has not only functionality but some character and design to it.
Do you feel the same way about your home office? Or maybe it's your living room, your family room or your bedroom.
Since you're reading a blog entitled "Solutions for the Insanely Busy" I'll presume you don't have hours to devote to getting that room from a cluttered uninviting state to an uncluttered restful room that invites you to enter.
Time to do this will not miraculously appear. We have to make time or take time.
I thought a Saturday would open up to do a good re-organizing of my home office, to give it a jump start. Instead, I've been out of the state for two weekends this month, holding down the fort while my husband was out of the country for an extended long weekend another, and this week/weekend my life is consumed with dealing with insurance issues from someone crashing into and totaling our car---along with buying a replacement car. That's my month of March. Maybe April will be better? Oh, I already know April is one of my busiest months!
I'm not complaining. My life can get insane at times, but it's a good life the Lord has given me. This is just the background for why I'm going to say we'll take reorganizing a room at a time in stages. In small stages. We just have to start!
The easiest way I've found to de-clutter a room or area is to be prepared to sort the items into one of five piles:
- Throw
- Give/Donate
- Store
- Belongs Elsewhere
- Belongs Here!
Today let's begin the great de-cluttering by setting up our "Pile Station" in the most convenient place for the room we will be de-cluttering. In my case...
...the Throw pile is the 13 gallon garbage can that I have in my home office/guest room.
...the Give/Donate is another garbage bag sitting on the end of the twin size bed in my home office/guest room. I want it to be ready to move out of the house as quickly as possible!
...the Store, Belongs Elsewhere and Belongs Here! piles are set up with three laundry baskets in a row on the bed in my home office/guest room. A notecard taped to the front indicates which is which.
That doesn't sound too difficult, does it?
One note on the Belongs Here! pile. This pile is for stuff we run into as we're sorting that really do belong in the room, but aren't in---or haven't been allocated---a proper place. For now we're not going to take the time to sort these and place in their proper places unless we find unpaid bills, urgent paperwork to be completed---or better yet, uncashed checks!
Remember, we're take reorganizing a room at a time in stages. In small stages. And we've just started!
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