Organizing your home can reduce stress and make you household run more smoothly. With busy schedules, it can be difficult to find time to organize. This is a guide about organizing your home.
When you bring mail into the house take an extra moment to look through it. Immediately take bills to bill location, magazines to their area, coupons to theirs, etc. Junk mail can go straight to the "round file" - trash.
Personal letters should be the only thing on the counter as residents come home. Important personal correspondence can be shared daily. Less stress.
Source: The idea..not the exact words came from a de-cluttering article I read years ago.
By Lynn from Bridgeville, PA
I need tips to help organize my home.
By Barb (Guest Post)
02/24/2009
Dear Elizabeth,
I was in the same place you are. I just knew that any day the Health Department would arrive and I'd be cited for having a dangerously cluttered home.
Then for, I took a good look around and discovered for the first time exactly what my problem was.
I'd known all along that I didn't have too much stuff, I'm a thrower. But...what was the problem?
Duh! I didn't have ample shelving. It was a simple as that. I had a garage sale before moving, sold all the shelves, but brought the clothing, books, dishes, etc. to the new home. But now I had a super home, but the items didn't!
So...VERY cheaply and some help from super male and female neighbors who are skilled at installing shelves, everything has a home!
Now, if you're a "hoarder" that's a different issue. I've reviewed Fly Lady and think it's a great site. But you might not need it, if you find, like I did that you were missing shelving - not forgetting to put things in their designated spots. Before you can put things away - they have to have an address!
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