Where in the World Do I Even Start to Get Organized?

RE: Where in the World Do I Even Start to Get Organized? Post by kidseatfree (116) | (10/13/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact The secret for me was to tame my pack ratting ways. After we moved, I learned a hard lesson on wants and needs. I've come to the conclusion that I don't need more than I want. So, the first thing I did was DECREASE the amount of clutter coming in. Then I started getting rid of all the stuff I had been pack ratting. If I didn't use it on a regular basis (or even look at it), then it was gotten rid of in this order: given to family and friends, given to charity, recycled, and trashed. I'm talking immediate clean up. No time to list things on eBay (only gives me a reason to keep the clutter longer). I did a little each day and then kept maintaining it each day. You will be amazed at how much your mind clears up as your home clears up. You start to enjoy staying home because you can now USE that kitchen table, garage and basement for other things then storing useless items. Tackle one area at a time so you don't get overwhelmed. If all else fails, move and you'll learn this the way I did. ;) Organization Post by ThriftyFun (4042) | (07/08/2005) Profile | Blog! | Contact Organization is what everybody wants. How do we do that? The first thing is to decide that there will have to be some hard decisions agreed upon. You can't have all your decor out at the same time. You can't keep everything. If you haven't used it and it doesn't fit, get rid of it. One way would be to do one room at a time. You have to do three things. Think of NEED, STORE, TOSS. Absolutely everything has to fit into one of those categories. Label boxes well. Your reward is that you can now get Other decor and favorite things out and display them. After all, You've missed them, haven't you. By Ardis Barnes RE: Where in the World Do I Even Start to Get Organized? Post by MamawKC (33) | (04/21/2005) Contact In my opinion the key element to getting organized and STAYING ORGANIZED is DISCIPLINE!! When you use something --put it back. When you get up from the table--tackle the dishes--when you get out of bed --make it up. Then THINK of how GOOD it feels to walk into a clean kitchen or to come home to a freshly made bed and to know WHERE to find something when you need it!! A habit I've tried to enforce is to do 1-2 loads of laundry a day. Usually if I follow this routine I can keep things caught up. After all MOMS--- if YOU don't do it---WHO WILL???