Make Organizing Work!
Tuesday, July 7, 2009 at 11:11AM Courtney So one of my goals before getting pregnant again, is to make sure our house is organized. I am not sure how this pregnancy will go and if they will put me on bed rest at anytime so I want to be ready for all things unexpected. The only problem with this is as organized as I can be, within days it seems like things get unorganized! Over the next month or so I will be working on organizing as many little places as I can in the home and am making an action plan to help keep the unorganized mess coming back.
So here are some of my ideas for getting organized:
1. Plan to organize something each day, but do it in small steps. Making projects for each day that are big can be overwhelming and burn you out a bit.
2. If you I used something in a long time, I need to decide if it needs to be purged or put away. One its put away if I don't use it in a few months, than it will also get purged. (donate any items that are in good shape to your local goodwill or recycle what you can).
3. Make a list of everything you want to do, having a sheet with goals is always a good way to motivate. If you need to have a reward at the end, in my case the reward is trying to conceive!
4. Make sure that the way you are organizing will work for you. Trying to mimic something is a good starting point but if its not practical in everyday living, the system will likely fail.
5. Setup a time that you can work without interruptions. Doing this will help you stay focused. Plan it into your schedule so that you will follow thru on it.
6. Be proud of your work, show it off on your blog, to friends, to families. You can join in one some blog carnivals that are all about organizing to show off your before and afters! One of my favorites is the monthly one Laura from Organizing Junkie has, each month she has a new idea for what to organize!
Here is my to-do list! I hope to get a lot of this done before the fall festivals start!
I plan to weekly update this list, show some before/after pics and make my organization apart of my weekly menu planning post! This works for me in getting my house into a new organized state of bliss!!
Check out all the other great ideas on Works For Me Wednesday over at We are THAT Family!!!
Reader Comments (2)
Great post. You want to come over and help me?
I loved reading this post!! I'm working on slowly organizing my home and have learned that baby steps work the best!!
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