Best Secrets to staying Organized!
Tell yourself (and believe) that some degree of clutter with a child is going to happen no matter what!
Begin with messes and clutter that you see every day. Work on organizing your kitchen and family room before your hallway closet.
Assign everything in your house a place. This way when your family searches for something they need, they will know exactly where to find it and where to put it away.
Use this same principle to organize your silverware, with clearly defined places for every fork and knife, or drawers for ties and socks or, underwear. Think in this same way for every aspect of your home. This will save many hours of searching for things. It will dramatically cut down on the clutter of items left out “for now” or “until I find a place for it.” Develop a new mantra: everything has its place and a place for everything!
Enlist a new rule: throw out one old thing for every new purchase that enters your home.
When using stairs, never go up or down them empty-handed. Always grab
some items that belong to upstairs rooms and quickly put it away while you
are there.
Make a mental note to observe what things pile up in your house and where they cluster, and then come up with a place nearby that becomes the official home where those things will reside. Introduce baskets, shelves, and folders for this purpose. They work well. Set aside one basket for you and your partner for incoming mail, bills, and receipts and letters.
Create a number of brightly marked folders for discount coupons, invitations and directions, and other time-sensitive papers that just clutter your counters.
Keep items that are used frequently in places where you can reach them without stooping or bending, and store them close to the place they will be needed.
Use drawer dividers for socks, underwear, lingerie, and tiny items, to keep them separated and organized.
Hang hooks for your keys and purse at the entry to your home, so each time you walk in, you can hang them up.
Establish one defined place in your house for storing library books, and end a house-wide hunt when it is time to read or return them.
Get rid of all junk drawers, or allow yourself just one that you clear out once a week or more. When you establish certain items are being used repeatedly, designate a drawer for those.
