January 8, 2010
Need Be Organized How Do You Do It?
I need some tips to keep organized. How do you do it? It is important for me to keep organized with keeping things clean.
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Check out flylady.com and organizedhome.com. Lots of good information at both sites. Good luck!
Check out the current issue of Marth Stewart. It has a bunch of tips in that area.
Everything has its own spot. When I am done with something, I put it away. Back in its spot. Rearrange if necessary.
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The way that works with me and my kids (I knew nothing about organization when I got married) is saying that everything has a home. When I find something that is out of place I tell my kids to take it home. If you find yourself with a lot of things that don’t really have a place, then you need to make a specific one (a drawer, a plastic tub) or get rid of that item. Decluttering first helps, and believe me, you won’t die if you throw something away! Another thing is to keep items near where you use them.
1) Have a schedule (for example: Monday: Wash towels and sheets) and stick to it.
2) Have lots of storage solutions (hampers, plastic drawers, shoe racks) that way everything has a place.
3) But enough cleaning products that you enjoy using (the disposable toilet cleaners, a cleaning liquid that smells good, etc.).
4) If you live with somebody else, ask them to keep things where they belong.