A Week in Review!

Ok… so how many of you took the challenge from last week?  If you tried it, I would love to hear about it… Share your stories!

I tried it and I must say this has to be one of the hardest rules in organizing!  Even as a Professional Organizer, a person who likes to organize, lives with very little clutter with the exception of toys because remember I do live with children!  This was hard!  Now it’s very easy to lay something down and think “I will get to it later!” But that was not the challenge!

I had two areas I was going to work on, one being the dishes- making sure to put them into the dishwasher right away and not into the sink.  This worked well, if the dishwasher was not clean.  If it was clean and still needed to be unloaded, well, I admit, there were dishes in the sink!  If you were to look into my kitchen right now, unfortunately that is what you would see!  I have give myself a little slack, it’s been a busy week!

The other area I worked on this week were the clothes in my closet, I wanted to make sure I either hung them back up or they made it to the hamper, no in between.  I must say, this was much more of success than the dishes.  If you were to look at my closet right now, you would see everything put away.

The biggest lesson I learned this week, was just being conscious of this rule.  It made a difference because I was aware of the decision I was about to make. I had to think about where an item was going and was I following the rule?  This is good… because if you are thinking about it, you actually end up doing more than what you would normally do.  You are aware of your actions and aware of how clutter may be building up in your home.  Your stopping it.

This is a tough rule. Is it a good rule?  I think so, as long as you don’t beat yourself up when it doesn’t happen. Realize life happens, and messes are going to occur!  I plan on unloading the dishwasher tonight, and by the end of the evening the dishes will be done!

Thinking before doing, can go a long way!

If you missed the challenge, click here to read: “Organizing Rule: Touch it Once” blog post!

Happy Organizing!