Staying Organized!

The project is completed!  You can feel the sense of freedom this new organized space has given you!  You feel now as your time and control is back!  How to maintain?  Being organized is a commitment!  Be aware of your actions and know you have to take action to stay organized!  Here are some simple but action steps you can follow:

• When you buy something new, get rid of something old!  This can be done with clothes, books, anything!
• Have a “clean up basket, bin or bag” in each room, so at the end of the day it easy to place items not belonging in a certain room back to their home.  If everything has a home, it’s easier to clean up at the end of the day, because you know right where it goes!
• When your done in an area, for example your done paying bills or cooking dinner, clean up the area as soon as your done with it.  Don’t leave it for later… You’ll feel so much better later when it is already done! 
• Have clean up with your children everyday!  These areas get so messy, and the only way to maintain them daily is to clean them up daily.
• Take inventory of your belongings every once in while.  Keep only what you love and use often! 
• Remember all of the wonderful benefits of having an organized home, take before and after pictures, and commit that you’ll never go back.. Kind of like losing weight isn’t it!  Clutter weight!