Peace of mind. Remember that concept?
Having balance. Less stress.
Can getting organized actually do that for us? Absolutely!
Imagine this: You walk in your home…you have a set location to put your things from the day, there is no junk laying around, you see no papers on countertops, cabinets are closed and the items in them are tidy inside. You can walk down your hallway and not trip on anything on the floor, you can go to your office or paperwork area and actually locate the piece of paper with the directions to the event you are going to for the evening. Yes. All this is possible and easy to achieve. Sounds pleasant doesn’t it? Yes…this is normal. This is attainable.
So you have now three excellent reasons to get order within your life: less wasted time, saving money on repeat purchases, and peace of mind…so what is stopping you? My guess is either overwhelm (where do I begin?!?!), lack of ability to schedule time to do the organizing, or simply no idea how to go about starting on such a task.
Professional Organizers know all about this and are here to help. Many times it’s just getting started which makes the task seem more doable. Getting help with the beginning process can make accomplishing the project doable. I can guarantee you that you will NOT get even a start without scheduling time to do this consistently. How much time and when? At least start with thirty minutes on a regular basis. Daily would be the smartest. Any less and you run the chance of the clutter gaining faster than the purging process. Not good.
Find a time you can commit to and schedule it like a medical appointment with yourself. Actually write it in your calendar. Of course, you must look at your calendar on a regular basis to have this work. Plan this for an entire week. Commit and do the time. A trick to help you stay on task: Use a timer for the thirty minutes and play some upbeat music while working through the stuff. Here are some techniques to make the process easier:
1. Start by going through and throwing out all obvious trash (don’t forget to recycle whenever possible)
2. After the above, begin at one end of a room and work your way around. Don’t skip around or you can end up making more of a mess than you started with.
3. When the timer goes off then stop. Success will come with the completion of the time allotted, not the task yet. The task is too big to be done in a day generally anyway.
4. Move all purged items out of the room/house immediately so they don’t end up going back somehow.
If you want more guidance, go to www.getordernow.com and download my new eBook which offers step-by-step guidance for organizing all areas of your life in a simple, doable manner. Want more personal assistance? Go to www.julishulem.com and let me know what help you are seeking. Organizing can be done online via video cam!
Get organized now…there’s never been a better time.
Jan 14, 2010
Organizing in today’s world Series: Part Two
Another excellent reason to get order in your life is, if nothing else, you can save money.
Countless times when I work with a person who has stuff everywhere, invariably, we unearth the same item several times in different places. Here’s how that happens: You buy a widget. Come home, perhaps use the widget and then leave it somewhere that makes no sense or it gets moved or buried after a bit of time. You go to look for the widget and lo and behold, you can’t find it anywhere. So after a few attempts, you resolve that you will need to go out and buy another one. Maybe you are lucky and you only do this once. But, if you are like most people you will do this repeatedly. In organizing a person’s home I have located up to 6 of the same item in various locations, some near one another and some never even used. Now if this widget cost only about a dollar, that’s one thing, but if it was more, then this is money wasted, not to mention the time to either find another one or at least go out and purchase the widget again. And sometimes even again.
I’d like to propose a new concept: See if you can get along without the widget in the first place! Can you even imagine how much simpler your life would be with less stuff around? I can attest to the fact that it is extremely freeing and calming.
If you determine that you really do need the widget, then you need to consciously figure out where you will store it. It needs a permanent home. Somewhere that makes sense, like in an area where you will use it is a good idea. Make it easy to reach and see. Say it out load to yourself, “I’m putting this in the cabinet near the stove” so you are paying attention instead of just tossing it somewhere randomly.
If you want more guidance, go to www.getordernow.com and download my new eBook which offers step-by-step guidance for organizing all areas of your life in a simple, doable manner. Want more personal assistance? Go to www.julishulem.com and let me know what help you are seeking. Organizing can be done online via video cam!
Countless times when I work with a person who has stuff everywhere, invariably, we unearth the same item several times in different places. Here’s how that happens: You buy a widget. Come home, perhaps use the widget and then leave it somewhere that makes no sense or it gets moved or buried after a bit of time. You go to look for the widget and lo and behold, you can’t find it anywhere. So after a few attempts, you resolve that you will need to go out and buy another one. Maybe you are lucky and you only do this once. But, if you are like most people you will do this repeatedly. In organizing a person’s home I have located up to 6 of the same item in various locations, some near one another and some never even used. Now if this widget cost only about a dollar, that’s one thing, but if it was more, then this is money wasted, not to mention the time to either find another one or at least go out and purchase the widget again. And sometimes even again.
I’d like to propose a new concept: See if you can get along without the widget in the first place! Can you even imagine how much simpler your life would be with less stuff around? I can attest to the fact that it is extremely freeing and calming.
If you determine that you really do need the widget, then you need to consciously figure out where you will store it. It needs a permanent home. Somewhere that makes sense, like in an area where you will use it is a good idea. Make it easy to reach and see. Say it out load to yourself, “I’m putting this in the cabinet near the stove” so you are paying attention instead of just tossing it somewhere randomly.
If you want more guidance, go to www.getordernow.com and download my new eBook which offers step-by-step guidance for organizing all areas of your life in a simple, doable manner. Want more personal assistance? Go to www.julishulem.com and let me know what help you are seeking. Organizing can be done online via video cam!
Organizing in today’s world Series: Part One
Why Bother?
With so many stressors in our society today, getting organized is more important now than ever before. Why, you may ask, would someone spend (never waste) time purging through old stuff and junk in their home or office to simplify when the majority of the country is fast-peddling to get ahead or at least back to where they once were? With countless layoffs, businesses closing or reducing hours due to lack of customers, it seems that just making an income and trying to retain the ‘status quo’ would be good enough.
Well, it’s not.
This is the time to rein in on what we have, what we can live without and what we might need to sustain us through whatever may come.
For one, the average person wastes so much time looking for lost items in their home, this alone is a good reason to finally get order in your life. Often the item in need is buried under junk that shouldn’t exist in the environment in the first place. Do you find you are always searching for at least one item on a regular basis, keys perhaps?
Two reasons this could be happening: 1) you don’t have a regular place you can put them without something happening to them – they fall off a counter or get moved by someone in the house, or even buried under something through the course of the time they are sitting in that spot, or 2) you get distracted or are absentminded and just let them fall where they may upon entering your home or office and then forget where they landed after you deposited them randomly.
Learn to be mindful of where you are placing something. It is wise to actually say OUT LOUD, “I’m putting the keys on the kitchen counter on the corner” to yourself so you can get it into your memory better and it makes you stop to pay attention. You will have a MUCH better chance of finding your keys this way!
If you want more guidance, go to www.getordernow.com and download my new eBook which offers step-by-step guidance for organizing all areas of your life in a simple, doable manner. Want more personal assistance? Go to www.julishulem.com and let me know what help you are seeking. Organizing can be done online via video cam!
With so many stressors in our society today, getting organized is more important now than ever before. Why, you may ask, would someone spend (never waste) time purging through old stuff and junk in their home or office to simplify when the majority of the country is fast-peddling to get ahead or at least back to where they once were? With countless layoffs, businesses closing or reducing hours due to lack of customers, it seems that just making an income and trying to retain the ‘status quo’ would be good enough.
Well, it’s not.
This is the time to rein in on what we have, what we can live without and what we might need to sustain us through whatever may come.
For one, the average person wastes so much time looking for lost items in their home, this alone is a good reason to finally get order in your life. Often the item in need is buried under junk that shouldn’t exist in the environment in the first place. Do you find you are always searching for at least one item on a regular basis, keys perhaps?
Two reasons this could be happening: 1) you don’t have a regular place you can put them without something happening to them – they fall off a counter or get moved by someone in the house, or even buried under something through the course of the time they are sitting in that spot, or 2) you get distracted or are absentminded and just let them fall where they may upon entering your home or office and then forget where they landed after you deposited them randomly.
Learn to be mindful of where you are placing something. It is wise to actually say OUT LOUD, “I’m putting the keys on the kitchen counter on the corner” to yourself so you can get it into your memory better and it makes you stop to pay attention. You will have a MUCH better chance of finding your keys this way!
If you want more guidance, go to www.getordernow.com and download my new eBook which offers step-by-step guidance for organizing all areas of your life in a simple, doable manner. Want more personal assistance? Go to www.julishulem.com and let me know what help you are seeking. Organizing can be done online via video cam!
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