CONGRATULATIONS!! You have finally decided to get organized, get rid of clutter and take control of your home. This is your first step to creating your 'Master Plan of Organization'.
This day will be one you will remember for years to come. We all want to rid ourselves of the clutter in our lives and
get organized. You will be so proud of yourself for taking this first step and for what you will accomplish from this
day on.
I know that you have been thinking about doing this for a long long time and just never got around to it. Well there's really good reasons for that, it's called procrastination, but it is easy to correct, you need the ideas and to make a list and have organized planners to help you on your way..
Organizing your home, files, garage and things isn't as hard as you may think.
If you look at it the right way; you are just organizing 'things', something you do everyday and probably don't even realize it.
The first thing you are going to do is make a list, matter of fact, by the time you are finished you
will have 3 lists.
But, remember we are ORGANIZING, and to do this right, we have to have a plan and what better way to make our plan but to write everything down that we wished we could do and get it all out of our heads and free up some space in the brain and get rid of guilt and frustration.
Sounds good doesn't it?
Great! Now let's get busy
FIRST
#1 PROBLEM AREAS
now, put everything on this list, don't get scared, it's going to be one heck of a long list. Don't try to do this list all at one time. Take your time, think about it and add things as you think of them. go to list
SECOND
THINGS I WANT TO GET DONE THIS WEEK, on this list you will take things from 'list one' that really drive you crazy, now don't take too many things in one week, give yourself EXTRA time for yourself.
YES, you will have sometime for yourself!
Once you get started, you will be so proud of what you are doing, that taking time for yourself will be deserved. go here
Your THIRD List, will be called: TODAY LIST, this is only going to be things that you can accomplish without getting stresssed, leave the BIG projects for the weekend or only allow one of the Big things onyour list during the week that you can get finished in one days time.
On this list, you will take one or two of your projects from your second list (Things I want to get done this week) and add
them to your 'have to' things for the day. Now you are started in Organizing Your Life THE EASY WAY. get list
Jan Hayner is a Professional Organizer that helps to guide you, using checklists and articles. She writes articles and blogs for onlineorganizing.com, matureresources.net,clutterfreak.com and is an expert in seven categories on allexperts.com. Get her free pamphlets at http://www.organizingyourlifetheeasyway.com