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When you're at home do you search for fragments of clothing, ingredients for food and important personal information that keeps you from paying your bills on time?
Or, does the thought of people visiting you unannounced fill you with fear? What about getting a message on your answering machine that family is coming — do you panic? Worse, what are you going to do if they're only an hour away? Turn the family into cleaning robots to get the house in shape fast? What about leaving for work and you can't find the report you stayed up late to finish? It somehow got deleted from the computer and there's no backup, so what now besides the obvious stress mounting?
If this sounds like your life, I've got a few suggestions that will help you organize your life. Taking this step will bring you control and the ability to achieve the successful results you desire in every aspect of your life. Take heart, there's no need to get frustrated or just give up thinking it's an impossible task. The real key here is to take it a step at a time.
Take it at your own pace. This IS a fight that you CAN and WILL win! You will have to commit to letting go of unnecessary clutter and items that you haven't used for years, but they certainly haven't contributed anything other than more dust for you to clean up. So don't worry! You can work at organizing your home or apartment a few minutes each day. Yes, you too can occupy a relatively clean and organized environment as long as you relax and let go of "it's-got-to-be-perfect-itis." I am not promoting that your home be picture perfect, I'm only suggesting that if you keep things where you can find them, and put things back when you've finished using them you'll have more time, especially if you have a family. If that's the case, you can all work together on becoming more organized throughout the house.
Ready for step one? Good. First you're going to declutter - set a timer and put on some energizing music to get you going. Decide that you're only going to declutter for 15 minutes in one certain room. Then if you want to work longer, say, another round of 15 minutes, you can. But you don't have to. This helps you get motivated, even when you don't feel like cleaning. Go from room to room one day, just decluttering - 15 minutes in each room. Some rooms might take only five minutes, others might take 30 minutes before you can walk through the room without tripping over something.
Then on day two, go back to your first room and surface clean. Wipe off counters, sinks, flat surfaces. Then spot vacuum. If there's a stain on the kitchen floor, spot clean that. Day three, pick another room. Day four, still another. If you're so motivated one day and get on a roll, surface clean two rooms. But don't let yourself feel pressured. This is the beginning of a more peaceful life. After you've decluttered, you're going to take fifteen minutes a day and do some deeper cleaning in each room. You know, vacuuming thoroughly, dusting, swatting away cobwebs, etc.
Now, if you just repeat this simple schedule, you've got a house that will keep your life more organized. This should take a load off your mind and alleviate stress in your family relationships. Then, go through each room and organize everything that you and your family members use daily to keep functioning smoothly. You'll see a big change in your life and your family dynamic. And you'll be a good example for your children by showing them how to live a more efficient and successful daily life.
Margaret Lukasik Christian Author, Teacher and Life Coach For More Success Secrets Visit: |
