“Clutter is nothing more than postponed decision,” says Barbara Hemphill. Our culture attracts more and more of this clutter. Having said this our traditions and ethics bring in more and more holy-days that become holidays, which in turn are special occasions along with birthdays, anniversaries, discount days, etc. We scarcely find the opportunity to discard them. It is the main…
Being an organized person has its perks. The things that I go on doing naturally and as a matter of habit might look like a lot of effort for someone else. Once I realized that I felt I needed to list down some basic things that we can seamlessly make a part of our routine. Now I wanted to talk…
YOU CAN HAVE A CLEAN HOUSE AND HAPPY KIDS! The idea of kids tidying their place themselves might look like a dream come true for a lot of parents. But the question is “how important is it for us that the kids learn this particular skill?” In our childhood, when our mom used to tell us to clean our room,…
Now that you have decided that you want to organize your space. What is the next step? Where to start? First step in Organizing is actually Decluttering – remove/ give away/ donate what we do not need and create space forthe useful stuff. Next step is to assign a place to everything. And by everything I mean each and every item you comeacross in your house. Just like each one of us need our own space, the items in our house deserves to be allotted a spacetoo. That brings us to the next question – how do I decide a place for an item? Answer to that actually lies in another question – if I were to lose an item, which is the first place that I amgoing to look for it? While talking to a friend Laurie Hunt , we got to discussing that the concept of organizing is not new. When she was eightyears old, she had attended a session which taught her this very concept and the statement that has lived with her till dateis ” A place for everything and everything in its place.” It is such a simple but strong statement. Here is my bedside drawer which houses everything that I generally use when I retire to my bed. Being a super lazyperson at night, I hate to leave the bed for anything after I have changed and washed my feet and face. The categories in a house is endless. The wardrobe itself houses so many different items. Each item in your wardrobeshould have a place – be it clothes, watches, scrunchies, glares, make-up, wallets, etc. There are so many othermiscellaneous items as well in the house like the tool box, medicines, art and craft supplies, sewing kits, cleaningsupplies, keys and so on. Decide on specific places for everything on the basis of frequency of use, need for ease of accessand utility. Use baskets, containers and label them to make your task easy to house similar items. Lots of people complain that they tidy up their house on a regular basis but it gets back to the messy state very soon. I tellthem a very basic and simple rule – return the item back to its place once you are done using it. It takes 10 seconds to dothat and makes a lot of difference in keeping the place tidy. Another tip that I go by is if you are going to your bedroom from your drawing room, pick up and carry one thing that islying in the living room and belongs in the bedroom. This is a very simple habit but goes a long way in keeping the placetidy. The pros of having a place to everything: So go ahead and plan your space and give, everything that you own, a house of itself and enjoy the peace, calm and orderthat follows. #decluterring #tips #arrangeitall