Avoid Unnecessary Chaos
When you have a plan to tackle clutter every day, you can avoid unnecessary chaos!
Clutter creates chaos and stress. If you are feeling this right now, you’re not alone. If you’re constantly battling clutter, your daily tasks will take longer and you’ll always feel like you’re in catch-up mode.
I’m constantly trying to find ways to rid the day-to-day clutter. I find that I have to adjust to our daily schedules and the ages of my children. I am often talking about clutter and giving tips and ways to get rid of it. The first step is to get a plan.
I’ve found that clutter doesn’t have to take over your life if you have a plan for it - and stick to it! One of the biggest areas of clutter is paperwork. Do I keep it? Do I trash it? These are two questions that you ask yourself. Paper finds its way into your home from school, through the mail, as instruction manuals - it’s everywhere!
Some paperwork is necessary or sentimental - but those items can get buried in the clutter of papers that need to find a new home in the recycling bin. When you have a system for paperwork, you know the papers you have on hand are important and you have them at the right time. It becomes so overwhelming that we don't even know where to start, so we just keep letting it pile up. Let’s tackle those overwhelming piles of papers today. I’m here to help! Are you ready to get started?
Let’s start here:
First, create an in/out basket to sort all of your papers by “in” and “out”
Set a timer for 15 minutes
Start with your mail and decide to either keep, toss/recycle, shred or file
Make a decision today for any other mail that comes into your home (The biggest decision is making yourself open the mail as soon as you get it and taking action!)
You get to decide what stays in your home - and what must go! If the paper clutter bothers you and you want it to go, let’s get started creating the habit of handling it NOW. Statistics now say it takes 66 days to create a new habit. Using whatever source that works best for you, a planner, sticky note on the fridge, or a reminder on your phone, go ahead and set up the tasks to tackle the current clutter and to practice the daily habit of daily clutter. Find a daily time to process papers and make it a natural part of your day.
When you create a plan and put it into place to tackle clutter every day, you’ll avoid unnecessary chaos and start feeling the benefits.
