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Get Yourself Together Organization Tips – Purging

Get Yourself Together Organization Tips – Purging

Guest post by Kayleigh Lum.

Saying a modern mothers life is busy is an understatement – almost an insult! Between your kids’ extracurricular activities, making dinner, keeping your boss happy and all the other craziness, to-do-lists often get buried under all the other things one has to do. In a busy household, a little bit of organization can go a long way in increasing efficiency, simplicity and sanity.

Today’s focus is about purging all the stuff that piles up – old toys, out grown clothes and junk. Sometimes it’s hard to let go of the little things as people often think they are going to find a need for it someday or it may hold sentimental value.

The Big Questions

When purging your home, ask yourself the following questions:

  1. What is the primary use of this object and is it relevant to today?
  2. Does someone in the household regularly use this object?
  3. Does this object have a “home” in my home?
  4. How will my family be effected if this object was no longer in the home

If you had a hard time answering those questions logically, it may be time to purge your home of clutter.

Mission Possible: Make the Time

Sometimes purging your home of clutter can be overwhelming or exhausting, which causes many people to procrastinate, which only leaves time to accumulate more clutter and make the overall process even worse. So, put aside a sufficient amount of time to take on this project or hire a professional organizer. Once you have decide what to keep, donate and throw out you are ready to purge.

De-clutter As You Go

Of course, the best way to de-clutter is to set up systems to help you along the way. Here are some helpful tips to help you eliminate clutter from your home.

  1. Keep a box in the garage and use it as a donation hamper. As you come across old or unused items, put them in the box – when it’s full, donate!
  2. Throw an old fashioned yard sale and use the money to take the family out to a movie.
  3. Utilize classifieds such as craigslist free ads to give items to a new home.
  4. Switch to electronic only! Get your bills, subscriptions even movies online to stop paper waste and build up.
  5. Get the kids involved. Ask them to sort through their old toys into what they use and don’t use.

Those are only a few ideas to get the organization ball rolling. By de-cluttering your home you are also de-stressing your life while keeping your home tidy and functional. Purge your home often and start by not bringing things into your home that you don’t need or wont use in the first place. Happy organizing!

Kayleigh Lum is the owner of Get Yourself Together, Professional Organizers in Vancouver, BC. For more information visit www.getyourselftogether.ca.

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  • Thank you for your tips. The box in the garage is a very good idea.
    In the past week I have seriously started getting organized and actually find out that by being organized I have more time to myself and I have finished postponed projects.

    My greatest achievement is a binder with 31 numerical tab. I had lots of overdue to do things that was piled up. Now they are organized in the binder for the proper day to work on. Everyday I check the binder and see what I have to do that day.

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