Coordinate That Clutter!
How To Organize
You have your own living space. You and your children might live in an apartment, a condo, a duplex, or a single family home. Heck, you might even be setting up camp in your parents’ basement until you can get back on your feet. Regardless of your living situation or location, there is always a need to stay organized. Honestly, it’ll make you feel like you kind of have your life together if you can keep your clutter together.
We all have clutter. Stuff accumulates. You’ve even purchased things that you have never used. It doesn’t take long and you have lost your reading glasses and you cannot remember where you last left the checkbook. It could be in any drawer. All your stuff is piling up everywhere. Your kids have difficulty finding matching pairs of socks and their homework disappears among the stacks of papers on the table. You can’t remember the last time you’ve been caught up on the laundry, either.
Let’s face it. Not everyone can be Squeaky-Clean Jolene. She has everything together and seems to be able to spring clean weekly. Her van even sparkles when she brings the kids home from soccer practice on a muddy day. And how many colorful organizing totes does it take to organize writing utensils and cutlery? You’ll have to ask Tidy Heidi. You see her unloading bins and baskets from her car each time she comes home from shopping. Her pantry and closets must be spic-and-span!
It doesn’t matter how other people live. Stop comparing yourself to them. Many people have difficulties seeing the benefits of organization. They toss the idea out the window because they don’t mind having to step on dirty clothes scattered about the floor or have to clear a place to sit free from newspapers and bills. Others have slightly ambitious thoughts, but that’s where it stops. Then there are others, especially single parents, who dismiss the whole idea because they run out of time in the day.
Hold your broom, Cinderella. It’s going to take some work and effort, but you can do it! Let’s take it room by room and you’ll see that in just a few minutes a day, organizing will become part of your no-sweat routine. Let’s assume that you don’t need to take too much time gathering up stuff that doesn’t belong.
Grab a few garbage bags, some empty plastic totes (with lids), and any basket you have available. You’ve cleared out the clutter; that’s the first step. Now you can simply organize what you have left! How do you keep your living space appearing tidy and presentable? Even if you don’t feel completely organized, you can appear to be.