Organized 4 Success

Shannon88 — Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:09:08 -0500

What are some of the best home and office organizing tips that you can offer those struggling to keep their lives clutter free?

Here are a few tips that I offer in my book: 10-Minute Tidy: 108 Ways to Organize Your Home Qiuckly

Create a Landing Pad

A landing pad is the place where you can come into your home and drop your stuff. This is where you always keep your purse, fanny pack or wallet. Your cell phone plugs in, your keys hung up, and your pockets get emptied all while standing in the same place. Having a designated landing pad area is very important for crating new organizing habits. It is much easier to always put your keys on a hook if you can drop all the other things that are in our hands first.

Photocopy All the Important Items in Your Wallet

Take 10 minutes to photocopy all of the important items in your wallet right now. Be sure to photocopy the back and front of your driver’s license, credit cards and other identifying information. Keep the photocopies somewhere locked and safe in your home or office. Hopefully your wallet is never stolen or lost, but if it is, you will now have all of the important phone and account numbers you need in order to have the accounts closed or your cards replaced.

Consolidate Your “To Do” Lists

Writing a list is a great way of keeping track of all that needs to be done. If you have various things to do, a small notebook with several sections could help you designate all the broad categories that are on your list. A mantra that I suggest is: “If it takes less than one minute, do it now.” Consider asking others to help you if you have something on your To Do list that hasn’t gotten don yet. Perhaps you could have a conversation with a friend about what your resistance is to this task.

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