Organizing

If you're like me before I discovered this home organization plan, you're probably thinking...

Well, let me tell you this - your home can be organized and stay organized. And I'm going to show you the home organization plan that saved me from my disorganized home.

Before we start let me confess that this plan will take time to create and implement, but once you're done with the initial work your housecleaning will be a breeze.

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You can get a pretty good idea of the benefits of clutter clearing simply by imaging your life free of all the negative effects of clutter that we've explored in the past two issues of this newsletter: lack of focus and clarity; feelings of being professionally, creatively, spiritually, and/or romantically stuck; insufficient time and attention for self and family; increased stress, irritability and depression. Wouldn't it be great to be free of all these?

No matter what other factors may be dragging you down, I guarantee you that clearing your clutter will dramatically improve your mood and energy. And then any other problems you are confronting won't seem quite so bad.

When you first start clutter clearing you may be surprised at the emotions triggered by the simple act of dealing with your stuff. You think you're just cleaning out your home, but what you're really doing is rooting around in dusty corners of your psyche and coming eyeball-to-eyeball with unresolved business from the past. The personal relics that lurk within your clutter - college papers, family memorabilia, detritus from a long-dead marriage - can be easier to ignore than to carry to the dump, which is why they've been haunting the back of your closet for so many years.

As you persevere with clutter clearing a moment will come when you realize how much lighter and happier you feel. In the process of coping with your clutter, you've reconnected with your inner self, with dreams and wishes long ignored. Those you've outgrown can be released with a fond smile. Those that make your heart leap with recognition and longing... well, now you have the space, time, and energy to pursue them.

Clutter clearing gets you out of your rut. It shakes loose frozen aspects of your soul and allows them to journey into your heart where they belong and where you can listen to and act upon them.

Eventually, you will find yourself turning to clutter clearing instead of aspirin or caffeine when you notice that you're not as clear-headed, focused or insightful as you'd like to be. If you're feeling lethargic and don't want to exercise, you'll know to examine whether you've allowed a zone of stagnation to creep in around the couch (where you are most likely to be having lazy thoughts in the first place). If you can't seem to decide on priorities for your business, you'll realize it's time to clear off the desk and catch up on paperwork. And if you're not eating as well as you should, you'll remember that clearing off the kitchen counter and cleaning out the fridge will help get your eating habits back on track.

What this all boils down to is that managing your clutter helps you feel like less of a victim and puts you back in control of your moods and your life. You have greater confidence in your abilities and decisions, so you feel more hopeful and optimistic about the future. You respect yourself more, and will probably find that other people treat you better as well. You feel less stressed, and have more courage to try and do new things. You stop turning to material objects to make you happy, because you are content with less.

Clearing out your clutter creates space for possibility. You may find yourself deciding to go back to school, change your career, start your own business, go out on a date, take up painting or singing or ballroom dancing, try out for a part in a play, or... what's your dream? (No wonder clutter clearing can be a little scary! Suddenly there are no more excuses for why you can't pursue that dream.)

Your friends will say you look terrific. They'll wonder where that sparkle in your eye came from, and how you manage to look both energized and serene at the same time. It's because you have released from your life everything that is no longer useful to you. You have let go of the past and are no longer hoarding for the future. You have made space for living freely in the present, where peace resides.

I’ve got too much stuff!

You can call this the “which came first, the chicken or the egg? excuse." Instead of saying that you can’t get organized because you have too much stuff shouldn’t you say “I must get organized because I have so much stuff”?

I’ve no home for this stuff!

Clearly there is a problem with this excuse. You have an attic, a garage or a carport, a walk-in closet, some plastic tubs, a storage shed, a rental storage space, four other closets, 14 kitchen cupboards, several under-the-sink cabinets in the bathroom, a coat closet, a linen closet (or two), a laundry room … need I continue?

Your problem isn’t finding a home for this stuff. Your problem is that all of the homes for your stuff are filled with other stuff. Call this TMS Disease: too-much-stuff. If you’ve outgrown your closet, your desk, your file cabinets, your room, your office and even your home, it isn’t the size of the storage space. It is the size of the stuff. Dump this excuse along with a lot of this excess stuff.

I’ve no time for this stuff!

Of course you don’t have time to deal with these stacks and piles of clutter. All your time is spent moving your stuff from this room to that, from that pile to this one. You spend your time hunting for car keys, wallets, the missing shoe, over-due bills, your W-4 for taxes, a clean pair of socks and your sanity. If you worked at organization, what you’d find is more time.

It’s not my mess!

This is a fill-in-the-blank excuse. “I never had this problem until___________.” Possible answers include “I got married. My mother died. I had three kids. I got promoted at work and got this office. We decided to blend two households.” Really, you can use any excuse here but in the end, it is your mess. If it impacts your home, your work, your office or your routine, then it really is your mess. Ditch the excuse along with the mess.

No one taught me how to be organized!

Sometimes, people say “If you think I’m bad, you should see my Momma!” True enough that you may not have grown up in the most organized home but you can learn to be organized. After all, at one time you didn’t know how to operate a computer, drive a car or heat up pizza in the microwave. Somewhere along the way, you learned a lot of skills you use in life. You can learn to organize too.

Alright, I’ll do it tomorrow!

Didn’t you say this yesterday too? This time, put some action behind that excuse of putting it off until tomorrow. Begin with an action plan. Figure out what you want to organize. Make a to-do list for that project. Divide the tasks up among time slots on your calendar. Keep those appointments with yourself.Re-Organizing can be a real BITCH!!!

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