Monthly Archives: October 2016

Want to tackle the clutter project but scratching your head?  Where do you begin?  How long will project take?  Ugggh!  Find a room in the house for your ground zero… a room or space that won’t matter if it’s messy for a short time.

Empty out the space to be organized… clean it… and as you put it back together PURGE.  Sort carefully as you go.  Have you used item in last year?  Will you use it?  Time to put guilt aside…  this is where a professional organizer can help… no emotional ties, practical solutions and before you know it voila’! project done and you will feel so much better!

Repurpose them.  Send left overs home with guests on a dinner plate you don’t expect returned… pick fresh flowers for those accumulated vases and cheer up a friend.

Make a JUICE box – Just Unused Inputs, Cords and Electricals… then this stuff doesn’t clog drawers and outlets.  Ship a lot of gifts?  Shred those piles of paper and use the shreds for packing.

“Firefighters say piles of debris made the attempt to rescue the victim riskier and more difficult…” sad but true headline.  Don’t let this happen to you!

A house lined with towers of magazines and newspapers makes it nearly impossible for rescuers to access victims and firefighters are encountering this often.  Homes choked with excessive contents hinder their work!  Typically a fire doubles in size every two minutes, but in a space chock full of things, fires mushroom every 30 seconds.

A clutter-filled house is a dangerous house, but a “house is a home when it shelters the body and comforts the soul.”

It starts with one box.  Because that box is handy, you stack another one on top of it.  The magazines and catalogs land there, then some unopened mail.  Some letters and cards fall to the floor, hidden by a shopping bag set down just for the moment, in a hurry, so much on your mind.  That bag falls behind other bags.  Every day there’s mail.  Craft projects cover the dining room table, you know this isn’t right, but where do you begin now?

Next weekend’s chores turn into next month’s and then a year has passed.  Floors, counters, tables disappear beneath every good intention.  Once it was just a clutter nest and now it is an overwhelming albatross!

You need these things, all of them… for your hobbies, the dog, the future… That box is here someplace!

This isn’t hoarding…yet.  This is typical of a busy life.  Don’t be embarrassed by the mess, call a professional for help and regain control of your life.

Do I need this item?

Do I use this item?

Does this item work?

Does this item fit into my plan?

Do I want to continue to have to organize, clear, maintain and manage this item?

Do I really want this item?

A “no” to any of these questions means “it must go”.