Organize your home

Have you ever tried to find something that you know that you have but have no idea where it is now? You are not alone and if you don’t want this to be the story of your life, you need to get organized. To organize your home you first need to organize your life and you mind. It is all connected if you are scattered all over the place in the way that you think and act, it will be reflected in your home.

Start in your bedroom, this is one of the most personal places in your home and will reflect your mental state. Your entire life will be improved by the organization of your home. Start with your closet. Empty it and organize the content by favorite, occasional and never. The favorites go back into the closet once you have ascertained that they are all in good repair.

The never items fo into a bag to be donated to charity and the occasional items need to become a favorite or a never wear item. Once you have only the clothes you wear in your closet, you can choose to place them either by color palette or by garment type, etc all slacks together, all sweaters together. 

Now move on to your dresser and follow the same procedure. Then look around your room, is there any clutter? Get rid of it, clutter is the enemy of organization. Everything that you own needs to have a home and if it has a home and is placed in that home, there is no clutter. It is a simple and very effective concept. You also can not be a procrastinator, if you take care of things as soon as they enter your home, they will not lead to clutter and disorganization.

Become a minimalist. The more that you have, the more you need to organize. Books should be stored in a bookcase and placed in such a way that you can easily find a book when you are looking for it. You can file them by subject or by author whichever works for you but they should not just be stuck in the bookcase haphazardly. It is not good organization and the next time you want the book you will not be able to find it.

The kitchen is another place where organization is vital to efficiency. If you are trying to cook a recipe you don’t want to spend half an hour just trying to find the ingredients that you need. Everyone has a different system for organizing their kitchen but you really must have a system. All of your spices should be together, all of your baking ingredients and all your oil and vinegar etc. The same goes for your cookbooks, they are useless if you can’t find them.

The linen closet is another place where it is easy to get disorganized. Organizing it will most likely require that you pull everything out and start from scratch. It is important that once you have organized the linen closet that you continue to place the like items together as they come out of the dryer.

It is just as easy to be organized as to be disorganized. Once you have taken the time to get yourself organized you need to work very hard every day to keep your life organized. The end result will be that all aspects of your life will benefit from your organization.