Today's tip of the day comes in response to a comment from my good friend Brittney. She ask me if I have any tips for organizing on a SMALL budget.
That is a big misconception that people get about organizing. "You have to send lots of money on containers and organizing tools!" Well, let's get real, people don't have a lot of extra money to spend on organizing. We just need to have a practical way to keep our life in order. Organizing isn't all about a container for this, a folder for that, a label on this, a sticker on that. It is about things having a place and having a system in plan and keeping it that way.
Granted, sometimes you may find that you need a binder or a container for a specific reason normally for the areas where you are having a lot of congestion. But you don't have to spend a lot of money on them. In our town, we have a dollar store and a Dollar General. The dollar store is great because everything is one dollar! They have binders, folders and plastic containers. Their inventory is always changing because they get different things in all the time. So try going to a place like that every so often. I haven't been for a while, I should go soon too!
But the majority of organizing is making sure everything has a place and grouping like things together and then putting things back where they go. Have a place where you keep your books, movies, paperwork, cleaning supplies, shoes, etc. Have things organized so that when you are looking for something you know exactly where to look thus saving you time and frustration. Then you will be OrganizedForReal!
Thursday, September 6, 2012
Wednesday, September 5, 2012
Tip of the Day: Your Attitude
Today's tip of the day has to do with your attitude toward organizing, you have to have the right mental disposition before you decide to organize your life.
Don't think along the lines of just getting organized but think of staying organized. In order to create some order in your life, you not only have to set in place systems to get you organized, but you have to take the time to keep them organized. Now don't get me wrong, you don't have to spend a lot of time because life is crazy! But everyday you must take some time to keep the systems you have created in place.
But think about it, would you rather spend 30 minutes a day keeping your home clean and organized or would you rather spend 30 minutes a day looking for your keys, trying to find that receipt for the return you want to make and trying to figure out what is for supper only to realize that you have to go to the store? Would you rather spend 30 minutes a day to maintain systems or just keep letting your life get more disorganized, have things pile up, think about taking a lot of time to declutter and organize and never commit to it? Thirty minutes a day, that's all it takes. If you can devote more time, thats great! But if thirty minutes is all you have, you can be on your way to being OrganizedForReal!
Don't think along the lines of just getting organized but think of staying organized. In order to create some order in your life, you not only have to set in place systems to get you organized, but you have to take the time to keep them organized. Now don't get me wrong, you don't have to spend a lot of time because life is crazy! But everyday you must take some time to keep the systems you have created in place.
But think about it, would you rather spend 30 minutes a day keeping your home clean and organized or would you rather spend 30 minutes a day looking for your keys, trying to find that receipt for the return you want to make and trying to figure out what is for supper only to realize that you have to go to the store? Would you rather spend 30 minutes a day to maintain systems or just keep letting your life get more disorganized, have things pile up, think about taking a lot of time to declutter and organize and never commit to it? Thirty minutes a day, that's all it takes. If you can devote more time, thats great! But if thirty minutes is all you have, you can be on your way to being OrganizedForReal!
Introduction
So I thought for my first blog I would start off by introducing myself. My name is LeeAnn, I'm 20 years old and I have been married for almost 5 months to my wonderful husband Graham.
I have always been what some people call a neat freak, they say in my family it skips a generation. I remember being little and being at my grandma's helping her clean and organize her already clean and organized house. She may not have had all the organizing tools that we have today but she was the one got me started.
I am like any other person who has a crazy hectic life. Sometimes I do well with keeping up and other times things just get out of control. But I think it's really been since I've gotten married that I've realized how important it is to be organized. I work 10 hours a week as a personal assistant for a home school coordinator. I work 10 hours a week as an Account Executive for a personalized electronic card manufacturing company as well. I also volunteer about 18 hours a week to teach people about the Bible. Then you add taking care of a husband and a home and I've come to realize that time management is vital to keep my own sanity (and I'm sure if I'm sane it helps those around me be sane too.)
But one thing that I've always loved about cleaning, organizing and time management is sharing it with others. So through this blog and hopefully in the near future through YouTube videos, I can share tips, tricks and things that I've learned with others. If there is anything that you would like to see me blog or make a video about please let me know and I will see what I can do! Have a wonderful day!
I have always been what some people call a neat freak, they say in my family it skips a generation. I remember being little and being at my grandma's helping her clean and organize her already clean and organized house. She may not have had all the organizing tools that we have today but she was the one got me started.
I am like any other person who has a crazy hectic life. Sometimes I do well with keeping up and other times things just get out of control. But I think it's really been since I've gotten married that I've realized how important it is to be organized. I work 10 hours a week as a personal assistant for a home school coordinator. I work 10 hours a week as an Account Executive for a personalized electronic card manufacturing company as well. I also volunteer about 18 hours a week to teach people about the Bible. Then you add taking care of a husband and a home and I've come to realize that time management is vital to keep my own sanity (and I'm sure if I'm sane it helps those around me be sane too.)
But one thing that I've always loved about cleaning, organizing and time management is sharing it with others. So through this blog and hopefully in the near future through YouTube videos, I can share tips, tricks and things that I've learned with others. If there is anything that you would like to see me blog or make a video about please let me know and I will see what I can do! Have a wonderful day!
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