Get Up and Get Organizing!
October 16, 2007
People tend to put off organizing because it seems so daunting – too much stuff and too little time! The key is to eat away at the mess, little by little, until it all disappears. Start small – a corner of the kitchen, a shelf in the closet, or a cabinet in the bathroom. Start short – 20 minutes.
Let me tell you about the two main techniques I like to use:
(1) I put on my favorite tunes and work through 4-5 songs max. The music motivates me to keep plugging away and it takes my mind off the fact that I am working.
(2) During an hour-long TV show, there will be several commercial breaks. Instead of watching the commercials, which are normally a tremendous waste of time, I will work through them by focusing on something that needs organizing.
After a month of 20 minute sessions or weekly TV shows, you will start to see great progress and that will spur you on even more!
I do the above. What else I do is everytime I throw something away, put something in it’s place, even put a glass in the dishwasher I think to myself…”that’s one less thing I have to do” Kinda the glass is half full optimism
Carmen, I do exactly the same as your number 2.
Until you start doing it, you think you can’t get much done but it is amazing what you can get through in 30 or 60 mins.
Yes, I always have music playing in the background while I clean up. I’m usually even singing along! It distracts me from thinking I’m doing a chore (though needed) and I start having fun. This technique really works!