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Curb Clutter at Home
Using These Organization Tips
Did you vow to get organized
at home this year? Start meeting your home organization goals
by getting rid of items in your home that you don't need. That
way you'll be able to see (perhaps literally) which items remain
that you do need to organize at home. Think you NEED to keep
everything that's in your home now? Probably not. Read these
10 clutter buster guidelines and then try saying that you do
need to keep everything currently in your home. And do so with
a straight face.
You know you don't need it
when...
1. ...it has got a deep solid
coat of dust on it.
2. ...you come across it and
say "oh, I forgot I had this."
3. ...it stirs up rotten memories.
4. ...you've got five others
of the same (or quite similar) item.
5. ...you can't fit into it
anymore.
6. ...it doesn't fit (or fits
awkwardly) in your home.
7. ...it doesn't work anymore.
8. ...you don't know how to
use it and you don't plan to learn.
9. ...it's expired.
10. ...it's one of a matching
pair and the match has long since vanished.
You can make these 10 clutter
buster guidelines work for you to kick off your home organization
goals with a little friendly competition involving immediate
family members who live in your home. Have each family member
do a walk through oom-by-room in your home today with the list
above. Make sure no one room is off limits to anyone. Have each
person list items they think belong under each of the 10 comments
above.
Then gather together afterward
to compare lists. Award the family member with the most (legitimate)
items on the list a prize. Then get together and rid your home
of those items you each wrote on the list.
By having multiple family members
independently create their list of items, objective attention
will be given to all items in your home and you'll have more
family buy-in for your home organization plan. Do this today
and you'll be off to a fun and practical start for meeting this
year's home organization goal.
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Author: © COPYRIGHT KAREN FRITSCHER-PORTER |
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Karen Fritscher-Porter publishes
http://www.how-to-file.com,
a website with all the informational answers and file products
that meet your home filing system needs. Start clearing your
paper clutter today!
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ARTICLE POSTED
MARCH 07, 2006
ARTICLE SOURCE: EzineArticles.com |
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