If your home is really a huge mess, and choking with clutter, it may seem too overwhelming to clear. Moreover, if your space has become like that because you’re rushed off your feet, or because you’ve been ill and have very little energy, then it can also feel as if you’ll never have the time [...]
Have you noticed something about all the homes in a dreadful state that are featured on ‘How clean is your house?’ All of them, virtually without exception are cluttered. Some of them have entire heaps of old food and packaging from takeaways in them as well as hoards of CDs, books and memorabilia or souvenirs.
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Most people with cluttered homes think that letting it build up is the easy bit. Actually, that’s not true. It’s true that not being disciplined when making decisions about letting clutter into your home is easy, and it’s true that opting out of a decision about where to store a particular item is easy. But [...]
Yes, I really am incredibly lazy, and I begrudge every moment I spend tidying up because I’ve got far better things to do. But I also hate trying to live and work in a disorganised or untidy space, so I make sure that my home is tidy most of the time. That may sound like [...]
Last time, we looked at the basic preparation you need to take care of in order to give yourself a fighting chance of maintaining a clear desk policy. If you haven’t had a chance to read or implement those suggestions, then do go back and do so now. Assuming that you have, read on…
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Despite the fact that I work from home everyday, my desk looks like one of the miraculously clean and clear ones in all those glossy brochures for furniture. Okay, it looks a bit more beaten up than that, because it’s very old and I left an essential oil burner alight and unattended on it once, [...]
Cars are prime candidates for the kind of messiness that many of us would never put up with in our living rooms. Establishing a few good habits here will keep your car clear most of the time, encouraging you to clean the inside regularly, and to enjoy being in it more.
Firstly, if you can, make [...]
Just because you’re out of your usual environment doesn’t mean that your room has to be chaos. In fact, settling into a hotel room can be a great way to practise your organising skills in microcosm. It’s also an easier place to get the hang of organising if you’re new to it, because you usually [...]
It may seem like a silly question to ask, when you can’t find your phone, and the teapot has disappeared under the recycling, but asking yourself why you want to be organised before you start, is key to making sure you have an approach which will make the decluttering you do in your home, last.
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