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145 - Getting Organized Step 2: Organizing
Organize 365 Podcast
English - January 13, 2017 13:00 - 40 minutes - 56.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 1.2K ratingsHealth & Fitness Kids & Family lisawoodruff Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
FINALLY!
Don't you just want to jump right to the step where you get to go buy cute matching containers when you are organizing a space? ME TOO!
BUT every time I do that... it influences what I keep and how I store things instead of my THINGS influencing those decisions. (In the podcast I share how I figured that out as a professional organizer.)
First let's talk about what being organized means. For me it means:
Everything has a place. I know where to find things. I do not spend time LOOKING for things. I FEEL organized and put together. I can have friends over and feel great. My house looks good - not perfect - but good. I feel confident in my abilities. I don't have too little or too much. I have choices of how to spend my time. I am able to make forward progress on my goals and projects.Before I dive into the 5 steps to organizing I want to give you one caution...
You will not get it 100% right the first time.
Yep, no matter what you are organizing, your goal is to get 80-90% better. The last 10% comes in step 3. Which I will cover next week.
Ok, so you know how you will feel and are not going for perfection, let's dive in!
5 Steps to Organizing
Get a big picture plan for the space. Combine like items. Match your items to the space. Buy organizers. Clean and finish.Organizing feels amazing! But after a while... you realize something is missing. The last 10% is Step 3 of organizing. Most people never get there and I just realized what it was last month... Step 3 Increased Productivity.
Listen to the podcast to hear about how I declutter the master closet, kitchen, schedules and daily actionable papers. And 2 times when I focus on decluttering the WHOLE house before I start any organizing.
Links to things mentioned in the podcast:
Join the 100 Day Home Organization Challenge, or try week 1 FREE.
Find all the other links here: https://organize365.com/145
Sign Up for the Newsletter organize365.com/newsletter
FINALLY!
Don't you just want to jump right to the step where you get to go buy cute matching containers when you are organizing a space? ME TOO!
BUT every time I do that... it influences what I keep and how I store things instead of my THINGS influencing those decisions. (In the podcast I share how I figured that out as a professional organizer.)
First let's talk about what being organized means. For me it means:
Everything has a place. I know where to find things. I do not spend time LOOKING for things. I FEEL organized and put together. I can have friends over and feel great. My house looks good - not perfect - but good. I feel confident in my abilities. I don't have too little or too much. I have choices of how to spend my time. I am able to make forward progress on my goals and projects.Before I dive into the 5 steps to organizing I want to give you one caution...
You will not get it 100% right the first time.
Yep, no matter what you are organizing, your goal is to get 80-90% better. The last 10% comes in step 3. Which I will cover next week.
Ok, so you know how you will feel and are not going for perfection, let's dive in!
5 Steps to Organizing
Get a big picture plan for the space. Combine like items. Match your items to the space. Buy organizers. Clean and finish.Organizing feels amazing! But after a while... you realize something is missing. The last 10% is Step 3 of organizing. Most people never get there and I just realized what it was last month... Step 3 Increased Productivity.
Listen to the podcast to hear about how I declutter the master closet, kitchen, schedules and daily actionable papers. And 2 times when I focus on decluttering the WHOLE house before I start any organizing.
Links to things mentioned in the podcast:
Join the 100 Day Home Organization Challenge, or try week 1 FREE.
Find all the other links here: https://organize365.com/145
Sign Up for the Newsletter organize365.com/newsletter