6 Secrets to Keeping Your Home Organized

As a professional organizer I come into a clients house and organize anything they need help with but eventually I go home and it is up to them to keep it organized. I have put together a few secrets that help keep your home organized in the long run. 

1. DONATIONS: Have a donation bag, box, or bin ready for you and your family to drop items in. When the it's full take it to your local donation center. 
   
2. ROUTINE: Breakdown household chores into manageable tasks. Creating a 5-15 minute daily routine. Taking care of household chores daily will cut down on the amount of time overall you need to spend on each task. Instead of cleaning the whole house at once, break each room down and do one room or one section per day. 
   
3. PRACTICE: Practice makes perfect! Practice decluttering regularly if you want to be organizationally successful. Having donation bins and/or recycling bins set up in your home can make it easy to ready items to leave the house. 
   
4. CHECKS & BALANCES: For every 1 item into your house, 3-5 unwanted/unused items must leave. Items don't need to even be in the same category. For example: I am obsessed with coffee mugs but for every new coffee mug I buy, I recycle at least 3 water bottles/tumbler, glass, or even mugs. This way my kitchen cabinet is not over-flowing with stuff. 
   
5. 3 QUESTIONS: When shopping ask these 3 questions:    How will I use this? (NOW, not some distant future), Where will it live?, Do I need it?. Preventing it from coming in, means you don't have to fight to get it out. 
   
6. PREVENTION: One ounce of prevention beats a pound of the cure. It takes commitment to yourself if you want to keep your house organized. 

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