Quick Organising Tips

You don’t have to spend all day organizing but break it down so you get a bit each done each day and as you go.

Here are 10 tips that will help you,

1. Do short cleaning and organizing as well as setting aside a day or an hour to do it. It is amazing how much you get done in 10 minutes.

2. Tidy as you go, if you know that there is an item that you need to take into another room, and you are going into that other room, take that item with you and put it in its rightful place.

3. Create two baskets and inbox and outbox, for the main room that you use, so if it is living room, create a basket to bring stuff into the room, and one to take items out of the room and put them into their correct place.

4. Create a bin, basket, shelf or place if you have a cupboard or bookcase where you can keep all the items you use on a daily basis, so you can easily access them and you do not have to remove loads of items to get to them.

5. Remote controls: keep them near the TV, in a remote control organizer or put them on the coffee table neatly lined up so there is no chance of them falling down the side of the sofa.

6. Keep any fitness equipment near your Living room so you can easily access them and work out in front of the TV whilst watching your favourite TV programmes and also keep the workout DVD’s you use in the living room too, so they are not gathering dust and you can use them  whenever you want (there are 10 minute DVD workouts available which I will do a separate blog about). If you don’t use the fitness equipment or the workout DVD’s, then donate them and give them to a friend who might use them if you know they are into exercise or take them to a charity shop.

7. Open the post as soon as it arrives and then create a “Take action” pigeon hole using a desk paper organizer.

8. Any odd socks create an odd sock box and use them for quick dusting of the furniture9. Recycle envelopes for keeping receipts, especially electrical products for the warranty. Some manufacturers do offer a 2 year’s guarantee on some products such as Philips offer a 2 years manufacturing warranty on all domestic and personal appliance; some retailers offer extended warranties on electrical products and on furniture so do keep hold of these details, should anything go wrong.

10. Use storage boxes for storing food in the kitchen such as teabags, pasta, baking ingredients and shelf organizers to help create space and de-clutter your kitchen cupboards

Organizing affectively

Organizing affectively is easy by learning what you have and you don’t need, then creating homes for each categorized item.

Set a budget if you need extra storage in catalogues, online, on the high street.

Go through everything you have first and create three sections or use 3 storage bins and separate the items into keep, donate and dispose.

Start with paper work first, kids toys, then books, magazines and newspapers, these are the main culprits when it comes to clutter. You end up collecting and buying so many that it can become overwhelming.

Once you have separated the items you wish to keep, donate and dispose then dispose what you don’t need, bag all the items to donate and then go through the keep items.

Create categories and sections for the items you have chosen to keep, such as finance papers, toys, notebooks, stationary, online receipts and high street receipts are an example of how to do this.

Create one area and you can use a suitcase or toy bag for all the kids toys so you can zip them away when not being played with.

You will have to be strict with yourself and say to yourself “Do I need this” “Is this going to change my life if I keep or destroy”?

It will help have another person to help, who has ruefulness.

To donate or dispose worn unusable toys do it whilst the kids are at school so they don’t think you are getting them out to play. Do it whilst they are sleeping or at nursery.

Once you know what you have in terms of paperwork then you can workout what space you have and use a ring binder for separating your finance papers, into statements, invoices, letters and household bills. I keep my household bills and online receipts separate in a ring binder; my bank statements, mobile phone bills and bank letters all in a file box.

I will take photos of the items I use currently to give ideas by creating an organization gallery.

For notebooks (new ones) they are all in a box in my storage unit,in the living room as I use them for journalling, everyday notes and lists and for my projects such as my blogs. Partly or complete used notebooks I keep only with important information for my websites, blogs and study notes.

The stores I like to buy from for stationary, storage and organizers are from Amazon as items are more cost effective, but be careful always read the reviews first; On the high street I use Paperchase, Argos, Works, Whsmiths and Wilkinsons.

There is a lovely online shop called notonthehighstreet.com:

http://www.notonthehighstreet.com/?gclid=CM-IgYeL1rUCFW_KtAodGhsA3A

Whsmiths and Works do regular deals when the schools restart in September, so always investigate and learn when certain sales are on.

There are certain times of the year, such as just after Christmas to spring where people will start to change their homes and the best time is from December to May as this is when lots of the sales are on for home improvements, sales on kitchens and sofas, Argos do clearance sales regularly, and have sales around Christmas time.

Visit the Ideal Home Show in Earls Court, London which starts this year:

15 March – 1 April 2013 

The tickets are selling now please see link, which shows great gadgets for the home and ideas for your home and will inspire to create that ideal home make over.

Thanks for reading.

Carrie X

Organised4TheBetter

Blogging has now become a passion for me, and passing on my advice to others is great.

When it comes to passing on my organization, my fitness tips and helping people to build better self confidence I am also learning new ideas myself and it is finding out what works for you, as a person and finding out who you are.

I love being organized now and having a plan and list of tasks, and challenging myself to get the shopping bill down. I like having things to look forward to and having an idea of what is going to be happening the week ahead and the weekend.

Being organized is a learning process and it worth getting tips and advice from others, I did via books which I will do a blog on on sources of information and YouTube videos (I will feature this in my favourites list). Planning ahead gives you a direction and it does help the mind and anxiety, and knowing I don’t have to rush in the mornings to make sure I catch the bus on time for work.

Also being a Volunteer as a Football Coach and running a youth team and being an Avon Representative you have to plan and be organized to make sure you plan for the unexpected, and make sure I have my Avon orders processed and sent before deadline day.

Please see my other blogs posted on google blogspot, I do two one is related to my wordpress blog (see below) and the other blog is in regards to helping people who may have self confidence issues    like I have had and how they can overcome them.

http://organize4thebetter.blogspot.co.uk/

http://beingconfidentwithyourself.blogspot.co.uk/

I also have two websites one for my Avon and the other is sharing my passion in Sports and Fitness.

http://www.exclusive4himandher.co.uk

http://www.sportsandfitnessaction.com/default.html

Many thanks for your time.

Regards,

Carrie Challoner