Home Organization, You Either have it or You Do Not

September 29, 2009 by  

Where are you and your family on the scale for home organization?  Would you say, “Yep, we’ve got it together and we can find what we need when we need it” or “We’re a mess, we’re stressed out and we have to keep buying duplicates because we lose everything.”  The first step is recognizing that much of your stress is related to not having your house in order. Get started and you will start feeling the stress go away…

Now keep in mind, a home doesn’t have to be perfect or look perfect to be considered organized. 

So, where do you want to be?  How important is it to you to have an organized home?  I will share a few of the benefits we enjoy due to an organized home:

1.    We aren’t cramped.  We have everything we need without excess.  We have room to add something new.

2.    We don’t have to run around searching frantically for anything.  If we need something, we can go right to it.

3.    We don’t have the stress of stuff hanging around that needs something done to it.  If it’s broken we fix it or get rid of it.  If it doesn’t fit, we pass it on.  If it’s ugly-we admit that it’s ugly and get rid of it!

4.    We enjoy belongings because they mean something to us, not because we have just taken in a bunch of stuff.

5.    We have the papers we need at our fingertips, no more, no less.

I know I benefit from home organization as do my clients.  You can to!

Comments

29 Responses to “Home Organization, You Either have it or You Do Not”

  1. weim on May 12th, 2010 11:51 pm

    Yep

  2. hira on May 13th, 2010 10:15 pm

    One time I was cut off in traffic and followed the guy home. I waited in front of his house and then planted a kilo of heroin in his house and called the cops. Cost me a lot of money but it was so worth it when I approached him in court and whispered "Never, ever cut off a motorcycle rider!!!" ;) )

  3. achih coz on May 22nd, 2010 5:56 am

    Susan, from the first night you appeared, and I put a message online citing your praises, I have loved yourbeautiful voice, your beautiful smile and your beautiful attitude. I feel sorry for the likes of this person Babianen115 calling you ugly. Clearly he sees life through only his own misplaced judgements. I loved you then, I love you now. Go Susan, Fly with your dream….. Your courage has given so many people, so much hope… I Love You

  4. tupman on May 23rd, 2010 6:12 pm

    wait crab is a tanking pet so it cant do much dmg : (

  5. heimenjali arconkarge on May 26th, 2010 10:05 am

    Blowdry it straight with the hairdryer and use a straightening balm b4 drying it and then use a procteor spray while straightening it.

  6. izemke on June 7th, 2010 1:05 am

    iight i wont you make sure u dont be one either

  7. root on June 7th, 2010 8:03 am

    RT I'm not sure if I love you or if I love who I am with you, but either way I want you here with me #WLQ

  8. duno fiscott on June 13th, 2010 5:35 am

    fair enough, I didn’t get the whole quote in, but updated it for ya. I usually just do the gist of things, but that one is in quotes and should be accurate.

  9. MrFoyley on July 17th, 2010 4:51 pm

    muy buena la cancion
    es la mejor Hayley Williams
    =D

  10. sabakia on August 23rd, 2010 6:58 am

    Welcome to the blogosphere, Todd. I look forward to more posts like this.

    “You either do wickedness, or believe the gospel. Those are the two things pitted against each other here. You are either believing rightly, or doing wrongly. Theology drives everything!”

    A good reminder that if my behavior is wrong, it is more about my theology in that moment or in general than about my behavior. And thanks for the “Pilgrim's Progress” suggestion!

  11. Ross on September 19th, 2010 10:29 am

    CNN International is back live on the new site!

    I don't know if its “back by popular demand” or it was all a misunderstanding and the intention was always to have it on the new site. It was not there for the launch yesterday. Thank you either way. I hope it stays.

    Note that its only available, strangely, on the US edition of cnn.com, not the international edition.

    Ross

  12. silencer_1906 on October 21st, 2010 5:18 am

    Life is all about ass…you're either covering it, laughing it off, kicking it, kissing it, busting it, or trying to get a piece of it

  13. icaito on January 31st, 2011 2:12 pm

    morning pumpkin. im seriously goin on a shopping diet. either you with me or you aint lol

  14. NWFPKIDD on April 14th, 2011 7:47 am

    RT The past. Either you miss it or you regret it. No matter what, you'll always remember it. #viatumblr

  15. Jenn on May 19th, 2011 6:11 pm

    How did I fail to respond to all of these (Hmmmm… could've been the Parisian Flu of Death…)

    Arielle – “get a sitter and go!” tells me that you are either A) childless B) living at least on the same continent as your family or C) all of the above. :) Finding someone willing to take on the terrorists is easier said then done.

    Aaron – we only climbed to the first level, but it was about 340? I think? It definitely started with a 3. So. Much. Fun.

    Dad – yeah. Butter. Mmmmm.

    Lisa – it is a pretty great coat. ;)

  16. Laura on May 21st, 2011 5:21 am

    Branding the MLM Cash Ebook -

  17. sam715na on May 22nd, 2011 9:15 pm

    thought you rand up and cancelled it? :L i don't know where to go either D: need to decide tho!

  18. Kenny on July 22nd, 2011 9:21 pm

    RT RT: RiahOn_FIYA: good news everyone, Greenland is uninhabited. You either die there, or leave. #mykindofplace

  19. ancatdubh on July 25th, 2011 12:17 pm

    You cn actually change their characters RT You can't change people, either accept who they are or start living life without them

  20. cigfran on August 14th, 2011 1:45 am

    If you are not working to integrate your life, you are working to disintegrate it.

    that reminds of this:

    “Right now, and in every now-moment, you are either closing or opening. You are either stressfully waiting for something–more money, security, affection–or you are living from your deep heart, opening as the entire moment, and giving what you most deeply desire to give, without waiting. If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.”

    David Deida, Naked Buddhism (Blue Truth: 39 Ways to Free Your Heart and Awaken to Now)

  21. Twitter on August 22nd, 2011 3:33 am

    (Eivind, please see for the original discussion.)

  22. Twitter on August 22nd, 2011 1:19 pm

    The Power Behind Policing Fashion -

  23. maxxo on August 30th, 2011 11:16 pm

    Public education is less public all the time. Sad face.

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  25. CathyNicoleAlas on November 6th, 2011 4:52 am

    You either need to be a hard ass or a pushover. Don’t switch it up!

  26. AudEliMar on November 7th, 2011 9:06 am

    can’t wait to see you either and yeah it’s our homecoming week

  27. Tech News and Blogs on November 11th, 2011 7:12 pm

    I usually spend more time on citations than I do on writing the paper.

  28. on November 20th, 2011 4:52 am

    If you are not working to integrate your life, you are working to disintegrate it.

    that reminds of this:

    “Right now, and in every now-moment, you are either closing or opening. You are either stressfully waiting for something–more money, security, affection–or you are living from your deep heart, opening as the entire moment, and giving what you most deeply desire to give, without waiting. If you are waiting for anything in order to live and love without holding back, then you suffer.”

    David Deida, Naked Buddhism (Blue Truth: 39 Ways to Free Your Heart and Awaken to Now)

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  29. WLEXT on December 27th, 2011 7:24 pm

    RT A person who knows their value will only put up with a someone’s nonsense for so long. You either get right or you will get left.

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