Home Organizing for Beginners: Organizing, cleaning and time management strategies

Not sure how to keep your home clean and you’re looking for the best cleaning tip? In this episode I share what the best cleaning tip is and exactly how you can take advantage of it. This is just in time, house cleaning for the holidays is upon us!

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Praying for you to be blessed with a peaceful home.
Tammy

How do I get organized and stay organized? This is a question I hear a lot and it’s a question I used to ask myself too. I was so tired of organizing the same spaces over and over again. It happened often enough for me to name the cycle the hamster wheel of home organizing.

We have a set of lockers in our entryway coming in from the garage. I lost count on how many times I got this space organized only to have it be a complete disaster again within the week. Oh my gosh I would get so stinking mad! I’d just feel defeated. It’s the worst because that’s the space I’d walk into as soon as I got home from work. And if you listened to last week's episode you’d know that in creating your home organizing vision you consider how you want to feel when you walk into your home or a space. I want to feel peace, calm and joy. Not frustration, anger and defeat!

As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.

Instead of starting with cute bins and resolving to just get rid of everything, you can put together a Home Organizing Plan. In this episode I’ll share with you what a home organizing plan is, why you need one and how to create it.

I would recommend printing out the free download that goes along with this podcast so that you can easily put together your Home Organizing Plan. Go to home organizing for beginners . com and sign up. I’ll put the link in the show notes. You actually get a lot more than just this single download, you get access to all the downloads for all 8 strategies. They’re all in the free program called The Secrets to Lasting Home Organization.

Your Home Organizing Educator,
Tammy

How many times have you stopped at a store, saw some really nice baskets or bins and all of sudden had motivation to get organized. Literally this is where I think we all start. My daughter, without any prior discussion, asked if we could buy these specific baskets so that, and I quote, “I can organize my bedroom, mom.” How is it that buying baskets or bins will result in an organized bedroom? When we actually stop and think about it we realize that the baskets and bins would look nice but we have no idea if they fit the space or what we would even store in them.

And this is why so many of us wind up on the hamster wheel of home organizing where we have to organize the same spaces over and over and over again.

The strategy we’ll talk about today is the strategy that most people think of when they think of getting organized, but with a twist.

As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.

Instead of starting with cute bins and resolving to just get rid of everything, you can shift your focus when you ORGANIZE. In this episode I’ll share with you what it means to organize, why it’s important and how to organize so that you can set yourself up for success and ultimately get off the hamster wheel of home organizing.

You can dive deeper into organizing by focusing on the function with me by your side. Sign up for The Secrets to Lasting Home Organization at www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com .

Join me next week as we dive into strategy 8, Sustain. This is the final strategy in this series about How to get organized and stay organized.

Your Home Organizing Educator,
Tammy

In each episode I share a microscopic home organizing topic. That just means it’s something you can implement today, from start to finish, if you so choose.

Today’s microscopic home organizing topic is this:
What you can do when you don’t know how to get organized.

As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.

Instead of feeling like you should already know how to get organized or forcing yourself to figure it out on your own you can ask questions and get answers. In this episode which is super short so you can take action right away I’ll share with you where you can go to ask questions about home organizing, why it’s ok to ask questions and the steps you can take today to get started.

Let’s start with where you can go to ask all your home organizing questions. I’ve created an online community - not in Facebook because we all know Facebook is just a time suck with oodles of distractions. Instead it’s found within my website so that you can stay focused when you’re working on your home organizing project. This community is where you can go to ask me anything about home organizing and I’ll answer!

I used to feel like there was something wrong with me because I couldn’t be organized “like everyone else.” I was too embarrassed to ask questions of my friends that always seemed to have it so together. You don't have to keep struggling. Maybe you’re not sure where to get started. Or maybe you have a room specific question like, what is the best type of container to store my makeup in? Whatever your question is, come to this community and ask it. You don’t have to forge through this all by yourself. You are definitely not the only one who struggles to get and stay organized!

So, the steps to ask your questions are quick and painless.

Go to http://www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Click the button on the top of the website and sign up for an account -no payment info is needed.
Create your profile - basically add your name and picture if you like.
Ask your questions!

I like to wrap up every episode with a single point to remember. This point is meant to help you remember what you’ve learned today so that you can make progress and build momentum in your home organizing journey.

Today’s point to remember is this:

Ask questions. Get answers. Today.

Thanks so much and have a great day! I hope to meet you in the free community!

Do you feel like your time is not your own, like it’s out of your control? There are 5 steps that you can implement to manage time better and ultimately make time for what matters to you.

We are hit with so much today about how our homes should look, that as moms we have to do certain things in order to feel like we’re good moms. This feeling, that we don’t have our act together can be paralyzing. It was for me. In the course Home Organizing for Beginners you not only learn the foundational elements of home organizing, but you also learn that true peace and joy comes when you manage your home in a way that works for you, for your family and for your current season of life. When YOU are at the front of how you organize your home, you’re able to create things that work in your home. Join me so that you can tune out what society tells us and tune into what your family needs!

Praying for you to be blessed with a peaceful home.
Tammy