Organizing: Step One

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My organizing project for this week comes from the ideas in the book Survival for Busy Women by Emilie Barnes. She recommends starting in a room in your house with 3 trash bags: throw away, giveaway and put away. Take 15 minutes a day (set a timer!) and go through a section of your home with your three bags (or boxes in my case). Be objective and unattached to your junk stuff. Attack one pile or drawer at a time.

I started with my kitchen and started putting all the stuff I haven't even thought about since we've moved into this house (7 months ago). Most of it I'd forgotten about, so I must not really need it. I threw away any useless stuff old straws, etc) and put extra dishes, water pitchers and so on in a box to give to Goodwill. It already feels much cleaner and like I have so much more space. See how easy that was? Now start on a seemingly daunting area of your house today. Just take 15 minutes and go plow through it. Trust me, you'll be glad you did!