Take a moment.....

While you wait for the kettle to boil, take the moment to remove out of date notice papers off your fridge or noticeboard.

Before you step out of the, throw all the rubbish within reach of your seat into a plastic bag and drop it in the bin before you fill up with fuel.

While you *network* on the cordless phone, sort out that pile of clothing at the bottom of your wardrobe - you know, that you were going to deal with "later".

How many moments can you capture out of your day and put to use for YOU?

Acronymity!

It might be a sign of the creative side of those who are disorganised and the systems they develop or perhaps just a sign of the procrastination they do so well, but there are an awful lot of great acronyms in use in the organising world.

Here are a few of my favourites:

CHAOS - Can't Have Anyone Over Syndrome

SPACE - Sort, Purge, Assign, Containerise, Equalise

STOP - Sort, Throw out, Organise, Put away

JOYS - Just Organise Your Stuff

These mantras are designed to help us focus and stay on track. They don't actually do the work for you and they don't come with any guarantees, but they add a bit of fun to the whole process.

Straight up

Using the vertical is a key trick to organising. "up space" includes the walls of our home, but lately I have learned the use the upspace of my clothing drawers as well!

It sounds weird, but try stacking your folded garments vertically instead of horizontally. Not only can you fit heaps more into tthe same space, but you can easily view and select what you need without pulling part the whole.

I already use drawer organisers for my socks, underwear, singlet tops and tshirts. Using them with garments stacked vertically gave me an amazing amount of extra space! Try it! It isn't even hard to do and you can feel confident that whatever else is going wrong - you won't get your knickers in a knot!

Welcome to Getting Organised!

People spend lots of time thinking about getting organised!

Hopefully, this blog of my thoughts on getting organised will help others to actually start acting!