Secrets to Declutter Help in No Time

Well in a perfect world we would have endless amount of time and resources for this clutter help project, we could book a day or even a week, hire ourselves a professional organizer which would provide some wonderful ideas and answers to our problem areas. But most of us do not live in a perfect world and we have some limitation on either time or money for getting rid of clutter.

In order to get this done the quickest way possible a couple of things you will want to try and do, either set aside a large chunk or time, this is the most stress free way of doing it or course.

If that is not possible then ask for help get a friend or family member to pitch in you will get twice as much done in the same amount of time.

Or finally you can utilize pockets of time for getting rid of clutter; we have so much wasted time available to us.

How you can fit in a small task within your existing schedule, let me list a few possible opportunities for some "clutter control" activities:

- While waiting for a haircut, if your appointment is delayed (come prepared)
- While watching television, during the commercials (start thinking about what you could squeeze in)
- While riding the bus, instead of just looking around (catch up on some of your magazine reading)
- While waiting at the doctor's office...you how much they make us wait at times
- While taking car trips, if you are not the driver here is a great opportunity to get something done
- While doing the laundry, in between loads...
- While waiting for a meeting,
- While laying awake at night, etc.

Can you see where you could squeeze a clutter control activity in your life?

It is true with only 10 minutes per you can accomplish anything during these pockets of time...Well let me shed some light. Here are some ideas of small projects that can be done to clear clutter in small period of time:

- Carry a reading file with you
- Sort through a drawer
- Organize your magazines and catalogs
- Clean your fridge,
- Classify your CDs or videos,
- Sift through your closet,
- Clean off a shelf,
- Go through a pile,
- Empty a box,
- Go through your shoes or purses,
- Sort your computer or email files,
- Pick out your favorite recipes in a cookbook,
- Sort some of your pictures or compile one album,
- Go through a file,
- or anything else small to organize that is quick and will give you a sense of accomplishment.

No money...no problem, find out frugal solutions to eliminate clutter once and for all.

This can be done with materials that you already have around, be creative. Here are some ideas you can build on to clear the clutter:

- make-your-own free-standing shelf using three pieces of wood to better utilize wasted shelf space from some scrap wood laying around in your home this is great for closet clutter
- Use random screw or nails to create hooks for light weight items
- Use empty baskets, containers, or shoe boxes for low-cost pull-out drawers these can solve paper clutter.
- Create drawer dividers with card board, wood, empty plastic containers, check boxes this can solve your junk drawer.

You see how we can easily convert wasted time and materials into great home organization solutions. If any of these suggestions helped with your decluttering endeavor, I strongly recommend you check out my favorite online resources. (see link below)