My Life Is A Mess
I recognize that I have too much stuff, a portion of it belonging to my late husband and I'm just clueless what to do with it. Being a single parent with a full-time job and running my own business, there isn't enough time in the day to accomplish everything on the wish list. But I recognize that I can't keep going on like I have been much longer, so I have purchased a book that I think will help me to conquer the clutter in my house & my life.
Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home and Life
By Laura Leist
Eliminate Chaos: The 10-Step Process to Organize Your Home and Life
Amazon Price: $13.57 (as of 09/07/2008)
Hopefully this book will be the trick to get my life more organized!
If you don't think you can do it on your own, Laura has a website where she is available for hire. Check out her business, Eliminate Chaos.
This is the Before picture of my Home Office
Office Before Tour Part 1
The Before Picture of my Home Office before I organize it using Laura Leist's Eliminate Chaos system
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The Office Before Tour Part 2
Office Before Tour Part 2
Part 2 of my Home Office Before Tour before I start using the Eliminate Chaos system to get it organized
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Step 1: Dedicate Time
Laura's first step is to make time for getting organized, and making it an appointment on your calendar. It has to be an appointment that you won't skip - like a doctor's appointment.My goal is to have this project completed by the end of April, and I will set aside time during all of the weekends during the month to complete the project. Hopefully I won't need all of that time - but it's best to over-estimate the time you need, because chances are you are going to underestimate the time it takes.
Step 2: Gather Supplies
NOTE: This does NOT mean Shopping!
This step refers to gathering the equipment and tools you'll need for the process - garbage bags for the things you are discarding, boxes for the items you are donating to charity or selling, storage boxes for sorting items that you'll be keeping into like categories, perhaps a shredder if you're dealing with paper.One good thing about being a containerizer is I have a LOT of storage boxes, baskets, and well as cardboard boxes available to use during the sorting process.
Step 3: Establish a Staging Area
For my project of organizing my office, I will be using the family room that takes up the other one-third of the basement for my staging area. I'll have plenty of room to set up boxes and plastic boxes to sort things into.
However before I can get started, I need to sort through all of the items I pulled out of my sewing room and find their proper homes - the boxes of things to be moved all moved down here into my new staging area and I haven't had a chance to get them taken care of yet.
If you are inspired by the transformation in my office...
check out the transformation in my sewing room - it almost looks like a different room!
Laura Leist has created a common sense system to organization that can be applied to any space, and can change your life and lifestyle if applied correctly.
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