7 Simple Habits for Staying Organized
7 Simple Habits for Staying Organized
Getting organized is one thing, staying organized is another challenge altogether. Ask me how I know! Since I've been home to avoid the consequences of Covid-19, I've fallen short of my regular routines and habits...I have lost control of my organization on everything from emails to household chores. Have you gotten my ebook: The Power of Every Day Routine...Download a free PDF copy HERE!
If you want to stay in control of your life, you need to form a few simple habits to change the way you think about your ‘stuff.’
Here are seven easy ways to get back on track and stay organized:
- Make the bed
Making your bed every day is a small but easily overlooked task that will make you feel instantly more organized and your bedroom look neat. Whatever else happens in your day, at least you’ve made your bed.
- Clean up the kitchen and straighten the house
Do the dishes, clean up the kitchen, and do a quick tidy of the living areas of your home each evening, and you will finish the day with the right mindset for keeping the rest of your life organized.
- Stay on task
Finish one task before you start the next one. Multitasking is overrated and wastes your energy. By trying to do too much at once, you risk getting exhausted and never actually finishing anything. Focusing on one thing at a time will keep you calm, and soon you’ll have a bunch of checks on your to-do list.
- Use your downtime
Add up all those minutes of waiting during your day, and you have quite a lot of time when you just hang around. Whether it’s waiting for the coffee maker to brew or the washer to go on the spin cycle, you can use this time to do little tasks like empty or load the dishwasher, wipe down the counters, or sort through the mail.
- Keep synched
Make sure your family’s smartphones and devices talk to one another and that calendars are kept synced. You will not miss appointments, and everyone will know what’s happening and what’s coming up.
- Stay on top of emails
Schedule part of your day to deal with emails, so your inbox doesn’t get out of control. (My email overload is what initiated this reorganizing campaign in my life!) Aim for zero emails by the end of the day by using filters and tagging, and don’t procrastinate, just respond to emails straight away.
- Stay on top of paperwork
Work out a system to deal with the tide of papers that come into your home and stick to it. Action, scan and file important papers, and throw away or recycle hard copies. Make dealing with paperwork part of your evening tidy up, and you will never have piles of unsorted papers again.
These are the seven tips I'll be working on in the coming days...the task that haunts me the most is taking care of the emails...I'll let you know how it goes!
Until next time...
Lisa
P.S. Do you have any tips I should add to this list...maybe we could get a list of ten tips...email me at [email protected]
The life philosophy of A House With Four Rooms suggests thinking of yourself as being four rooms: physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual rooms. It advocates for doing something daily for your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being.