Get Organized Now! Newsletter
by Maria Gracia
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Issue: June 29-July 5, 2008
Number of Subscribers: 181,999
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Build an organized life
There are a lot of new homes being constructed where I
live. My husband and I had a house built 5 years ago in a
new development, and many others in the development are
still in the process of having their homes built.
Tap! Bang! Tap! Bang! This is what we wake up to,
sometimes as early as 6:30am. There's no sleeping late
around here, but we have to admit, the guys working on
these homes are super-productive and they're doing a
fantastic job.
The amount of organizing that goes into building these
homes is quite remarkable. In general, homes around here
are built within just five to six months. Our contractors
were so organized that our move-in date was way ahead of
schedule.
There are a specific group of contractors assigned to
each segment of the home building process, from those who
dig out the hole, to those that pour the basement, to
those who put up the walls and so on. A coordinator
ensures that each home-building project--and there are a
number of homes going up at the same time--progresses
step-by-step as each contractor finishes his portion of
the job.
It's fun watching these homes being built and new
families are moving in all the time--into wonderfully
empty rooms with absolutely no clutter.
But then, I often watch in horror as a new family pulls
up to their new home, along with hundreds of boxes of
stuff from their old residence. Five to six months to
build one of these beautiful homes, and only a day or two
for some families to fill every room with clutter.
My husband and I took a walk in our development the other
day. Since it was nice outside, many people had their
garages opened. There were a number of garages that were
stuffed so tightly--and these are 2-3 car garages--that
the residents had to park their car in the driveway since
it would not fit in the garage. And most of these people
only moved in within the past few months.
Anyway, just thinking about this fills my mind with
useful organizing tips for clutter control and higher
productivity. Here are just six for now:
1. Don't get more overwhelmed. Many families around here
get overwhelmed at the thought of decluttering their old
homes, so they end up not doing it and dragging all of
their old clutter along with them.
You may already be overwhelmed with your clutter. Don't
get more overwhelmed thinking you have to get rid of it
all in one day.
Just promise yourself that each day you're going to work
on getting rid of just a little bit of clutter, and each
day you'll be freeing up a little more space. Before you
know it, you should begin to see your table surfaces and
your bedroom closet floor--so long as you don't continue
adding to it.
2. If you can't fit another morsel . . . Just like those
garages I mentioned that are stuffed to the max, if you
have a room in your home that is stuffed from floor to
ceiling, it's time to take back control of that space.
Focus on that one room for the next few weeks, each day
choosing a few things to part with. If you don't use it
and/or you don't love it, it's clutter.
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3. Don't move your clutter with you. If you're planning a
move in the near future, leave your clutter behind.
Seriously sort through the things you have and lighten
your load.
4. If you have a team, use it. Home builders work as a
team. Every man (or woman) has his own specific job to
do. The same idea should reign in your home.
If there are other people in your home besides you, every
person in your household should be responsible for
certain household tasks.
Split up tasks between you and your spouse. If you have
kids, give them chores and insist they do those chores
before playing. If you live with roommates, come up with
a task schedule so everyone chips in.
It's amazing how much time could be saved when good
teamwork is put in action.
If necessary, hire outside help, or ask a relative or
neighbor to assist.
5. Work expands to fit the time allotted. The builders
are given 5-6 months to finish building a home. That's
exactly how much time it takes. If they were given a year
to finish, it might take them the whole year to do a job
that could have been finished in six months.
Work expands to fit the time allotted.
Jamie wanted to organize her desk, but she only had an
hour before her scheduled haircut. So, she worked swiftly
and her desk was quite presentable within an hour.
John's desk was about as disorganized as Jamie's desk. He
had two hours to kill before the day was over, so he
worked on organizing his desk, and his desk was quite
presentable in two hours.
In other words, Jamie had an hour's less time, but got
just as organized as John did in two hours.
Never schedule your time according to how much time you
have available. Instead, schedule your time according to
how long a particular project or task should actually
take. Just because you have 3 hours, doesn't mean it
should take you three hours to do something that should
only take an hour or so. You'll get a lot more done if
your deadlines are set properly.
6. Give yourself a plan. Can you imagine building a home
without a plan? How would it ever get completed? Would it
meet safety standards?
In the same sense, how much will you accomplish, and how
well will you accomplish it all, without a plan?
Don't randomly go through your day, keeping all of your
tasks, projects and errands in your head, jumping from
one thing to the next with absolutely no plan. You'll end
the day both exhausted and unfulfilled, and most likely
you'll have a bunch of unfinished projects.
Instead, give yourself a written plan. Make a To Do list
each evening for the next day. Follow it closely
throughout the day. Cross things off as you finish them.
At the end of each day, look at all the things you
crossed off your list and rejoice in everything you have
accomplished--then relax and enjoy your evenings!
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Read my personal comments, stories tips and observations
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* 05/17 - Yum! Fresh Herbs!
* 05/10 - Happy Mother's Day
* 05/08 - Children Don't Hear Fire Alarms
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An Organizing Tip From One Of Our Readers
Organize warranties and instruction booklets for lawn
equipment, power tools and other outdoors and shop
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With one of these containers, your important paperwork is
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hours of searching for it when it is needed.
In my box, I also include a pen, pencil, felt tip
permanent marker and a roll of scotch tape for the odd
times those items are needed.
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Loretta Harris
Mountain Home, AR
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An Organizing Tip From One Of Our Readers
I have all my utilities and cable television bill payment
automatically deducted from my bank account each month.
To do so, you just have to sign appropriate papers and
notify each utility company.
My bank pays the appropriate utility on the day the bill
is due. Payment is never late, plus I get the interest on
my money until the day the bill is actually due.
The utility bill will state that payment will be drafted.
I don’t have to mess with any of it and it saves me 39
cents (soon to be 41 cents) times 4 or 5 each month.
They will often draft other things you regularly pay like
house payments. Your bank statement will show these
deductions each month.
I love doing this and after it is set up, you have to do
absolutely nothing. Check to see if your bank offers this
service.
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Robbie Huffman
North Little Rock, AR
Robbie is a retired Counselor who writes poetry.
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On the Calendar
Tuesday, July 1: Canada Day: Frequently referred to as
'Canada's birthday,' particularly in the popular press,
the occasion marks the joining of the British colonies of
Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, and the Province of Canada
into a federation of four provinces (the Province of
Canada being divided, in the process, into Ontario and
Quebec) on July 1, 1867.
Friday, July 4: Independence Day (US): In the United
States, Independence Day (commonly known as the Fourth of
July) is a federal holiday commemorating the adoption of
the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776,
declaring independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain.
Independence Day is commonly associated with fireworks,
parades, barbecues, carnivals, picnics, baseball games,
and various other public and private events celebrating
the history, government, and traditions of the United
States, but is often also viewed as simply a summer
festival, apart from its patriotic overtones.
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In Closing
It's how we spend our time here and now, that really
matters. If you are fed up with the way you have come to
interact with time, change it.
--Marcia Wieder
And remember . . . there's no better time
to get organized, than to Get Organized Now!
Warmly,
Maria Gracia
Get Organized Now!
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