Then when my husband is in the bathroom and I'm impatiently waiting my turn ( hey I am pregnant ) I'll go through my bathroom basket stuff that I've used in the last week and haven't had time to put away due to people showing up at my door unexpected, baby crying etc.
Anyway that's when I take
a second and put away the nail clippers, nail file and everything else in my
basket. In case you haven't yet figured out my secret to decluttering is
baskets. But really it's about forgiving yourself, quit berating yourself that
you don’t have the organized home of the year. If you are living a really life
busy and messy like the rest of us then you might have some clutter from time
to time. Even if you try to find a place for everything and swear that you are
going to put stuff away from now on be real, there are going to be times that
things come up. You’re doing your makeup for girls night out and suddenly beep
beep your ride is here, and you find yourself running down the stairs putting
lipstick on sloppily but hey you have it on today that's a plus! So then what
leave it on the table no drop it in the basket by the front door for stuff like
keys lipstick and other little things needed by the door. The secret to still
having a semi organized house with a crazy life? Baskets!! Now I added this to
the flyladys hotspot is at least add a basket to it so it's not just filling up
your kitchen counter. Know where you always dump stuff forgive yourself and
quit trying to pretend that someday, somehow you will stop dropping things off
where they don’t go and figure out where you need baskets. Then go to Goodwill
or Kohls has awesome sales, and have a blast. Pick out baskets of all types and
sizes to at least cover the clutter up. I have baskets for each member of the
family on the family room, because I got sick of constantly picking up after
everyone. Now I just throw all the papers and other stuff in their basket and
every Saturday they clean it out or I throw it away. Saturday night it goes to
the trash. The kids know it and with the husband, you can't do that of course,
but you can dump it out on the bed, with a little note explaining his box was overfilled
and let you know if he wants help putting that stuff away, love you.
Also about the kid’s
papers, a little tip, pick out a smaller basket. This is for all the keepsakes
your kids will want to have forever. Each year tell the kids once they fill up
their box and everything else will be thrown out or exchanged for something
inside the box they don't like as well. Then at the end of the year I then pull
out each child's permanent box (a much larger box). We then add the small pile
to the large box for permanent keeping. this eliminates problems with papers. I
also have a large clear plastic magnet frame on the fridge for each child and
they get to put up a picture of the week, which can be exchanged as often as
they like abut all other pictures or papers must either go in keepsakes or
trash. Yaaa no clutter!!! Many more decluttering tips to come.
For more information on Hot
spots this ides and term come from the flylady look her up on the web, she has
her own website as well as a book.
