Unclutter your life…12 easy ways

Entry #66, April 14, 2010

Do you have a subscription to magazines that you don’t even read? Are you still holding on to all 35 t-shirts

Everyone can use some uncluttering guidance. Read on to get 12 tips

from your favorite university?! Come on! Let’s get you organized.  This starts with uncluttering.  I don’t mean going into one closet and cleaning it out. While, this is a good start, let’s start off with a list that will help us.  In the O magazine, Andrew Mellen writes the article, “12 Ways to Unclutter your life”. He covers the kitchen, mail, your closet and the one we always forget.. the car!

The Ground Rules

1. Everything you own should have value, either because it’s functional or beautiful or you just love it. Remember the question of what you’d grab if your house were on fire; that’s your baseline for determining an object’s worth.

2. Every item needs a place where it “lives.” Setting things down on the coffee table or kitchen counter creates piles and confusion. My clients mock me when I say, “Where do your keys live? They live in a bowl or on a hook by the front door”—but you never lose anything when you put it where it lives.

3. Focus on one thing at a time. Multitasking is supposed to help you get more things done quickly, but when you try to do 19 things at once, everything ends up incomplete. You’re trying to simplify your life, so simplify your approach to getting organized. Now let’s get started.

This is just the beginning. Read on at O magazine.