If you are just up to your wahoozles with stuff to do, but you really want to get started making a dent in your clutter, give yourself the gift of time — and 5 minutes is a good place to start.
Time is the one resource that is not renewable — once it’s gone, it’s gone.
So, if living in an organized space is important to you, make sure you dedicate some of your time to make it so.
Most people can carve out 5 minutes from their day, so it’s a good place to start.
As you work on eliminating your clutter and you see progress, you will find yourself looking for additional time to get the job done.
I understand our days are hectic, and it feels like there is always more to do than there is time for.
Yet, by ignoring clutter, the problem gets worse.
The mailman still brings the mail each day, meals are still made in the kitchen, more things will break or just get lost and forgotten about in the clutter.
Then the dreaded day comes when you can’t find something you really need amidst the clutter and you spend hours looking for it. You may find it, you may not. You may spend days looking for it, or give up and go buy another one.
You’ve given up a big block of time and possibly money looking for this all-important item.
If you’re so overwhelmed that even 5 minutes seems like a lot, then give yourself 5 seconds.
Throw out one piece of paper in the recycle bin, take out one expired bottle from the refrigerator, anything small that will move you closer to organizing a problem space.
Just start something, and you’ll be one step closer to a more organized home 🙂
Yours in friendship,
Barb
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