{"id":134,"date":"2012-02-18T19:57:25","date_gmt":"2012-02-18T19:57:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/clutterclearingmadeeasy.com\/blog\/?p=134"},"modified":"2012-02-18T19:57:25","modified_gmt":"2012-02-18T19:57:25","slug":"home-transformation-goals-for-2012","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/clutterclearingmadeeasy.com\/blog\/home-transformation-goals-for-2012\/","title":{"rendered":"Home Transformation Goals for 2012"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>One of the most uncomfortable pieces of advice I ever received for accomplishing my goals was to share them.<\/p>\n

Yes, sharing my home organization goals is uncomfortable for me.<\/p>\n

However, when I do share my goals and my progress, I get more done.<\/p>\n

So this year, I am sharing with you my home transformation goals.<\/p>\n

I will keep you posted on my progress \u2013 the good, the bad, and the ugly.<\/p>\n

And, I hope that you will be inspired to set your own home organization goals, and share your journey also.<\/p>\n

Organizing My Home<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

As I\u2019ve raised two children while maintaining my career, some things had to give.\u00a0 Usually it was the house.<\/p>\n

We\u2019ve gone through phases of more or less clutter, based on my kids\u2019 ages and my energy levels \u2013 or should I say stress levels.<\/p>\n

Over time, I have tackled areas in my home that have been prone to clutter.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve accepted that some level of clutter will never go away completely, and every so often I need to go back and clean up and reorganize these areas of my home.<\/p>\n

Some areas need to be taken care of more often than others.\u00a0 But overall, once I have organized an area in my home, it is a fairly easy process to clean it up again when it gets in disarray.<\/p>\n

This year, I strongly feel the need to transform a couple of key spaces in my house — to reclaim these spaces in my home, and give them a new purpose.<\/p>\n

Yes, my life is as hectic as ever, but transforming my house into the home I want to live in is increasingly important to me.<\/p>\n

My Top 3 Home Transformation Goals For 2012<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0 Transform my living room into a reading room.<\/strong><\/p>\n

We have a beautiful high ceilinged living room at the front of our house that is rarely used.\u00a0 It is the home for our musical instruments, overwintering plants, and unfinished projects.<\/p>\n

In many homes, this room is the formal living room, a showpiece room.\u00a0 I never had such dreams for my living room, but at the same time felt constrained by its traditional use.\u00a0 So it mostly sat idle.<\/p>\n

One day in December, as I was standing in the middle of the living room, wondering what to do with this underutilized space, \u00a0I had an aha moment.<\/p>\n

I\u2019ve always wanted a beautiful comfortable space to hide away in \u2013 to read, relax, think — a reading room. \u00a0\u00a0And the living room would be the perfect space for my new reading room.<\/p>\n

So the idea of the transformation was born.\u00a0 And I am really excited to turn this space into a room that us usable for me and my family.<\/p>\n

2.\u00a0 Get the paperwork out of my bedroom.<\/strong><\/p>\n

When I first started buying rental properties, I did not have a designated space for the paperwork.\u00a0 The library in our house was a disaster area\u00a0 — cluttered and unusable.<\/p>\n

A corner of my bedroom became my business space.\u00a0 \u00a0And even though I now have a fully functioning home office, the files for the rental properties remain in my bedroom.<\/p>\n

Although the files are organized, they are mainly sitting in boxes on the floor of my bedroom.\u00a0 Organized clutter?\u00a0 Hmmm.<\/p>\n

The time is overdue to move the active files from my bedroom into my office, and boxes of files required for record keeping into the basement.<\/p>\n

I want to rearrange some of the furniture in my bedroom, and clearing out this space will give me more options to play with.<\/p>\n

3.\u00a0 Hold a garage sale jointly with my neighbor.<\/strong><\/p>\n

OK, this one\u2019s not really a transformation, as much as it is part of an ongoing effort to get rid of stuff that is just cluttering up the house.<\/p>\n

Last year, I held a garage sale (my first one), and sold a lot of kids stuff — toys, bikes, slides, kiddie pool.\u00a0 We also donated a mini-van full of toys to my kids\u2019 old daycare.<\/p>\n

And still, the house and basement are full of stuff.\u00a0 Stuff that I don\u2019t use, the kids don\u2019t use, and someone else would be thrilled to find at a low cost.<\/p>\n

Although preparing for the garage sale was time consuming, this year we\u2019re having another one.<\/p>\n

By planning the garage sale jointly with my neighbor, it keeps us both on track to prep for the garage sale.\u00a0 And sale day is more fun!<\/p>\n

And, if we time it correctly, we can also save the lives of excess volunteer plants in our gardens that would otherwise get weeded out and tossed.<\/p>\n

Now it\u2019s your turn.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

If you haven\u2019t done so already, set your home organization goals for this year.\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t matter if they\u2019re big or small.<\/p>\n

What matters is that they will get you one step closer to having your home the way you want it.<\/p>\n

Then share your goals.<\/p>\n

If you don\u2019t feel comfortable sharing your home organization goals with your family or friends, post them in the comments section of this blog post.<\/p>\n

Just the act of sharing your goals will help solidify them for you.<\/p>\n

And I\u2019d love to hear about your home organization\u00a0 and successes throughout the year.<\/p>\n

To your organizing success,
\nBarb<\/p>\n

Copyright \u00a9 2012 www.ClutterClearingMadeEasy.com.\u00a0 All rights reserved.<\/p>\n

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