Get Clutter Free

😁 Decluttered and tidied up the kids rooms with them.

This was our "activity" for the day together. We've been doing it together for a few years now, so they can now take the lead. I stay with them and guide them through it so they don't miss a spot. A good effort on the kids! Spent 30 minutes in each of their rooms. Now they're having their screen time

An easy way out of taking action: I’ll do it later …
But later, something else happens or gets bought into the house

So let’s:
Check the mail now and deal with it (discard, store, put it in your pay bill pile)
Open the boxes and then put it away and recycle that box
Replaced items can be thrown out, passed along or sold
Have things you want to pass along, set up that time to pass it along
Things to sell? Take those pictures and set up an ad on Marketplace

Then your incoming pile won’t merge into your outgoing pile and turn into Mt. Pile on the dining table 🤯

Decluttering Tip #68

It’s as much about our habits as it is about being organised. You can have the best system in place but if it’s not made according to your habits and if you don’t discipline yourself to follow the system, it’s not going to work.

Get your family involved. Our bare minimum is having our entryway and our dinner table clear, so this is what we enforce. The kids know the rules. They may huff and puff about doing it but it gets done because they know why. The entryway needs to be clear of their toys and bags because we want to be able to walk in and out without having to trip over anything (and also, in case of emergency). The dining table needs to be clear because having dinner together as a family is important to us.

You don’t have to do it all yourself - get your family in on it too.