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Looking
for ways to save some time?
- Kid's hate to "pick up their rooms".
Help them keep their rooms clutter free by making sure that
everything has a designated place. This should include
laundry, shoes, electronic equipment, school papers, books,
and toys. Knowing where everything belongs can speed
up the process. Younger kids do well with labels on
drawers and shelves.
- If you don't have a family calendar, get
one! It can be on the computer or on the wall-just
make sure that everyone uses it to note all of their
activities and appointments.
- Save some time in the long run by putting
in a session of time marking down: all of the school
vacations and days off for the entire year, birthdays of
family members, extended family members and friends,
celebrations, months for annual checkups for family and
pets, lessons, meetings, game and practice schedules, and
any other important dates and events.
- Spend an hour walking
through your house taking photos of what you own and keep a
copy of the inventory photos in a fire proof box or safety
deposit box "just in case". In the event of an
emergency, it could save many hours of trying to remember
your household inventory.
Looking for more space?
- This is the perfect time of year to
create space in closets and drawers by switching out summer
clothes for winter clothes. Discard or donate the off
season clothes that are not going to fit next summer. Store
them away in a box on the top shelf or attic. Only put
the clothes that fit and you are going to wear now in the
drawers and closet.
- Simplify the space under the sink.
Keep the products that you seldom use in a basket in the
back of the space or move them to the garage shelf.
(Purge the ones that aren't going to use or you forgot you
had.)
- Group like items together. This is
a basic organizing rule of thumb that can be applied to
every room, shelf, drawer, cabinet in the house. It
makes it easier to find as well as easier to know where to
put it away. You can also keep track of what you have
so you know when you may be running low.
- Identify everything in your home that
you don't use or that you don't really like and de-clutter,
simplify your home, and turn them into cash. Use
garage sales, craigslist.com, ebay.com, or the local
classifieds just to name a few.
I can help you get started!
bpeterson@space-and-time.com
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