Best Declutter Supply List | How to Organize Your House

Serious decluttering requires the right tools.  If you’re going in for a deep declutter, you’ll want a list of supplies to have on hand.  Here is a checklist of all the things you’ll need before you start.  You can get a printable version of the Best Declutter Supply List in the Declutter Toolkit: Declutter supply … Read more

The Problems Clutter Causes

Clutter causes many problems.  The most obvious problem is that there is no space!  When your house is stuffed full of things, there is no room for you to work on anything.  You feel cramped and crowded.  Every time you want to eat a meal, you have to clear piles off the table.  When you … Read more

How to Find More Storage Space in a Small House

If you’re like me, you’ve probably thought, “I’d love to put everything in its place, if only it had a place!”  How can you go about finding a place for everything, especially if you live in a storage-challenged house? Landing Box First, let’s think about an immediate solution for those hot spots where stuff piles … Read more

10 Reasons Why Some People Will Never Get Organized

Have you ever noticed how some people never seem to make any headway with organization?  If you’re like me, you sometimes get discouraged at your own lack of progress.  So what is it that seems to hold us back year after year?  At lifehack.org,  Kayiba Mpoyi gives 10 reasons why some people will never succeed.  … Read more

How to Get Your Meal Prep System Together

Let’s dive into creating a Household System for something that happens on a daily basis: meal preparation. How does meal preparation lend itself to a system? How could it be streamlined and systematized for maximum efficiency? Think about making a process map for how you go about preparing meals.  A process map is simply a … Read more