You don't have time to organize

If I’ve learned anything in my years of decluttering and organizing for individuals, growing families, empty nesters, small business owners, parents working full-time without family support in town, those experiencing grief and loss, there is one thing that has become clear.

You don’t have time to organize, friends.

Sure, we can all take a Saturday morning every now and then to reset a space or create a new systems as our needs evolve. And obviously growing kids require that we tackle their clothing lest we have baby clothing in our teens closet. But who really wants to KEEP organizing over and over? I love organizing and even I don’t want to spend my PLAY time tackling piles all the time.

having a plan > Organizing Endlessly.

The goal is to be thoughtful about where each item in our home lives if we let it through the door in the first place.

Before you press BUY on that cart, have you thought through the time, space, maintenance required to bring that item in? What will you move out to make room for it? When you receive gifts or tiny treasures come through the door with tiny humans, what’s the plan?

Having answers to these questions on the front end makes the maintenance of your home part of the weekly rhythm.

When we decide that cluttered surfaces stress us out, we decide to have fewer surfaces.

When the paper becomes overwhelming, we unsubscribe and automate.

The systems we set up run themselves without having to remember over and over, oh I need to deal with THAT thing AGAIN.

So, in an effort to not waste MORE time on the THINGS you don’t have time for, in favor of the PEOPLE you want to focus on, what is ONE thing you can make a plan for rather than organize? And don’t hesitate to ask for help if these decisions are just too overwhelming!