Everyday Happiness - Finding Harmony and Bliss
Education:Self-Improvement
7 tips to clear the physical clutter. Because we all know clutter is random and randomness causes overwhelm. So where do you start? Listen in to find out.
Transcript:
Welcome to Everyday Happiness where we create lasting happiness, in about 2 minutes a day, through my signature method of Intentional Margins® (creating harmony between your to-dos and your priorities), happiness science, and musings about life.
I'm your host Katie Jefcoat, and I’m on a kick to clear the clutter and streamline not only my workspace, but also my home and how I consume all the things that end up in front of my eyes or in my earbuds.
As you know, I am obsessed with finding Intentional Margins. And if you tuned in yesterday, you know I recently felt like the order I was craving was full of randomness and overwhelm.
When I felt like I needed order it came two-fold: First, with the tasks I needed to do and keep up with. Second was all the things I was looking at around my house that felt totally out of place. You know that feeling, when things don’t have a home and they just find a way to a flat surface and pretty soon, you don’t even notice that it doesn’t belong.
Truth be told, my family is completely blind to these types of things and I zone in and focus on it. As an example, it’s the headphones to the iPad that are in the mudroom - no one knows why - when they should be in the office. It’s the pictures against a way that need to be hung. It’s the clothes in the laundry room that need to be sorted for donations. It’s the little things all over the house that are sitting out in plain sight in a spot that is not their home. It used be toys when the kids were little. And we could tidy that up pretty quickly. But now it’s just random stuff.
I get an email every now and then from a website called Simplify Magazine and in this email recently, they talked about a few habits to keep your house clutter-free.
First, Make your bed each morning. We all know how good it feels to see a nice made bed at night.
Second, clean dishes after meals. This helps your kitchen feel tidy.
Third, Store things off the kitchen counter. Personally, if we can not use flat surfaces for storage, it helps a lot in the feeling of tidiness.
Fourth, handle the mail immediately and throw out everything you don’t need.
Fifth, return items nightly. This was the problem I was having. It had been months since I invited my kids to do a one-hour tidy up like I described yesterday in Episode 477 and gosh do I wish I did that more often.
Sixth was to complete 1-2 minute jobs immediately.
And lastly, a way to feel less cluttered is to minimize over-filled spaces.
So, I hope you found these tips just as helpful as I did.
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