7 Things You Need to Do Often to Keep Residence Clean, Organized

There are many things that need to be done daily in order to maintain a clean and organized environment.  As much as many of us don't like doing certain chores, we must make ourselves do them so as not to have problems in the future.  There will be those moments in your life where you may have to sit awhile, lie down in a bed, or do other things that might cause you to fall behind, but if you are staying on top of your environment, it won't be so bad.

People feel overwhelmed with cleaning and organizing because they oftentimes let things go.  They don't bother to put anything back and they don't break long enough from fun activities to get things done.  So here are some tasks that if you stay on top of them often, they won't burden you later.

1.  Remove clutter around your work areas ie.) kitchen counter, dining room table, office desk

2.  Take out trash (just not in cans, but on counter tops, corners, shelves, cabinets, refrigerator, etc.)

3.  Do laundry (if it sits around long enough, now you have a problem with air quality at home).

4.  Clean the bathroom.

5.  Keep children's toys and crafts in their proper places. (If you don't have any consistent place to return items, make up one and show the children where to put their things.)

6.  Vacuum which also includes taking the hose off and grabbing dust in hard to reach areas.

7.  Wash dishes. (Simple enough, but if you don't tackle this task without thinking too deeply about them, they too will pile up).

When we take a moment each day to focus on our personal environment and tidy it up, it helps with our thinking.  We don't feel as much stress, because we have freed ourselves from having to do just one more thing.  We are then better able to concentrate on other responsibilities.

Nicholl McGuire

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Sometimes one who loves to organize is so blinded by his or her passion, that the person doesn't bother to address a relative or friend's concerns.  How much organizing is too much?

1.  When a relative tells you, "All you do is organize, do you do anything else?"

2.  When a certain organizing system, product, or tool is causing more problems than solving them.

3.  When you spend more time organizing and less time tending to other household tasks.

4.  When you avoid doing other more important tasks, so that you can organize less important things right then and now.

5.  When your family often complains about your organizing.

6.  When everything is already in place; yet, you buy more home organizing things only to let them sit in a corner.

7.  When you take it upon yourself to organize others' things without permission while acting very critical of their space.

If you don't want to take a very good talent and turn it into something bad, watch how others react to you.  If they are often eye-rolling, disputing with you about what it is that you do, and you find yourself often angry, something has got to change!  Bring peace to self and others.  Put your organizational skills in check before it's too late!

Nicholl McGuire