Clean out and organize the garage. You may be thinking, that’s nothing. I do that all the time.  Well, I don’t. In fact, it’s been over 10 years since that garage has had a thorough purging.  So on a hot, dry, wind-less day, I spent my Saturday reorganizing and purging my long-time garage accumulations.

I’m a bit late this month with my Fix-It-Up Project.  It’s already June, and May just slipped away.  But at least I squeezed it in during the first week of June, so maybe you’ll forgive me.  May was filled with graduations, a graduation party, my birthday, planting flowers, and Mother’s Day.  It was a good month.

Having a well organized laundry room, no matter how small or large, will save you valuable time. Use a system that will allow you to sort your clothes into lights, darks and delicates such as a clothes hamper with three sections and a rack on top to hang clothes.  Keep a bin on top of your dryer or nearby to contain your soaps, bleaches and laundry supplies.  Following is a list of must-haves for your laundry room:

I spend a big part of the month of January getting organized for the year ahead. It may take a little time upfront, but then the rest of the year is less complicated with trying to remember what I forgot! I am big on lists or what I like to call logs. One of my favorites is my Special Occasion Gift Log. This simple log with columns is a perfect tool to tell us who, when and what!

Follow me through the weeks as we organize our homes and our lives. Not only can organization be fun but it can also simplify our lives. There is no right or wrong way to organize your life. What works for one, may not work for another. Try some of these suggestions and see if they work for you.

Organize your day according to whether you are a morning person or a late night person. Schedule your tasks around what works for you. Buy a notebook small enough to carry with you. Keep track of errands, appointments, as well as items that will require your action. Keeping lists and working through them will give you a sense of accomplishment and a chance to prioritize your day, week and months ahead. We need to weed out the procrastination that so often takes hold of our lives.

It’s easy to tell someone to do something. Parents do it all the time. “Clean up your room.” “Make your bed.” “Be nice to Jimmy.” But if they’re never given instruction on how to do what you ask, invariably they’ll get frustrated, angry, and never try again. I’ve seen this happen countless times at work. Employees are given a task without the proper instruction on how to do it effectively.

In my article, Declutter and Reduce the Clutter in Your Life, I told you what you had to do to help you obtain a more simplified life. Declutter! But how?