A Spring Cleaning Primer: 15 Ways to Get Organized in 5 Minutes or Less

Getting organized can sound exhausting, especially if your house is filled with heaps and piles of stuff. Maybe it’s on the counters. Maybe it’s on your dining room table (and every other table in your home). Maybe it’s your entire closet. Wherever the clutter resides, you’re finding it incredibly frustrating. Because for one, clutter is all you can find—your keys, your home insurance policy, that bill that’s due any day now, not so much. And rest assured you’re not alone. Ashley Hatcher, the owner of Neat Method in Washington D.C., cited the following statistic: Americans spend 55 minutes a day looking for items they know they have but can’t find. For many of Hatcher’s clients, the most intimidating and overwhelming part of getting organized is figuring out where to start. “As clutter starts to pile up, it is very easy for it to grow into something that seems daunting and like a task that you’ll never be able to complete,” she said. Holly Blakey, owner of Breathing Room Organization, noted that many of us feel like we have to organize everything right now, or we have to organize things perfectly. And all of this means that we never actually do it. We think about organizing. We think about how nice it’ll be to find the things we need, to have a few clean, clutter-free surfaces. Yet we feel paralyzed. But getting organized doesn’t have to be such a burden, and it doesn’t have to take a long time. You can do it in 5 minutes or les...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: General Habits Happiness Mental Health and Wellness Motivation and Inspiration Perfectionism Self-Help Stress Source Type: blogs