Though January is typically the month many choose to start new routines, get organized and throw out old junk, spring is also the time of year to clean. Spring Cleaning is about more than wiping down the baseboards (I still need to do that…) or pulling out a colorful duvet from your closet to make the room look brighter, it is also a great time to take a step back, consider which messes need to be cleaned up and how to get organized – ultimately saving you time and money in the future. Get ready for Mission Organization.
For parents, the toy bins and playrooms can be challenging. For parents and everyone else, the garage and pantry prove to be places that can easily stack up junk – from old baseball mitts to half-empty boxes of stale cereal and everything in between…if we don’t sort through this and find a new solution, we can waste a lot of money buying items we already own, or lose a lot of time running back and forth from stores because we thought we had something we actually needed to pick up. So take the time now to get organized before summer creeps up on us and you can spend more time with family and friends outdoors and fewer minutes rummaging through your cupboards looking for that damn sunscreen. (Stay Organized When the Kids Outnumber you…)
I turn to several bloggers and magazines for inspiration when it comes time to cleaning and organizing and once in awhile a light bulb goes off in my own mind and I can share my advice with others. Here is an AAR (after action report …that’s military speak) of my own mission to organize. I hope it helps you clear some clutter too…