We all have New Year’s resolutions with some more ambitious than others. The most popular resolutions include spending time with family and losing weight. The average person sticks to their New Year’s resolution for about a month before returning to old habits.
I’ve found that once you target a broad goal, like losing weight or spending more time with family, it’s best to set yourself two or three little goals that will help you achieve the broader one. For instance, “I am going to take the stairs up to my apartment everyday instead of the elevator” or “I will cook a sit down dinner every Sunday and invite friends and family over for the party” are great little goals to set for yourself to achieve your larger goal.
The same rule applies to organizing your home: organization and cleanliness are the broad goals, but what are some smaller goals to set for yourself to achieve the larger one?
Here are some tips and tricks to get organized for the New Year:
1. Delegate: Assign different cleaning and organizing tasks to family members or roommates (or even for yourself), so there is a little goal every day to keep the home clean. Create a chores list: kids are never too young to learn to be responsible for picking up their toys and learning good cleaning habits.
2. As long as everything has a place, there is a place for everything. The biggest issues for clutter and disorganization are the closet, the bathroom, and the office. For the closet, look into shoe racks or over-the-door closet organizers. For the bathroom, look into show caddies labeled for each member of the house, or shelves for above the toilet. For the office, look into file organizers, cabinets, and lightweight boxes that you can label.
3. Do a little every day. Don’t save all of the cleaning for one monumental spring cleaning spree in early April. Make it a point to clean the bathroom every week, wipe up the kitchen and the sink after meals, and organize the files for the office as they come.
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