Question:
How can we be more organized at home?
Buttons, Coins, Pocket Miscellany
Glue a magnet to the back of a plastic pocket and attach to the side of the washer to collect stray buttons and coins.
Labeling Boxes
Label the sides of boxes instead of the tops. This prevents constant rearranging to find the one you want.
Magazines and Catalogs
Go through old magazines, flyers, mail order catalogs and set aside ones to take to the recycling center. Sort through the rest and get some large 3 ring binders to hold them by category.
Planning Ahead
Keep a calendar on the bathroom wall to make note of
when to have health exams, refill medications, toss
out makeup and more.
Delivering Charity Donations
Load thrift store donations directly into your car when you are cleaning. That way when you are in the area of the thrift store you can drop them off.
Reducting Collectibles
To minimize clutter confine your collectibles to a collection of fewer, high-end items, instead of a mass of items.
Grocery List
Before throwing away an empty food container, add that item to a running shopping list.
Incoming Mail
A good rule of thumb to follow in knowing what mail to
keep and what to toss is to ask yourself "Did I request
this be sent to me?" If the answer is no chances are
you don't need it.
Curb Waste
Reduce your junk mail. Write to Mail Preference
Service, Direct Marketing Association, P. O. Box 9008,
Farmingdale, NY 11735-9008 and have them take your
name off mailing lists. Ask companies that you do
wish to get catalogs and sale flyers from to keep you
on their "in house" list only.
Home Organizing
Go through your piles of photographs. Create piles for good and bad. Toss the bad, share the duplicates with friends and family. Buy some acid-free photo boxes or albums and spend 1/2 hour a week organizing the rest.
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