Home Organization: Go with the Flow

Something has really been on my mind a lot lately about home organization.  As I think about how we stay organized, I realize so much of it has to do with flow.  The flow of things coming into the home.  The flow of things going out of the home.  The flow of knowing where to place something when you are in the middle of dealing with it, such as mail, or when you are done using something. 

So what I often see when I am working with people on their organizing project is that there is no flow.  Things just get stuck.  If it’s mail, it ends up in piles on counters, on tables and on couches.   It’s not being processsed by recycling, shredding and filing-it just sits.  When it comes to clutter of too many belongings, it’s because decisions weren’t being made on what to do with stuff so it just sits.  It sits on shelves, in closets and fills up garages.  Here are a few decisions that can be made to keep the flow moving with your belongings:

• Does it need to be filed?
• Does it need to be recycled?
• Does it need to be shredded?
• Do you need to take it somewhere to have it fixed?
• Does it need to go in the garbage?
• Does it need to be taken for hazardous waste drop-off?
• Do you need to return it to someone else?
• Do you need to donate it?
• Do you need to sell it?
• Do you need to pass it on to someone you know who could use it?

Think about the different ways you can keep the flow going and home organization will be so much easier to maintain!

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