Home Organization: How I Blow Up Rooms

Home organization is NOT about being perfect, no sir! I’m a professional organizer, so, yes, my house is very organized.  But is it perfect?  Nope and neither am I.  Is stuff making it cluttered or stressful in my home?    Nope.  Everything has a home so we know where to put things away.  BUT, as much as I like order, I do tend to explode into rooms when I am in a hurry.  Getting dressed in the morning often means leaving clothes on the floor until I get home later in the day.  Not having the dishwasher emptied may mean dishes are backed up on the counter.  The photo above is pretty darn tame.  When I cook, I tend to leave open cupboard doors, dishwasher open, pots & pans on the stove, etc.

Sometimes I wonder if my professional organizer side just enjoys restoring order from a mess.  That may be a little messed up huh?  But mainly, I think that’s just how I roll.  I move quick and I make a mess.  Ideally, I would clean as I go and we would all place our dishes in the dishwasher at the end of a meal and the kitchen work would be finished up neat and tidy.  In reality, I’ll probably blow up the kitchen, finish dinner, turn up some loud music and work away at cleaning the kitchen back up. 

I’m a mom, I’m a business owner, I’m busy and my natural habits just tend to make me spread stuff out until I put them right again.  What I love is having everything back in place at the end of the day, turning out the lights and starting the next day fresh and tidy.   So, don’t feel like home organization means you have to be company ready 24/7 if that’s not how you roll!  As for me, I’m working on giving myself enough time to clean up as I go so I don’t have to do so much work at the end of each day.

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