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How to Organize Your Home:
Tips for Maintaining Your Results
and Staying Clutter Free



How to Organize Your Home
For some people, the biggest challenge of home organization is not getting organized in the first place but rather, staying there. By taking specific actions, however, maintaining your results is not only possible, it’s easy. Here are some tips to help you:

1) Make conscious decisions about your purchases. Ak yourself, is this item something that you really need? Do you have the space for it?

2) Use the boundaries of your storage products to limit clutter accumulation. If your storage capacity is reaching it's limits, consider your next purchases carefully.

3) If possible, remove one thing in the same category for every new item that you bring into your space. If you buy a new stack of magazines, for example, remove the oldest ones on your shelf.


How to Organize Your Home

4) When you bring something new into your space, immediately find a home for it. As long as everything has a home and you know where everything goes, staying organized is easy.

5) Get into the habit of putting things away immediately after use.

6) Make decluttering a part of your weekly cleanup routine.

7) Involve your family. Divide down your maintenance efforts into smaller tasks and make sure that everyone has a job to do that contributes to the overall goal.

8) Assess your storage needs annually or even semi annually if necessary. Upgrade as needed.

9) Rethink anything that isn’t working. If systems that you put in place in a particular room are not effective in controlling clutter, change them.

10) Hold regular garage sales to get rid of things that you no longer want or need.

11) Schedule quarterly visits to Goodwill or another charity to donate clothing that you no longer need from the previous season.

By following these tips, you'll be able to maintain your results in the long term. Change takes time to settle in and new habits take time to form. Expect that there will be setbacks and when they arise simply apply universal organizing techniques to bring things back to the status quo.



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If you reside in Toronto or the GTA, our services can help you to get organized. Contact Professional Organizer Andrew Neary for a free, no obligation consultation at (416) 570-8861 or e-mail Andrew@Organizing-Toronto.com.

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How to Organize Your Home



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Andrew Neary
Professional Organizer
http://www.Organizing-Toronto.com
100 Hayden Street, Suite 1708
Toronto, Ontario
M4Y 3C7
CANADA
(416) 570-8861
Andrew@Organizing-Toronto.com




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