Can somebody give me some tips on how to clean and get organized?

Question

Alright well I'm moving and before I move I want to go through my things and see what I want to keep and what I don't. I want to get this out of the way ahead of time. Anyways after I go through my things do you know any tips to help me keep my things well organized? Also I would love some tips on how to keep my room clean. I can't stand to have my room a mess but sometimes it happens and when it does I get so stressed I don't know where to start because I get overwhelmed. I'm like a perfectionist and like to have everything in its own spot and have everything clean.

Answer 1

not sure if this will help,  but before u move if you haven't  used something in a year, put it in the give away box, if its only your bedroom you are doing , write on the boxes just where u want them to go. and as time goes on, one box at a time and don't open others till you get that one done and in the right place . I hope it helps you and good luck to you

Answer 2

I can so totally RELATE to your dilima.  My last move was expected to be an easy move, but at the last minute, the buyer of my home decided she didn't want to wait until spring to move in, and I was stuck, having to sort through everything from selling a rental and my Moms house, and now the stuff in the house I was living in.  The plan had been to go through it, sell what we didn't want, get rid of things we didn't know we had (at the rental, we had stored stuff over the years, and now it was time to deal with it!).  We ended up throwing it on the trucks and shipping it south, where I was COMPLETELY and TOTALLY over whelmed with all this stuff, most of which , I really didn't want, or couldn't deal with, simply because it was too much to take in!  Finally, I Googled and Yahooed Organization and read books, and just plain did anything I could to get on top of it.  First of all, you are smart to do this now, before you even start to pack.  Start thinning your things, your clothes, your closets, your linens, your kitchen and so on.  If you see you have some stuff that you were planning on painting, or fixing, give it up.  Send it on to someone else who has the time and space!  If it doesn't fit, get rid of it!  If your linens have clouds, or rainbows or belong to bed sizes you don't have anymore, or plan to get rid of, box them up and send them to a local charity or your brothers kids!  Go through your house with a box, set a timer for 20 minutes, go through the house and pick out anything you don't ABSOLUTELY love and adore and put it in the box.  Tape it shut when the timer goes off.  It either goes to charity or have a yard sale or Ebay it.  If you don't love it now, you NEVER will!  Think of what will realistically go in you new home, if you know what that will be, then its easier to decide what stays and what goes.  Appliances do not travel well on long distance moves, I suggest selling them if your move is more than 200 miles.  If less, you will be okay!  If you have 10 ice cream scoops, like I did, consider listing them on Ebay as a lot (I did!).  You will be surprised what people will pay for stupid stuff you don't want.  On the other hand, if its broken, tore or chipped to kingdom come, throw it out!  Don't be afraid to just get rid of it.  If that really bothers you, get in the habit of dropping stuff off at your local Salvation Army, or putting it up in boxes on Craigslist.  People will come and pick up most anything for free, and you can keep stuff others might not mind fixing, out of the landfills.  Try and look at things in a different light, just because something belonged to Aunt Suzy and she or someone in the family GAVE it to you, do not feel obligated to keep it if you DON'T ABSOLUTELY love it or have a place for it.  Someone else will love it some place else and you won't feel unhappy or guilty every time you look at it!  Once I had done the 20 minutes trips through my house a few times, I could order returning and I really got jazzed.  Its easy to carve out 10-20 minutes at a clip and the timer helped me keep on track.  Once I did this, I began to see holes in my overwhelming boxes and clutter that had assembled as I unpacked box after box of stuff I didn't want, but was taking up space in my house.  I stopped opening boxes, until I got on top of the mess.  Then, I just picked through them, sold stuff, threw out stuff, gave stuff away.  After a while, I could see the style I wanted coming through, and I knew I would NEVER have this problem again.  I find starting my day by simply making my bed, starts my day, and it just seems to help me focus on some order immediately in my room.  Takes 3 minutes a day and once a week, I strip it and wash the sheets and pillow cases.  The kitchen is the next area that needs DAILY attention.  We do not go to sleep unless the dishes are done, floor swept.  My schedule now is basically, daily chores are, put away dishes daily, wash dishes daily, sweep floor in kitchen, butlers pantry, and dining room daily.  Vacuum living room daily,  Make beds daily.  Then weekly, the bathrooms get a top to bottom disinfection and clean, the hallway rugs are pulled, floors swept, vacuumed and mopped in the kitchen, dining room, living rooms, butlers pantry and laundry room.  Beds are stripped of sheets and pillowcases weekly, towels are washed, and clothes worn are done as either the light colors, dark colors or whites form a load.  I try to tackle a closet, a drawer, a corner of a room once a week, taking a 20 minute swipe at it.. Maybe I only get a drawer done, maybe a shelf done, but once its done, its on to the next one NEXT time!  Once a month, we tackle something like the porch, the basement, the deck, etc.  And we will work on it for about 2 hours.  Sometimes, it doesn't get all done, maybe we organize the tools, and oil the shovels, and put weedeater string in the weedeater, pick up gas for the weedeater, the lawn mowers, the riding lawn mower and so on.  Sometimes, we will empty a section, and go through EVERYTHING and then put what we are keeping back in order, and carting the rest to the curb, or trash or call someone to come and get it.  Now, in 6 months, I got on top of all this clutter, I was now organized and we now keep a pretty tight schedule.  We use the season changes to go through clothing, tossing what doesn't fit into bags to either be thrown out, or passed along if good to local charites.  And we put them on the porch and the next time we are going to the recycling place or passing a local charity they go in the van with us to be passed along.  Now what I have, I love.  I am not overwhelmed, but it was a process.  I say, get a timer, set it for 10-20 minute segments and go at it.  If you can do that just 1-3x a week, you will have slimmed yourself down of things almost painlessly.  No one says it has to be done over night, but by the time you get ready to move, you should have a much lighter load then I did.  I know this, next time, I will be prepared BEFORE I even list my home to sell and this will never happen again.  For me, the money was the motivator to move right then and there, afterwards, it didn't seem like one of my better ideas!  Now, though, I am pretty organized, not overwhelmed and am having company over without being embarrassed and people can see the real beauty of my home and my things I love and actually treasure.  Hope this helps you!  Good luck!

Answer 3

hi!

I totally undertsand what you feel!

My suggestion, start doing it step by step.. like one section of the closet at a time, or a just a couple kitchen cabinets a day, so that you're not overwhelmed by the amount of work.

Have 3 big boxes in th house, label them Trash, Donate, Keep. The thing that you haven't used for 6 months or more go either to trash or donate depending on their condition. Once you have done this the job is easier, just to organise the items in the KEEP box. Do this for all the rooms in the house and you'll see you need to move a lot less stuff and once you do, you will know exactly where each and every thing is.

And yes, The mantra "Reduce, Reuse, Recyle" works well in most cases , leading you to buy only what you really need, getting rid of unused things and basically be more organised.

Answer 4

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Answer 5

piles. have a giant pile of everything ur uncertain about. have 3 boxes. keep, give away, and trash, then just go trough the pile, music helps a bunch, makes it less of a chore. then, when u move, map out ur space and get little organization bins that will fit well in there and have everything a desinated place. keep things put away when not in use and be sure to throw trash away. i'm kinda bad about that, it gets thrown on the floor and kinda stays there for a while till i decide to clean. lol.