The Clutter Fairy Weekly #118
Routine Maintenance: Keep Your Organizing Machine Running Smoothly
Whether you’re managing a long-term clutter issue or starting fresh in a new space, a critical part of designing your organized life is maintenance. Well-designed habits can stop a tough situation from getting worse or keep an organized space in tip-top shape. In episode #118 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, explores the hows and whys of powerful maintenance habits to stem clutter before it starts.
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The Weekly Tittle is an exercise designed to focus your attention on a specific space, aspect, or challenge of decluttering and organizing your home. We assign a new tittle in each webcast/podcast, then check on your progress the following week.
Routine Matters
This week’s assignment is to consider a new or revamped maintenance habit:
- Identify a space or a function of your home in which you struggle to stay ahead of the accumulation of clutter.
- Reflect on what gets in the way of keeping this area under control. What difficulties or limitations do you encounter?
- Consider how much time you’re currently spending on the area or purpose in question. Make a tentative plan based on how much time you think it might take to manage the area effectively (e.g., half an hour a week, 10 minutes three times a week).
- Put your plan into action. Stick to the new routine until you’ve done it for a few weeks (or at least a few times), then adjust the frequency or duration of your work sessions as needed.
For the full discussion of this week’s tittle, watch the Weekly Tittle segment on YouTube.
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Tittle#118…Painful even tho I struggled to maintain my plan into action….OW…My limitations seem generated by the inner screaming that my natural, exceptional characteristics to creatively do my clearing of clutter are somehow Flawed. Like I am flawed somehow and this is not true. I am staying on course tho painful.