100 Ways to Declutter and Organize Your Possessions: Clear the Space and Make Room for your Dreams - Part 1

by Connie Lockhart Ellefson

Would you like 5-6 hours time to your week?2.De-stress the most effective way there is?3.Improve your life remarkably at little or no cost?4.Add stacks of energy, creativity, ideas and enthusiasm to your days?5.Free up your soul?This book describes 100 simple steps to get your possessions decluttered and organized in the easiest way possible. Clutter and disorganization don't just exist in the possessional realm, your emotions and physical clearness also come into play and interact with each other. However, often the possessions are the easiest to tackle, and make a difference on--with an exhilarating breath of relief being felt on the physical emotional levels as well.Stay tuned for further tips books on clearing the emotional and physical space, to get the complete picture and round out your uncluttered, organized life!Table of ContentsPART ONE – MotivationIntroGeneral Game Plan - Tips 1-19Feng Shui Basics - Tips 20-22DeCluttering Basics - Tips 23-26 Good reasons to get rid of stuff - Tips 27-42Organizing Basics - Tips 43-51PART TWO – The RoomsThe Parking Garage - Tips 52-57The Mail Room - Tips 58-67Home Office Strategies - Tips 68-73Kitchen - Tips 74-80The Bedroom - Tips 81-87The Lounge-a.k.a. the Bathroom - Tips 88-93Maintenance - Tips 94-99Game Plan – a few Last Word - Tip 100 ABOUT THE AUTHORPART ONE – MotivationINTROConsider Your time and how you spend it is basically your life. If your home and castle are not set up—organized—to support you in exploring your passions or recharging from your wild-and-crazy outside life, then you are wasting your life.Who says the “dining room” space has to be a dining room, if you never formally entertain? Why not make it a library, music room, or model boat-making room, if that speaks to your hobbies more directly?What if you had a dedicated scrap-booking area? I imagine it tidy, gleaming, and ready for you to drop into in a minute when a spare half hour opens up. Wouldn’t that refresh, relax, and satisfy your creative urges better than half an hour flopped in front of the TV, or roaming aimlessly around the house being pulled at by dozens of misplaced or useless items?Be not afraid to look at your rooms with new eyes. They are there to serve you, not live up to some outdated floor plan....

28 pages, Kindle Edition

First published June 3, 2011