Getting Organized Tips
First Steps
And Good Resources

Getting organized tips are the first 2 steps to take in order to improve your life the most. I also include links to other websites that have a lot to offer for anyone wanting to get organized. After all, I am not the only one who knows how to get organized.

I think there are 2 main steps you need to take on your road to being organized.

Getting Organized Tips Step 1:

This is the stuff that bugs you when you are trying to leave the house in a hurry. This is the stuff you stumble over at night when you are tired. This is the stuff that gets in the way when you are preparing a meal. This is the stuff you always have to walk around. This is the most annoying stuff you have.

This isn't the stuff packed in closets, dressers, drawers and shelves. This is the stuff that is stacked up, piled up and strewn about that you have to walk around and climb over and deal with all the time.

This type of stuff is the worst offender, because you just get used to dealing with it. You get used to dealing with it and working around it. You are almost oblivious to it.

This kind of stuff includes shoes and coats by the back door. This would be the packages you brought back from the store. The mail you leave on the kitchen table or the counter. This is the dirty laundry on the floor near the bedrooms. This is the half-done project in the living room. This is the extra shelf unit in the back hall you can't decide what to do with. This is the stack of newspapers you want coupons from and magazines you want to read. This is the extra chairs you have that no one sits on.

But this is the stuff that can kill you. Stuff on the stairways will trip you up and send you to the emergency room. This is the stuff that just makes your life so much more difficult. Deal with this stuff and your life will improve dramatically.

Getting Organized Tips Step 2:

A person trying to improve their life by getting rid of clutter is not in a position of helping others by giving things away. An overly cluttered person is the person in need. The need is to get rid of enough stuff to get back to a better level. Your excess stuff is in effect, making you a person in need.

I know this is counter-intuitive. You think that because you have all this stuff that you are doing fine. You are the person with your life together. You are the person who should be giving to those in need.

No.

You are the person in need.

You are the one who needs help.

Having so much stuff that your life is much more difficult is the problem.

You need to take care of your need by throwing the stuff out.

Only a person who is not cluttered can give it away.

This is the huge consciousness shift that is needed to improve your life.

We are always told to think of others. To not be selfish. To give to those in need.

In the process we spiral down until we are the person most in need. We are the unfortunate one.

A home filled to the brink with stuff is not a home of abundance. It is a dangerous place filled with lack. It is a home of scarcity.

Once you throw away a massive amount of clutter and you become clutter free, you will be able to give to those in need.

Take care of yourself first.

Once you have completed these 2 steps your life will be much less cluttered and free. From this point you will have more time, space and energy to branch out to other areas of your life and home that need attention.

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