If your family is anything like the average family who finds themselves with too much stuff and not enough room, take solace in the promise that relaxation is in your near future.
Decide to organize and relieve stress
Did you know that clean, organized spaces promote relaxation and reduce stress? Day spas are a prime example of how the right combination of relaxing, cool colors, pleasant music and pleasing scents can send you into a peaceful state of mind. While turning your living room into a spa is not practical, there are ways to stage and organize your entire home so you can come home and enjoy your family, rather than stress about the clutter and mess.
How NOT to bite off more than you can chew
The thought of trying to find a place for everything and put everything in its place may bring more stress than just living with it. But the temporary chaos of sorting through things will bring long term benefits to the peaceful environment of your home. Try making a goal for yourself to start with one room and focus solely on it. Perhaps you will be brave and tackle the junk drawers first, or maybe you will save the guest room that has turned into a storage unit for last. Whatever your tactic, make a decision and stick to it. Think only about cleaning that room and put the rest of it out of your mind. Compartmentalizing rooms in this way will help the job seem smaller and less overwhelming, thus, less stressful.
Time to sort your items
As you are sorting through your closet or garage or wherever you may be, place things into four separate piles.
Pile Number 1 - The fist pile should be for items you are going to keep. You can find a place to put them later, once you have cleared out the clutter.
Pile Number 2 - The second pile should be for items that are trash. If it is broken, very worn, or really just trash that has accumulated in the corner then do not hesitate to put it in the garbage bag.
Pile Number 3 - This should be a collection of things that are not trash, but that you no longer need. You can take this pile to a charity or sell them in a yard sale. No matter what you decide to do, you will feel cleansed by giving them away or glad to have finally done something profitable with them.
Pile Number 4 - The items in this pile will be sent to a storage unit until you need them. Place an item in the storage unit pile if you have sentimental attachment to it, but it may not fit your personal decoration style or you do not have a room to store it in a closet or garage. (Remember, the goal is to cleanse your home.) Items that may be in the pile for a storage unit are furniture that you might want later or to hand down to your children someday. Other items that would be good candidates for a storage unit are seasonal items like Christmas decorations and even clothes that are out of season.
Execute the plan
Once you have sorted things and determined their fate, start by throwing out the trash. Whew, you can probably already breath a little easier. Next, haul the appropriate items to your storage unit and store them neatly into the space. (Do not create more hidden stress for yourself at the thought of a messy storage unit .)
If you have decided to take the items from Pile Number 3 to charity, donate them as soon as you can so they are out of the way. Otherwise, choose which day you will hold your garage sale and make a few posters to place around town to draw customers. If there are items leftover from the yard sale, give them to charity or throw them away.
All the things you had in Pile Number 1 should be organized with like items next to like items. If you can, put smaller items into clearly labeled boxes. After you have organized what remains in your home, give it a good surface cleaning and wipe the dust off picture frames and book shelves.
Breathe a little easier
Give yourself a pat on the back! You have just unloaded a burden from your mind and now you can sit in your home with your family and friends and just enjoy one another.
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