“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true”. Joseph Cardinal Suenens

Do you wish you could get rid of clutter? It isn’t that easy to just wish it away. After we have the dream of getting rid of clutter then we need to act on that dream.

Today make your dream come true by doing just one little thing to clear clutter. It could be to reduce clutter under your bathroom sink, a drawer in your desk or gather all loose papers in your home into a basket to get ready to set up a good working file system. You know my favorite is Freedom Filer because it is so simple and functional.

Dream your dream and then set about making it come true.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

“Happy are those who dream dreams and are ready to pay the price to make them come true”.—Joseph Cardinal Suenens

Do you wish you could get rid of clutter? It isn’t that easy to just wish it away. After we have the dream of getting rid of clutter then we need to act on that dream.

Today make your dream come true by doing just one little thing to clear clutter. It could be to reduce clutter under your bathroom sink, a drawer in your desk or gather all loose papers in your home into a basket to get ready to set up a good working file system. You know my favorite is Freedom Filer because it is so simple and functional.

Dream your dream and then set about making it come true.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

“There’s never enough time to do all the nothing you want”.—Calvin and Hobbes

Isn’t this just the truth? We all want to have joy and fun in our life but do we put off doing the nothing we want to do because we think we have to get rid of clutter in our homes before we can do nothing?

Because I am a professional organizer I am big on getting rid of clutter but I suggest we don’t wait until we have everything exactly the way we want it, that along with clearing clutter we take time for ourselves to do the nothing of our choice.

After you have gotten rid of clutter (even just 15 minutes worth) what are you going to do to reward yourself and do the nothing you want to do?

I LOVE to organize so I just might choose to organize something but if that doesn’t count I will relax with a book and a chocolate ice cream. If I sit still for a minute I probably will find myself asleep.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

Let’s face it Stress is a part of daily life. Are you so busy getting rid of clutter that you don’t take time out to relax?

Research shows that finding time to unwind is vital: Stress has a profound effect on physical and psychological well-being. As your personal professional organizer I recommend that as you clear clutter in your home you take some time for yourself to unwind—studies show we will feel better about ourselves and our surroundings if we take time to unwind. Clearing clutter from our homes helps us have less stress in our lives and more time to do what we love to do.

What do you do to unwind?

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

Do you ever say, “I just don’t have time to organize” or I don’t have time to anything I want to do. Let’s say clearing clutter is something you want to do. But you say you don’t have time. Think about this:

If you spend just 15 minutes a day and you did it five (5) days a week you would have spent 1 hour and 15 minutes clearing clutter for the week. You could have gotten a lot done don’t you think? And if you were clearing clutter for six (6) days a week for only 15 minutes a day you would have done it for one hour and 30 minutes. WOW it sure adds up.

15 minute ideas for clearing clutter:

•Set a timer for 15 minutes. You know you have permission to only organize for 15 minutes. Mentally this means a lot.
•Start with a little teeny tiny area—a drawer in the bathroom, in the bedroom, one shelf in the kitchen, one shelf in the refrigerator, with your basket of cosmetics, or your purse.
•If you can’t find 15 minutes in a day try getting up 15 minutes earlier. (I heard that groan)

Keep it up every day for a week and see the results that can happen almost like magic. What you do when you are clearing clutter to make it happen in your busy life.

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).

Clearing Clutter in the pantry or in the cupboards where you keep your canned foods is so important when you have limited space. I am still doing Show and Share week. This is my tiny pantry.

What is important to clearing clutter in these cupboards is to only keep things that you use. If you have bought a can of something and you never use it, donate it to a food bank or make a menu right now using that ingredient and get it out of your cupboard.

Keep spices together to save time and make finding a spice a snap. Use a turn table, a “stair step” spice rack, a rack that fits on a wall or a spice drawer to keep all spices together and within easy reach.

How do you store your spices?

Marilyn Bohn is an energetic, lively, compassionate, hard working and creative organizer. She was born to organize! Before becoming a professional organizer she worked professionally in diverse environments. She is involved in her community, providing her clients with a broad base of experience and knowledge.  She is a member of the National Association of Professional Organizers (NAPO).