Monday Morning Quick TIps

Welcome to the inaugural Monday Morning Quick Tip post! I am very excited to start bringing these posts to life and to share my passion with you! This first post is going to seem almost like common sense, but a lot of times I feel like this is really where it all starts...

Have you ever looked at your office (home or work) or your garage and said to yourself, "I really need to go through everything and clean it out"? Or maybe you looked at your closet (which could be overfilled) unsure of what to wear and how to find a good outfit. You may have wanted countless times to organize and clean out, but have never fully completed the task. It can be so overwhelming to look at everything that needs to be gone through and put away, that the task may not even get started before it is stopped. Or, you can convince yourself that the space it working well already the way it is (which it really could be).

This morning's tip is to START SMALL. Start with one section of a larger room. If you are looking at your office, make a goal that only one small section of the office is what you want to achieve in a certain time period.  If that is clearing off the paperwork and clutter from your desk, then that is what you want to achieve in the time set aside. However, make this goal reasonable and specific. Instead of "clearing off the paperwork and clutter from the desk", choose to "file necessary paperwork and shred/toss unnecessary paperwork". This type of goal is a perfect one to list as a weekly activity. Or, if you are looking at your closet, start small by organizing shoes, accessories, or short sleeve tops.

You may now be thinking, this was kind of a common sense tip that doesn't add much to what you already know. However, a lot of times I have seen people try to completely re organize a room in one sitting and quickly become frustrated that they don't seem to be accomplishing anything. They don't always remember that if you start small and do one portion at a time, you will see the improvements and be less frustrated at the end of the project.