California Closets California Closets 2015-02-26T17:11:29Z http://kc.californiaclosetsblog.com/feed/atom/ http://users.feedblitz.com/f8e0de49b172aa2788bd78f81e01e1c0/f8e0de49b172aa2788bd78f81e01e1c0/DesignSherpa/californiaClosets-logo.png http://kc.californiaclosetsblog.com/storage/how-to-stand-by-your-organization-resolutions-as-2015-continues/ californiaclosets <![CDATA[How to Stand By Your Organization Resolutions As 2015 Continues]]> http://kc.californiaclosetsblog.com/?p=3068 2015-02-05T13:35:46Z 2015-02-26T17:11:29Z                ]]> So, how are those New Year’s resolutions coming? If you’re like most of us, the majority have probably already fallen by the wayside. But that doesn’t mean it’s too late to recommit, especially when it comes to resolving to get your home organized and clutter free.

  • Stop and remember why you were so determined to take control of your home in the New Year. Perhaps you also resolved to stop eating out so often and have to clean up the kitchen and dining room in order to accomplish this.
  • Get that optimistic attitude back. Just because you had a couple of set-backs doesn’t mean you can’t jump back in with both feet again. Frankly, if you made numerous resolutions all at the same time, it often works better to implement them over several weeks or months.
  • Involve the entire family. Unless you live by yourself, all that clutter wasn’t created by just one person. Plus, it’s more fun and definitely will go faster if you have others helping.

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 ]]> It doesn’t take stacks of self-help books or hours creating sophisticated systems to get your home organized. All it takes is a willingness to begin new habits and the perseverance to see them through.

  • Make your bed every morning. Nothing makes the bedroom look more chaotic than messy bed linens.
  • Clean the kitchen before retiring each evening. This way when you head out to make the morning coffee you aren’t faced with a sink full of dirty dishes.
  • Stop using the “no time” excuse. Instead of standing idly by waiting for the microwave to ding or coffee pot to finishing dripping, grab a disinfectant wipe and start cleaning the countertops and cabinet fronts.
  • Finish one chore, task, or project before moving onto the next. If you can’t finish something in the allotted amount of time, factor in a couple extra minutes at the end to put everything back in place.
  • Make a to-do list. There is nothing better than the satisfaction of checking things off the list. Plus having this list helps keep you on track and ensures you don’t forget anything important.

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 ]]> If you feel like you’re drowning in stuff but don’t know where to start, perhaps you’re actually hesitant to begin reducing clutter in your Kansas City home simply because of your mindset. Studies have shown in some cases you have to actually retrain your brain in order to accomplish getting and keeping all that clutter out of your life.

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Called “status quo bias” by psychologists, this is a very common condition that probably the majority of us suffer from to a certain degree. When most people are faced with change, they prefer to stay in their current situation, because they’re too afraid of the unknown to make changes. Fear, laziness and wanting and needing things to stay within a certain “comfort zone” all make status quo bias a major obstacle when it comes to decluttering.

Begin by no longer justifying why certain items need to be thrown out, donated or recycled. Turn the tables and start asking yourself “why should I keep it?” rather than “why should I get rid of it?”  This allows you to objectively face the fact this item needs to be removed if you can’t come up with a practical answer.

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