The Ultimate Guide to Home Organization: How to Declutter and Organize Your Home for a Better Life

If you're like most people, your home is a mess. Piles of clothes on the floor, dishes in the sink, and toys scattered throughout the house. It's no wonder many people felt stressed out and overwhelmed at home! Deep down, you want a clean home where you can feel proud to invite friends and neighbors for dinner. You reach a certain point, and it's just out of reach. It doesn't have to be this way. You can declutter and organize your home for a better life and do it in a way that does take hours or days once a month or even a year. Keeping your home clean and tidy daily will save you time and make you feel better about yourself and your home. This guide will discuss how to declutter your home and create systems that will help you stay organized. Let's get started!

The first step to decluttering your home is to eliminate any items you no longer use or need. Decluttering can be difficult, but being honest about what you need is essential. If you haven't used something in the past year, you don't need it. Once you've decluttered your home, you can begin to create systems that will help you stay organized. Scaling down doesn't mean you have to go all minimalist, but it requires you to ask the tough questions of "do I need this?" For example, do you need 20 coffee mugs? Do you need specific books from college? Do you still watch DVD's or do they sit on a shelf as you watch Netflix every night?

The goal is to help you focus on the items that bring you joy or are essential for your everyday life.

After you have scaled back, it's now time to organize. Trying to start organizing when you have a bunch of extra things you never use will overwhelm you. A new system breaks when too many items are in those dedicated areas. So always start with decluttering before organizing. Creating systems can help you stay organized and make finding the things you need easier. Creating a designated place for your keys and wallet can help you keep track of them and avoid losing them. This can be done by having a shelf with hooks next to the door you leave out every day, so you never leave home without the things you need for the day. A bonus thing to add to this strategy is a bulletin board/ whiteboard near the door so that you can post notes, letters, or reminders the night before. If you're not a morning person, you can remember what you said you would take the night before.

Another system that can help the organization is having a laundry day and sticking to it. This means doing all the laundry every week on the same day so it doesn't pile up and becomes too much. You will thank yourself later when it's not a daunting pile. This also applies to dishes in the sink. One of the main reasons homes get cluttered is that things pile up. Just taking 30 minutes a day or every few days to tidy up can save you time on the weekends. The weekends are meant to be enjoyed, and if you feel pressure to do chores all day, your quality of life begins to suffer.

By decluttering your home and creating systems, you can lead a less stressful and more organized life. Your home will be where you can relax and enjoy your time instead of feeling overwhelmed. When your house becomes overwhelmingly cluttered, it can also lead to feeling bad about yourself and your home. This can lead to negative emotional healthy and avoiding social situations like having people over. We are social beings in some way, and having a home you are proud of can be the first step to opening your home to friends, family, and neighbors.

So what are you waiting for? Get started today!