Procrastination affects us all. I’ll often get stuck into something after putting it off for so long that I wonder why I dreaded it so much. Sometimes I find that all I needed was a way in to get the ball rolling, just a little task that gets my interest into gear and kick starts the project.

I’ve found that a small win will help motivate clients to keep going for their organising goal. Starting with decluttering – if you keep feeling stuck, simply pick one of the below tasks and go for it! Set a timer for 20 minutes and see if breaking such a task into more manageable pieces feels more doable.

• Old stationery and crafting supplies
  • dried up paints
  • glues
  • pens that don’t work
  • notebooks that don’t inspire you
• Clothing
  • Broken or cheap/free clothes hangers
  • Socks that are threadbare
  • Knits you didn’t wear last winter and knits with unmendable holes
  • Clothes that you have always felt wrong in – for starters, jeans
• Kitchen
  • Mismatched or excess cutlery
  • Baking accessories that you haven’t touched in years
  • Fancy platters, place mats, doilies that aren’t ever used
• Bathroom
  • Expired makeup (foundation and concealers especially)
  • Worn out towels of any variety
  • Candles you’ll never use and that have lost their smell
• Household items
  • Expired vouchers stuck to the fridge door
  • Keys that you can’t match to any known lock
  • Cards that aren’t meaningful
  • Broken, old or unused toys
  • Worn out, rusty or broken gardening tools that you don’t use

Have a go and let me know what it is that you found surprising?

Organising heart, head, and home

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