Organising R&D

I have been doing some research into getting set up for a productive and organised 2015 and I've realised that while I have made quite a bit of progress on setting up my current systems, I really need to step it up and take my organising to the next level. Pintrest and Utube have given me stacks of ideas and projects to get on with once the holidays finish and I will be looking to re- organise our wardrobe, linen cupboard, bathroom cabinets and kitchen draws. None of these areas is terribly disorganised, but they are still fairly cramped and in need of  a little love and attention! Watch this space...

I'm also working on a family binder to combine all my plans, schedules and routines in one place and lastly I have a mountain of paperwork to file and decide how to tackle going forward (that one has been procrastinated on for quite some time I can tell you).

I read an article the other day that mentioned that clutter is just stuff that is waiting for a decision to be made about it. When I attack a pile of clutter now, I try to work with that philosophy in mind. I ask myself questions like: Is this something I wanted to keep? Does it have a home? Can it be donated? Why have I still got this thing? Make a decision about it now - don't defer it! Clutter is definitely a reflection of our state of mind, if our brains are cluttered to the point where we can't make effective decisions then our homes will also suffer. Maybe the first step in decluttering should be to meditate and mentally prepare for the huge volume of decisions to be made. Purging possessions is a huge mental stress and it can cause us to give up the process before we even give it a chance. Maybe if we purge some of our self doubt, anxiety and apathy we would stand a better chance of purging the clutter which has so many negative impacts on our lives.