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Household Organization
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- Keep a record of all your house information in a central location
so that you know where it is when you need it.
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- Make a list of who
to call when you need repairs or maintenance. Having it available
can save a lot of aggravation and money.
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- Discuss and develop a household budget that everyone can live
with. Do your best to live within your means.
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- Plan your meals a week (or more) in advance and shop accordingly.
Make a shopping list and keep it handy. Watch for specials and stock up. If you use brand names, clip and use
coupons, or consider the store brands or generics.
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- Coordinate your shopping trips--make one trip to three or four stores
at the same time rather than three or four separate trips. This not only saves time, it means less time in stressful
traffic.
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- If your time is short, consider having certain work (e.g. landscaping,
painting) done for
you rather than doing it yourself--it may even save money in the long run.
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- Schedule and divide chores and responsibilities among all members
of the household. Everyone should know what they need to do and when they need to do it.
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- Clear the clutter. Look around your house. Has the clutter--the junk--taken
over? Do you waste valuable hours rearranging the clutter? Pitch it instead! Set aside an afternoon to concentrate
on de-cluttering one area of the house (don't try to do it all in a single day!) Hold a yard sale. Give it away
to a fellow "clutter keeper", or simply toss the junk out!
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A
big part of getting organized concerns the place where you spend the most time--your home. An organized person
finds it difficult to live in an unorganized house and an unorganized house seems to will decrease our own personal
organization.