Welcome to Litsy!

1. My friends are expected back this evening, so that means tomorrow I can go home…for a few days
2. State park where I took a walk in the woods
3. Breakfast at a little cafe with good coffee and bagels
4. New to me podcast
5. Binge watched Cas the Clutterbug‘s 30 day decluttering challenge on YouTube
#5joysfriday

So this wasn't new profound information really. But... I felt it was a good reminder to keep my home something I love and love spending time with. I am going to try to incorporate morning and evening routines (the one that says afternoon is when I have a day off).

But I am looking forward to getting these done!

This one is a soft pick. If you are new to home organization or looking for a place to start, this book is a great overview of some basic methods, written in a very friendly and approachable way. Aarssen encourages her readers to break things into manageable chunks, and I really liked her worksheets that encourage you to assess a cluttered/disorganized area by writing down the specific problem and then a specific solution. Usually each of these⬇️

I hope that by the end of the day.. this is cleared off! Esh! lets see!

#bookspinbingo #bookspin

This is one of the best organizing books I have read. She goes into what kind of clutter bug you are and what is the best way to contain your stuff. My office is a hoarder‘s mess and my goal is to start making it work for me. I‘ve already ordered some supplies. I‘ll be sorting the piles of paper once my stuff arrives.

Results of the Quiz:
1 - Butterfly: Visual person and likes to see everything out in the open to not misplace it. Overwhelmed with organizing, easily distracted.

Tips
- brightly colored or clear bins
- labelling
- bulletin boards
- have a clear vision of your space
- 21 item toss q monthly
- remind self less is more
- schedule daily organizing time
- 1 minute rule, if something takes 1 min or less, do it right now

Downloaded this one today. It's part of the Audible library. Anyway I had meant to listen to it a while back and then I forgot about it and @jb72 reminded me of it. So... I am excited to see if I can incorporate it into my life!

Focusing on movement & sorting this month.

Action: walking the dog
Books: 4/month
Cleaning: declutter 15 min /day

#BFC21, @wanderinglynn
Happy New Year - the fireworks are going off, although it isn't midnight here yet.

A quick and simple book about organizing. She breaks down organizing styles into four types of “bugs,” which is an interesting way to understand why some systems or organization hacks don‘t work for us or our family members. If you like her YouTube channel (ClutterBug), which I recommend, you‘ll enjoy this. 💙

Really useful! It helped me figure out that my husband isn‘t actually a giant mess—he‘s just a different type of clutterbug and so we have to find compromises@for organizing. Also some great specific tips that I‘ve already been using.

This is the goal! I spent all weekend working on my kitchen and it‘s alllllllllmost where I want it.

Learning from this. Why do I think craft supplies should live in my office when I use them in the living room? Silly!

About them New Year‘s Resolutions. #goals #organizing

Came home from work today to a surprise coffee!! Apparently if you buy the biggest size you can still Roll up the Rim. So while drinking my bucket of buzz I decided some of my books needed a home and took over half my linen closet. I need some new bookshelves like you wouldn't believe 😂 It's going to suck when I come down from this caffeine high ☕#thebooksaretakingover #coffeefordays #needmoreshelves #noorganizationatall

Finch and I are excited to start organizing in the new year. We are going to start with my now defunct office so that maybe it will become useable again. This book had a lot of great tips and tricks that I‘m excited to try and even had a quiz to help me figure out what type of organizer I am. All in all, a helpful read. #newyearnewhabits #catsoflitsy

In other news, I didn‘t meet my Goodreads goal. Only 64/65 books for 2017. 😕

Ending the year planning to organize my house in the new year. Not exactly a party but I‘m getting l ready to take on all my clutter. 😳