Make a Difference Monday: Simplify Your Life by Focusing on your House

Simplify home. Think about all the stuff you do at home. Sometimes our home task list is just as long as our work list. Endless! So focus on the most important, and try to find ways to eliminate the other tasks.
Get rid of the big items. There's tons of little clutter in our lives, but if you start with the big items, you'll simplify your life quickly and in a big way.
Edit your rooms. One room at a time, go around the room and eliminate the unnecessary. Act as a newspaper editor, trying to leave only the minimum, and deleting everything else.
Edit closets and drawers. Once you've gone through the main parts of your rooms, tackle the closets and drawers, one drawer or shelf at a time.
Simplify your wardrobe. Is your closet bursting full? Are your drawers so stuffed they can't close (I'm talking about dresser drawers here, not underwear). Simplify your wardrobe by getting rid of anything you don't actually wear. Try creating a minimal wardrobe by focusing on simple styles and a few solid colors that all match each other.
Make your house minimalist. A minimalist house has what is necessary, and not much else. It's also extremely peaceful (not to mention easy to clean).
Find other ways to be minimalist. There are tons. You can find ways to be minimalist in every area of your life.
Consider a smaller home. If you rid your home of stuff, you might find you don't need so much space. If you can be comfortable in a smaller home, it will not only be less expensive, but easier to maintain, and greatly simplify your life.
Simplify your life with less car. You don't need to go tiny, especially if you have a family, but try to find as small a car as can fit you or your family comfortably. Maybe not something you're going to do today, but something to think about over the long term.
Create a simple weekly dinner menu. If figuring out what's for dinner is a nightly stressor for you or your family, consider creating a weekly menu. Decide on a week's worth of simple dinners, set a specific dinner for each night of the week, go grocery shopping for the ingredients. Now you know what's for dinner each night, and you have all the ingredients necessary.
Streamline your life. Many times we live with unplanned, complex systems in our lives because we haven't given them much thought. Instead, focus on one system at a time (your laundry system, your errands system, your paperwork system, your email system, etc.) and try to make it simplified, efficient, and written. Then stick to it.
Published on June 06, 2011 07:50
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