Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to organize your noticeboard or household information area.
Inhale: clarity, freedom, order; exhale: chaos! Now let’s start.
Day 5: Organize Your Noticeboard
Step 1: Remove all the invitations, photos, kids’ artwork, bills, school notices, paperwork and random stuff from your noticeboard, fridge door or towering pile on the kitchen counter.
Step 2: Quickly pick out only the most current, inspiring or useful items.
Step 3: Place these items neatly and in chronological order on the noticeboard or fridge (avoid piles – out of sight and into oblivion). Keep things in chronological order so it’s easy to see what’s coming up, and to discard what’s out of date.
Step 4: From the remaining items, put anything you really want to keep (really?) in a memory box (see below).
Step 5: As for everything else – shred, toss or recycle.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
Create some memory boxes:
- Find (or buy later) some attractive boxes – one for each family member.
- Label each box with the person’s name.
- Place the boxes in each person’s room, or on a shelf in the family room or study – wherever is most tidy, practical and appealing.
- Use these boxes as a neat holding place for kids’ artwork, photos, keepsakes and other items you can’t yet (yet!) bring yourself to throw away. As a box gets full, you’ll be automatically prompted to throw out older items.
Now don’t you feel a lot more organized?
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
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Till tomorrow!
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Finished. Hurray!
I don’t have a notice board, but I did have a huge pile of papers on the end table by the front door. I didn’t realize how much of a clutter collector it is! I organized all the bills and papers on top of it, and am now contemplating moving it across the room.
I do this all the time, seems like I can’t keep up with it though. I’ll try harder. It’s nice not to have the clutter.
I do this one daily as part of my get ready for bed routine. That way when I wake up there is not a huge pile staring at me before I even have my first cup of coffee.
I usually stay mostly organized in this area but as I looked again, there was more I could let go! Yay!
My 6yo son was upset about his drawings coming off the fridge until I explained they would last much longer in their new box. He and I are going to take pictures of some and scrapbook them. Mission accomplished.
This was super easy for me, as I already have the boxes set up for everyone! All in all, threw away 4 pieces of paper.. 😉
I now have a lovely clean white refridgerator, instead of a ‘zone’
full of useless magnets and not much else. Out it goes – kept items are
my magnetic climate-smart thermometer, a small year to a view
calendar and a special pic – all discretely tucked around on the
side wall and out of view.
Do this one regularly. Have a folder for my sons stuff, one for his school stuff and bills always go in the bills tray. Needed an easy one after the last one! 🙂
Done! This one was easy!
I’ll have to figure out something else to do! I don’t have a board!! LOL
I don’t have notice boards and I can’t stick anything to my fridge, so I guess this one has been an easy one for me and its done.
No piles of stuff?? Isn’t that what the corner of my counter is for?lol. This is a great one to work on.
Will do this after I do this at work!
Done! Not much to this one as I try to keep up with it weekly anyway! 🙂
Done, already do this at the beginning of each month. 🙂
done. halved the pile on the kitchen bench, will do the extra 5 min tasks tomorrow
Today was very easy just one invite
Completed:) I see I collect too much paper
Today the task was easy for me. Only 2 sheets of paper and a few stuff to archive and the to-do list is on my mobile, so I keep it always organized! 🙂