Home Organizing for Beginners: Organizing, cleaning and time management strategies
Welcome to Home Organizing for Beginners. I’m Tammy, your Home Organizing Educator. As someone that’s at the beginning of their home organizing journey or maybe just needing a fresh start, you want to know how to get started, get organized and ultimately stay organized. To make this happen you want to start small, maybe even smaller than small! In each episode you’ll learn about a microscopic home organizing topic. I’ll include a detailed description of the problem you’re seeing in your own home, what the solution is, why it works and exactly how to implement it. The microscopic home organizing topic enables you to implement the solution the same day if you so choose. When you’re able to implement right away you’re able to move forward, make progress, build momentum and implement solutions that last. A question that I hear that you may be asking yourself right now But don’t I NEED home organizing systems? Yes, home organizing systems will help! However, you’re not at that point right now where you can implement a big system to solve all your home organizing problems. Instead, you’re at the beginning of your journey or you’re starting over. Don’t place pressure on yourself to overhaul your entire home at once. Focus on simple, tangible and implementable changes that you can sustain over time. Think SIMPLE = SUSTAINABLE. Continue your home organizing journey with me by your side in the online course Home Organizing for Beginners. In this course you’ll learn the foundational elements that are required to get started, get organized and ultimately stay organized. What freedom you’ll have when you have confidence in how you organize your own home! Thanks so much and have a great day! Tammy
Episodes
24 hours ago
24 hours ago
Do you have paper clutter during the school year caused by the tons of school paperwork flowing into your home?
In today’s episode I’m sharing a back to school organizing idea that will get you ready for back to school and all the school paperwork that comes with it.
As a mom looking for a fresh start in her home organizing journey, you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? That means you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Grab your coffee and let’s get you ready for back to school!
Praying for you to be blessed with a peaceful home.Tammy
Home Organizing for Beginners: https://www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com/course
Learn all you need to know about home organizing so that you can lay a solid foundation that your organizing journey will grow on through every season of life with support and community to help you keep your motivation and break through challenges and encourage you through every step.
Learn The Secrets to Lasting Home Organization
8 strategies to get you off the hamster wheel of home organizing. Grab up this free mini-course today.
Website:
www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Email:
tammy@homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Friday Jul 19, 2024
How to get kids to do chores (age appropriate chores for kids)
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Friday Jul 19, 2024
Does your head spin with all the different options of how to get kids to do chores? Should kids get paid for chores? How do I make a chore chart? So many questions. Am I right?! You just want what works.
In today’s episode I’m sharing why chores are important for kids to do, what chores are age appropriate for kids and a very basic method on how to get kids to do chores.
As a mom looking for a fresh start in her home organizing journey, you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? That means you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Grab your coffee and a pen. Let’s get your kids working on their daily cleaning chores!
Praying for you to be blessed with a peaceful home.Tammy
Home Organizing for Beginners: https://www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com/courseLearn all you need to know about home organizing so that you can lay a solid foundation that your organizing journey will grow on through every season of life with support and community to help you keep your motivation and break through challenges and encourage you through every step.
Learn The Secrets to Lasting Home Organization8 strategies to get you off the hamster wheel of home organizing. Grab up this free mini-course today.
Website: www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Email: tammy@homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Friday Jul 12, 2024
Friday Jul 12, 2024
What’s the best time management tip you’ve ever gotten? Well, today’s time management tip is going to top that!
In this episode I share reasons to delete social media and how deleting social media benefits you and your family. Your mom schedule will look and feel so much better!
As a mom looking for a fresh start in her home organizing journey, you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? That means you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Grab your coffee and a pen. Let’s get started on saving you time in your daily routine!
Praying for you to be blessed with a peaceful home.
Tammy
Home Organizing for Beginners: https://www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com/course
Learn all you need to know about home organizing so that you can lay a solid foundation that your organizing journey will grow on through every season of life with support and community to help you keep your motivation and break through challenges and encourage you through every step.
Learn The Secrets to Lasting Home Organization
8 strategies to get you off the hamster wheel of home organizing. Grab up this free mini-course today.
Website:
www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Email:
tammy@homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Friday Jul 05, 2024
How to organize your garage in 3 steps (even though it’s not your space)
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Friday Jul 05, 2024
Learn how to organize your garage so that you can enjoy a bit of peace as soon as you drive in.
In this episode I share why you should organize the garage even if it’s not your space and how to make it happen.
As a mom looking for a fresh start in her home organizing journey, you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? That means you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Grab your coffee and let's get started organizing that garage!
Praying for all moms to be blessed with a peaceful home.Tammy
Home Organizing for Beginners: https://www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com/courseLearn all you need to know about home organizing so that you can lay a solid foundation that your organizing journey will grow on through every season of life with support and community to help you keep your motivation, break through challenges and encourage you through every step.
Learn The Secrets to Lasting Home Organization8 strategies to get you off the hamster wheel of home organizing. Grab up this free mini-course today.
Website: www.homeorganizingforbeginners.comEmail: tammy@homeorganizingforbeginners.com
Friday Jun 28, 2024
How to clean your kitchen with this simple kitchen cleaning routine
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Friday Jun 28, 2024
Today’s microscopic home organizing topic is HOW TO CLEAN YOUR KITCHEN.
I despise having to clean the kitchen before I can make dinner. It’s so frustrating to have to clear the counters and wash the needed pots and pans before I can even get started. This was my reality way too often. I’d walk in the door with a crying baby on my hip and 2 toddlers running around begging for something to eat. When I got to the kitchen I’d realize that we hadn’t really cleaned things up from the night before. Now not only did I have no clue what I was going to make for dinner but I had to consider whether the darn pans I might need were clean or not!
As a mom whose home organizing journey needs a fresh start you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Instead of feeling bad that you can’t consistently clean your kitchen every night after you tuck kids into bed, you can get into a simple kitchen cleaning routine and lean into what comes naturally for you. In this episode you learn why “clean the kitchen every night before you go to bed” isn’t the best advice, I’ll share what is better advice and how you can implement a simple kitchen cleaning routine.
Would you like to talk through your specific kitchen cleaning dilemma? I’m here to help. It's super easy to enlist my free support. Go to www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com and click the Ask Me Anything link.
Your Home Organizing Educator,Tammy
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Enjoy more family fun this summer when you use this summer cleaning strategy
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Friday Jun 21, 2024
Today’s microscopic home organizing topic is a summer cleaning strategy.
Summer is busy or busier, right? In a different way because the weather is warmer, there’s more things to do, there’s more family fun to be had.
Imagine this scenario. I know you’ve had something like this happen already this summer.
It’s early Saturday morning. Your kids come running into your bedroom to wake you up and beg you to take them swimming. The sun is shining bright and you think, yeah. I would love to. What a fun thing to do with them! But then reality sets in. Saturday is cleaning day. How can you just skip it and think the week will all work out? Ugh. The dishes are piled in the sink, you have no clean clothes and the toilets are disgusting. You realize you have to tell them no. That you just can’t because there’s too much to get done today. You know that if you go then you’ll be paying the price all week long. They cry, you feel terrible, but yet, you know you have to be the responsible one. You have to be the mom.
But what can be done so that you can actually say yes more than you say no? Better yet, what can be done so that YOU can plan it and surprise THEM!
As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Instead of skipping most of the family fun this summer you can put a summer cleaning strategy in place. In this episode I’ll share with you what a summer cleaning strategy is, what it means in the overall cleanliness of your home and how to implement your strategy today!
This may be a lot to take in on your own. I’m here to help you create a summer cleaning system that works for you and your family. It’s super easy to enlist my free support. Go to www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com and click the Ask Me Anything link. Complete the form and I’ll email you your very own customized recommendations.
I look forward to hearing from you. Thanks so much and have a great day!
Your Home Organizing Educator,Tammy
Friday Jun 14, 2024
How to find time to organize (when you can't even keep up with daily tasks)
Friday Jun 14, 2024
Friday Jun 14, 2024
I received a question from a listener, Alasa. She asked “How can I find time to organize when I can’t even keep up with daily tasks?”
Alasa asked me this question and is receiving customized recommendations back through email. She initiated our conversation and my free support and you can too by going to www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com and clicking the Ask Me Anything link.
Today’s microscopic home organizing topic is how to make your home feel less messy. Yes, less messy. I don’t want to make a promise that in a few simple steps you can make your entire home feel organized and impeccable. That isn’t reality. But you can make it feel less messy in a few steps. And this is a starting point.
As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Instead of holding yourself to an impossible standard that you don’t have time for, you can focus on making small areas of your home less messy so that you make progress, build momentum and keep moving forward in your home organizing journey. In this episode I’ll share some encouragement, what the problem is that prevents progress and the steps you can follow to make your home feel less messy.
Your Home Organizing Educator,Tammy
Friday Jun 07, 2024
Friday Jun 07, 2024
This is the third of a 3 part series on overcoming overwhelm at home. Last week I reviewed how prioritizing the way we’re taught actually makes us feel more overwhelmed and how you can prioritize instead so that you get stuff done.
Today’s microscopic home organizing topic is creating a dependable system that will capture all the thoughts, ideas and to-do’s that cross your mind.
The whole concept of a capture system is what I had been looking for seemingly forever, but until I found it I didn’t know it’s what I needed or that I was even looking for it. Are you like… what was that?! With a capture system I don’t stress or get overwhelmed as often.
As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Instead of allowing overwhelm to rule your life and make you feel anxious and frustrated, you can create a capture system so that you have something you can depend on to capture all your thoughts, ideas and to-do’s. In this episode I’ll share the components of a capture system, the only tool I use within my capture system and how you can implement the same thing or something similar.
If you want to bounce ideas off of someone to help you develop your own capture system, one that YOU can depend on. I’m happy to help. Go to www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com and click the Ask Me Anything link. Fill out the form and I’ll get back to you. This is a completely free service! My experience and expertise in your inbox! All you have to do is ask.
Your Home Organizing Educator,Tammy
Friday May 31, 2024
Friday May 31, 2024
I find that sometimes I don’t want to take the time to do this whole brain dump thing. Then prioritize it? I fool myself into thinking that if I just roll up my sleeves and get started that will be way more effective.
What happens then? I find myself starting one thing only to notice that another thing needs to be done too. I wind up with several things started and nothing actually completed. In last week’s episode I shared that my husband was in the hospital for a few days.
He’s fine, but the whole situation set us back in our normal daily tasks. Basic housework things. Once everything settled down I thought well I’ll just dive in. I got started with laundry, then worked on the kitchen and then into cleaning our bathroom. Doesn’t sound so bad.
Unfortunately I forgot about the laundry and it wound up being in the washer overnight.
As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Instead of allowing overwhelm to rule your life and make you feel anxious and frustrated, you can do a brain dump and prioritize it so that you’re spending your time on the right things.
In this episode I review how prioritizing the way we’re taught actually makes us feel more overwhelmed and how you can prioritize instead and get stuff done.
STEPS TO PRIORITIZE YOUR BRAIN DUMP and GET IT DONE
Review your brain dump. Do you feel satisfied that you’ve captured the majority of things that have been in your head? If so, move on. Otherwise add to the brain dump until you feel like you’ve captured it all for now.
Select the 3, yes only 3 most pressing items. You must make progress in order to build momentum. When you build momentum you will continue and ultimately get more done in less time. Prioritize the 3 most pressing times.
Do the first item.
Do the second item. Stop yourself from trying to multitask.
Do the 3rd item.
Repeat steps 1-5 until you are done or run out of time.
Remember the goal was to overcome the overwhelm.
Would you like help with your brain dump and prioritizing process? I would love to connect with you. Go to www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com and click the ask me anything link. This allows you to share with me what you sticking point or specific struggle in the process is then I can get back to you with a solution tailored to you.
Join me again next week. I’ll wrap up this series on overcoming overwhelm at home. Thanks so much and have a great day!
Your Home Organizing Educator,Tammy
Friday May 24, 2024
Friday May 24, 2024
Today’s microscopic home organizing topic is brain dumping - the best way to get all the things out of your mind so you can get the right things done.
This is the first of a 3 part series on overcoming overwhelm at home.
Do you ever feel overwhelmed? That’s a silly question, right?!
EVERYONE feels overwhelmed at times. While it would be great if we could implement something that completely eliminates overwhelm from ever happening again, I don’t think that’s realistic. Do you? Life throws us curveballs, unexpected things. We can even be overwhelmed with normal daily life of running a household, working, trying to simply do all the things.
As someone who is or feels like they’re just starting their home organizing journey you want to be set up for lasting home organizing solutions, right? In order to make that happen you’ll have to do something different than you’ve done before or what society tells us.
Instead of allowing overwhelm to rule your life and make you feel anxious and frustrated, you can start with a brain dump to get yourself moving in the right direction and to squash the overwhelmed feeling. In this episode I’ll share with you what a brain dump is, why it works and how to do one.
HOW TO DO A BRAIN DUMP
Let’s get into the steps you need to take to make it happen.
Decide if you want to use pen and paper or type it up. There’s no wrong method to use.
Start writing. Everything that comes to your mind. Don’t worry about the order. Just write or type. The goal is to get it all out of your head.
Write/type until you can’t think of anything else.
Keep the list you're making handy so that as you think of more things, because you will, you can add to the list.
That’s it! This is the first step to overcoming the overwhelm at home. In next week’s episode I’ll share what the next step is, prioritizing. I’ll share the best way to prioritize and what to consider when you’re doing so. But if you’re feeling like you need extra help right now. It’s an urgent situation. Please go to www.homeorganizingforbeginners.com and click the ask me anything link. This allows you to ask me any question you have about home organizing, including overcoming overwhelm. I’ll get back to you with a solution that you can utilize right away.
Join me again next week to continue learning how to overcome overwhelm at home.
Thanks so much and have a great day!
Your Home Organizing Educator,Tammy