Peace of Mind Organizing

Stop the stashing

23 October 2009

If clutter is an issue in your life, the prospect of having a dinner guest or houseguest can be panic-inducing. (Flylady calls it living in CHAOS, or Can’t Have Anyone Over Syndrome.)

What often happens when you’re getting ready for a guest is that you gather up all the clutter, stuff it into a box or bag and stash it away. It’s a temporary fix—it allows you to get the house company-ready quickly. But it actually can make matters worse, because everything is jumbled together (valuable documents comingling with junk) and you eventually have to go through it. And until you do, you just feel bad about it and a little bit scared of what you’ll find in there.

I can’t tell you how many of these bags and boxes of stuff I’ve helped clients go through, sometimes years later. Much of the stuff is thrown away but there’s usually a gem or two lurking in there.

There’s another way. My Declutter Happy Hour partner, Shannon Wilkinson and I have teamed up again to create a short audio, Quick Clutter Fix, that takes you through a seven-step process to whip your room into shape without stashing.

In the first half of this eight-minute audio, I walk you through the steps. In the second, Shannon takes you through a motivating meditation to rev up your engines to get started. And we’ve written down the seven steps and put them in a pdf so you can refer to them later.

Did I mention that Quick Clutter Fix is free? Please hop on over and check it out.

Tagged with: clutter, company, declutter happy hour, decluttering, quick clutter fix, shannon wilkinson

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