Wednesday, September 28, 2016

RIGHT NOW and WHY DECLUTTER

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Start maintaining as soon as you start improving. 
Guard any clear space you create. 
Avoid the "clutter and clean" roller coaster. 
It takes grit and focus but you can do it. 

Keep moving forward.


Sandra Felton THE ORGANIZER LADY®
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Contents of New Ideas for Today

  1. Message of the Day - RIGHT NOW
  2. Did You Know?
  3. Habit of the Day
  4. Family Reminder of the Day
  5. Quote of the Day
  6. Question of The Day
  7. From the Trenches - WHY DECLUTTER
  8. More Info
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1. Message of the Day

RIGHT NOW

As you may recall, a powerful habit for change we mentioned 
before is "When you get it out, put it back." This slogan needs one more additional important word to make it really powerful. Because it is so important, I will risk repeating myself. "When you get it out, put it back RIGHT AWAY."

Avoid:

  • I'm too busy now
  • I'll get right back to it
  • I'll do it later
  • Right there is okay for now
  • I'll do it in a minute.
  • I'll be using it again soon so I'll leave it out.
Clutter is the result of many little postponed actions. Before you know it, many little I'll-do-it-later piles make our houses messy and we hardly know how it happened.

When you read this message, say loudly with all the others 
across the world who receive it,

STOW AS YOU GO!
I wish we could shout it loud enough so we could hear a
chorus of habit change flowing west across the world with the time change.
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2. Did You Know?



This is a simple program. We stick with the basics as they are presented in these messages. Keep reading. Keep adding one part of the program at a time.

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3. Habit of the Day

FOLLOW THE RULE OF TEN (MINUTES)


Set a timer for ten minutes and attack a hot spot with a 
vengeance. Some call it The Ten Minute Tidy.
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4. Family Reminder of the Day

In our family, we put dishes into the dishwasher, not the sink.

In our family, we take responsibility for completing the chores assigned to us.
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5. Quote of the Day

"Time is not the issue in organizing; commitment is."


Sandra Felton
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6. Question of The Day

What are YOUR reasons for decluttering? (Check out "Trenches" below.)

Tell us by posting on Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady.
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Friends-of-The-Organizer-Lady
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7. From the Trenches

WHY DECLUTTER?


Decluttering will give you more free time - you won't spend 
time looking for things. Also it is a great legacy to your family. If and when something happens to you, you will not transfer the burden of clutter to your friends and family. Only the really important and representative things will be there - there is enough emotional clutter for others to deal with without having to sift through each and every scrap of paper and nook and cranny. It's a true gift.

Thanks to Laurie
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8. More Info


This is a simple program. We stick with the basics as they are presented in these messages. Keep reading. Keep adding one part of the program at a time.

Repetition is important.
Forward to friends if desired but not to other sites.
Read this whole posting or only what you can take in today, then delete it if it arrives by email.


Don't forget the daily reminders!!!
Click here to print a copy of the daily Reminders and How-To's 
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MESSIES ANONYMOUS SLOGAN

Please memorize this slogan and post it on your wall.

The secret to success is making very small, yet very consistent, changes.

Or to make it short; Baby steps, baby steps in the right direction.

98 © Sandra Felton 2010



THE ORGANIZER LADY® is a trademark of Sandra Felton, founder of Messies Anonymous.

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