How To Start Organizing Your Life For Newbies

You are here for a reason because you want to start organizing your life, right? Whether your a newbie or someone who dapples with it off and on, we all have a common goal and that is organizing our lives and maintaining that lifestyle.

Now what I am sharing isn’t going to be far fetched ideas or impossible tasks. It is also not an instant quick guide to be organized either. This is an article to help you get an organized lifestyle but also remind you that it takes times. You’re not going to wake up and instantly be organized. If so, we wouldn’t really need this guide, would we?

So here is how to best start organizing your life.

Start with Decluttering

I say this all the time. Declutter because it’s beneficial. You want to remove things you no longer use or need to free up space in life. The more we hold on to (or collect), the more space we think we need and in result, we think we never have enough space. And then the cycle repeats itself.

Let’s stop that by decluttering first. You don’t need everything single thing in your life. Just like you get new things to refreshen up your life, you also need to get rid of things to make space for these new items.

Related: How to Successfully Shift Your Decluttering Mindset (VIDEO)

Decide on Where to Start.

You don’t have to do this is one shot. It is best to decide on parts of your home that you want to start with such as your closet, your bedroom room or any other part of your home. It can get overwhelming to so everything in one day. Especially if this is something you are trying for the first time so take it to step by step, section by section process and before you know will be done.

If your home is smaller you could get this done in one shot if you really want to but if you have a big home plus a family this will take longer. Don’t get discouraged but to map out and plan when you declutter parts of your home.

What do you need?

Things you need to declutter is a garbage bag, recycling bag and donation bag. Why? Because this is what you want to think about when you’re going through your belongings. You are going to be asking yourself questions like: Have I used this in the last six months? Am I going to use it this week or next? By answered such questions you will be able to sort through your life.

Accept it’s Going to Take Time

This is not going to be the easiest experience for everyone. We are emotionally connected to our belongings so it takes time to really be honest with yourselves and allow ourselves to release things. We like to keep things that bring no value in our lives, that doesn’t provide use in our lives and that isn’t truly displayed. You want to keep things that do bring value to our lives and joy.

Now it is easy to say that everything brings value in your life, after all, you bought it for a reason. This can be true, you did buy it for a reason but did you use it for that reason? Did you take it out of the box or packaging? Did you try it out and did it work for you? Do you actually use it in your life? The items only bring you value if you use in your day to day life or display them for sentimental reasons.

Categories Everything

Final Thoughts

So my advice for starting to organize your life for newbies is pretty simple. It is to start. You need to start somewhere, anywhere and declutter first. Then you can truly see what you got and can make it work for your space. Don’t hold on to everything, that way you can make room for what is most important in your life… and don’t go saying everything in your home is important because I bet when you change your decluttering mindset you will find something you need to toss, recycle or donate. We all have something. Now get started.

Related: How to Easily Declutter Your Home in the Next 5 Days