The key to spring cleaning is to declutter first, organize what you decide to keep, AND THEN begin your spring cleaning projects.

Listed here are the steps to success as you start the spring cleaning process:

1. Divide the Clearing Out and the Cleaning Up into two entirely different projects as you begin.

To begin the spring cleaning process round up a pen and notebook. Walk through your home and make a list of 3 spaces that need your attention as you begin the spring cleaning. Of those 3, begin in the room where you

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I was hired last year by a doctor who lives very near my Utah home. Dave knew he needed professional  help with garage organization. He realized that clutter is a stress creator and the condition of his garage was affecting the quality of his life. At our first meeting I asked him what pushed him to call me and he said, “I feel real frustration when I drive into my garage each day.” Dave realized that letting go of the excess and organizing what was left would allow him to feel more positive about his daily return home.

Because the garage is one of a few home spaces where we place our “I might need this someday stuff”, garage organization is quite simple. When I work with clients I bring with me a list of all the possible garage organization categories and we start sorting their items into categories purging and deleting as we go. You can organize your garage by looking at your gathered items and decide on these main categories.

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For many years, I stored my own Christmas decorations in any one of  the 14 holiday boxes lining my garage shelves.  I often felt overwhelmed at the prospect of getting all those Christmas storage boxes emptied before Christmas and restocked after the holidays. Then I developed a better system that now makes holiday decorating and take-down much simpler. My Christmas storage has become manageable.

I was an invited guest writer for my local newspaper, The Daily Herald, last year and wrote a full article containing my formula for boxing up ANY holiday.

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Kitchen Organizing Tips are often the focus of my free seminars. Our kitchens are the most used room in our homes. Kitchens are called the heart of the home for a reason. We love to gather there to:

• Enjoy our family’s conversation
• Eat
• Entertain

I appeared once again as the organizing expert on KSL television and have some tips for How to organize a Kitchen.

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A loving daughter I did not know called last night to schedule a Mothers Day Gift of organizing for her Mom. The daughter informed me that her mother was a wonderful woman who was very competent and needed some help understanding 1) HOW to scale down and 2) HOW to manage her time so she could declutter. I will meet with them this upcoming week.

The key here is 1) understanding our attachment to things of lesser importance AND 2) prioritizing the time to make decluttering happen. Click her to see an example of our time becomes complicated.

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