Use closet hanging-rod labels, similar to what is used in a clothing store, to sort and organize your children’s clothes by size. This allows you to quickly access future sizes as your child grows and see what clothes you need before going shopping. These labels can be purchased from The Container Store and other online organizing retailers.
You’re probably not thinking about the end of the month just yet, after all, it is only February 1st. But I challenge you to look at this February differently. This year is a Leap Year. You’re given a gift – you’re given a whole extra day this month, this year. I was reminded of this ‘gift’ recently while watching an old episode of Frasier, where Kelsey Grammar’s character, Frasier Crane, declares
“this day only comes around every 4 years. It’s like a free day, a gift. We should do something special, be bold. Its leap year…take a leap.”
Take a leap this leap year!
This got me thinking – we shouldn’t wait until the 29th to realize we have this free day, we need to be aware of it and start planning our ‘gift’ now. Rather than making February 29th just an ordinary day challenge yourself to take a leap. What can you do on the 29th to be productive? Whether it’s 5 minutes or 24 hours do something that moves you forward. Here are some ideas to make the 29th productive, fun and organized. It’s time to take a leap…
Take advantage of this ‘gift’ and take a leap! Share how you plan to take a leap in the comment section below – we love to hear from YOU!
As I’ve written before I’m a big fan of magazines. I would rather sit down with a great magazine than a book any day. One of my favorite magazines is Good Housekeeping. Gretchen Rubin, author of the Happiness Project, is a regular columnist who writes about happiness – how to find happiness and how it can improve your life. This is a column I look forward to reading not only because is it enlightening but it always seems to be relevant to my life! I doubt it is a coincidence that Gretchen wrote about happiness and clutter in the January issue of Good Housekeeping and that January is also the month of New Year resolutions declaring a life of organization and productivity. In the January issue Gretchen shares her favorite organizing strategies. She writes
“Outer order contributes to inner calm. By doing a little each day, you can accomplish a lot.”
She shares that clutter-clearing gives her energy and relief. Yes, I can relate. I may be an organizer, but spending time organizing (most recently my 8 week old daughter’s clothes and gifts) gives me satisfaction and pride. I see it with my clients too. After hours of organizing a bathroom, a closet or a pantry the client (and me) is often exhausted from making emotional decisions but they are satisfied and relieved. Not only is the project complete but they are happy – there is a satisfaction knowing that because of the work they’ve done today, that tomorrow and each day after will be easier. Wouldn’t that make you happy?
Does organizing and living clutter-free bring you happiness?
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