https://www.bin-store.com/blog

In a recent article, I talked about excuses that we use to justify why we still haven’t gotten organized around the home. If you are in this boat, you are by no means unique. A lot of us get down on ourselves about not being more organized, but doing that doesn’t help. What does help is taking a closer look at your excuses. Many may seem like they make sense, but they generally are rooted in home organization myths.

One of those myths is this one:
“Organizing takes a LOT of time. I simply do not have the time.”

It is easy to understand why you may feel this way. You may work one or more jobs. You may have a house full of kids to take care of. You might also have other duties around the home, like shopping and cooking meals. All of these can be very time-consuming, especially if you are wearing many hats.

But that does not mean you do not have time to organize around the home.

If you want to get your house organized fast, there are actually a number of approaches you can take. One of the best is to learn how to get organized in 15 minutes.

Of course, you cannot literally get organized in just 15 minutes, but you can get organized in 15 minutes a day. It may sound tedious taking on organizing tasks every day—many of us like to just get things over with. But that is a mistake if you are crunched for time. If you are constantly planning on setting aside entire days to organize, you will probably never find the time for your organizing projects.

But setting aside 15 minutes a day isn’t too hard. If you need to, you can even just get up 15 minutes earlier every day. You’ll find that there are numerous tasks that you can fit into this brief time period. Think about it. It only takes a few minutes to fold and put away clothes strewn around your room, or organize your jewelry. Cleaning the coffee table off in the living room probably takes less than 15 minutes. Cleaning and organizing a solitary shelf in any room likely takes around the same span of time.

I recommend writing up a daily organization planner. You do not need to go into tremendous detail (you could, but this would be very time-consuming). Just write down a plan like:

Monday: Bedroom
Tuesday: Kitchen
Wednesday: Common Areas
Thursday: Bathroom
Friday: Garage
Saturday: Day Off
Sunday: Day Off

Each day, choose to focus on one or several simple, quick tasks in each of those rooms. Once you get your daily organization system up and running, you will turn organizing into a habit. After a few weeks, you will ingrain that habit, and organizing will become easier. You will also be amazed at how much you are accomplishing. Every day your home will be a little bit tidier—and that will provide you with all the motivation you need to continue!