April 15, 2011 in Houston,Self Storage,Self Storage Tips,Spring Cleaning,Tips | Comments (0)
We are all sometimes hesitant to jump into Spring Cleaning or as a lady by the name of Vicki Andis on March 14, 2008 wrote Spring is here! The birds are singing, the sun is shining, and it’s time to clean the house. I don’t know who first came up with the idea of “spring cleaning”, but it must have been someone with lots of time on their hands “Cleaning.” However we know that we must do a thorough cleaning and Springtime can be a great time before the heat of the summer. So to further your knowledge on ways to effectively give your house a good deep clean we provide you more tips from some of the masters of the field.
Their name says it all as Good House Keeping tips for Spring Cleaning are varied and effective. Real simple is providing a spring cleaning series progressing through various rooms throughout the house. Martha Stewart, one of the stalwarts of the home has given six spring cleaning tips on the Today Show for us to view. Women’s Day gives us printable cleaning checklists which makes every room more easily completed.
Remember however that spring cleaning and de-cluttering go hand in hand and this article on four roadblocks to effective de-clutter successfully combines the two, so that we remember this throughout the entire spring cleaning time. Finally the down and dirty of the entire process is addressed.
Come back soon for more tips on the closely related topic of Organization of our lives and belongings.
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April 10, 2011 in Houston,Self Storage,Self Storage Tips | Comments (0)
We all have the problem!
This time we talk about De-cluttering.
So first, what do we mean by De-cluttering?
Bruce Sterling once put it a unique way. “It may belong to you, but it does not belong with you.
You weren’t born with it. You won’t be buried with it. It needs to be out of the vicinity. You are not its archivist or quartermaster. Stop serving that unpaid role.”
This Lifehacker
article explains how clutter can effect us and links
unclutterer.com for an article suggesting that “Scientists find physical clutter negatively affects your ability to focus, process information.” As well
this page offers up this simple reasoning, “Because There is No Such Thing as Organizing Clutter.” This same article also starts to move us toward our next question.
What areas are prone to clutter?
I believe
this blog entry has a great listing to refer to.
Now that we know what clutter is and how it can bog us down how do we do this un-cluttering you ask?
The common philosopy about de-cluttering differs in how it may be said but usually comes down to the variation explained by guest
Peter Walsh in
this post. The
Flylady is well known for tackling this topic and explains in further detail on
her site.
Now that we have gotten you thinking about de-cluttering we cannot leave you without help so very soon we bring your more tips and tricks for de-cluttering and it’s close sibling Spring cleaning.
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