7/29/2019 Free Guide to Jump Start Your Organizing

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Getting organized isn’t brain surgery. So why is it so darn hard to do sometimes?

We think it has a lot to do with momentum. Having to figure out where to start and when you can possibly get to it

all is enough to keep most of us stuck right where we are in disorganized land.

That’s why we at Buttoned Up put a lot of emphasis on baby steps.

Because baby steps are usually the most powerful when it comes to shifting momentum. You don’t agonize over them.

You can fit them into cram-packed schedules.

So you take them. And the next thing you know, you’re well on your way to a more buttoned up existence.

A few minutes is all you need. All you need to do is take the first step.

To get you started, we’ve put together this list of things you could do. Pick one to cross off your list before your head

hits the pillow tonight. We bet you’ll have a hard time stopping at just one.

FREE GUIDE TO

JUMP START YOUR ORGANIZING

THINGS YOU CAN DO IN MINUTES OR LESS TODAY TO IMPROVE YOUR STATE OF ORGANIZATION

Toss any lingering junk mail.

Drop old magazines & catalogs in your recycle bin.

Fold & put away 5 shirts or sweaters.

Watch your favorite TV show & during eachcommercial break, clean up the room you are in.

Identify 5 pieces of clothing to donate.

Print out this free monthly spending form & stick it toyour fridge. Jot down anything you have spent today.

Set up a “too little for me” cardboard box in the playroomfor kids to put aside toys they no longer use for donation.

Run a vacuum in the most used room of the house.

Put all extracurricular activities for each familymember for the next 2 weeks in your calendar.

Toss anything old in your fridge.

Put your DVDs in a book & toss the cases.

Make a dinner menu for next Wednesday night.

Organize your coupons by expiration date.

Make a short list of your top 3 priorities fortoday or tomorrow.

Put 2 extra rolls of toilet paper in each bathroom.

Put a piggybank or dish on top of yourwasher/dryer for loose change found in clothing.

Make a note of all upcoming birthdays,anniversaries, etc. in the next 30 days &set a reminder in your calendar.

Type in emergency contact information underthen name ICE in your cell phone (& the cellphones of your family members).

Back up your computer files.

Make a folder for your tax-deductible receipts& put it in an easily accessible drawer.

Turn off all of incoming email/text alerts on yourphone. They just keep you enslaved & reacting.

Organize essentials like keys, bags, backpacks &shoes by the door before you head to bed tonight.

Identify one thing on your to-do list that you candelegate, pick who to delegate to, & enlist their help

Toss useless papers cluttering up your desk.

Throw out any “orphan” wire hangers inyour closets.