excerpt from Chapter 8: "Clutter Busting" in
THE PROCRASTINATOR’S HANDBOOK by Rita
Emmett
Have company over once in a while so the house gets cleaned.
Pay bills, fold laundry, sort through catalogues and magazines, and so
forth during TV commercials or
Tidy up during commercials.
When de-cluttering a room, start at the doorway and go right or left.
Then if you’re interrupted, you can see where you stopped.
Don’t de-clutter and clean the same day. You might keel over, poor
thing.
Keep all your house information (insurance, warrantees, receipts,
directions to program VCR) together in a file, binder, drawer, desk, box
or paper bag.
Never climb stairs empty-handed as long as there’s something that
should be taken upstairs.
Never leave a room empty-handed until the only things in the room are
ones that belong there.
Glance over your left shoulder every time you leave a room. Pick up the
clutter you spot and take it with you.
Learn to delegate.
Learn to ignore. Relationships are more important than chasing dust
bunnies.
Hire someone to clean your house even if it’s only once in a great
while.
Rita Emmett, author of The Procrastinator’s Handbook
and The Clutter-Busting Handbook, is a professional speaker who
presents Keynotes and Seminars nationwide. She can be reached at
847-699-9950 and email is
Rita@RitaEmmett.com
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