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Help Please!!!
I recently got married (24 days to be exact) and our house is a disaster. We can't seem to get organized. I don't know where to start. Gifts are every where. I start one thing and end up doing another. I can't seem to get this house clean. Please help. Thank you!
Re: Help Please!!!
FlyLady.net is awesome.
After we got married, I had to unpack 2 apartments + a storage unit + wedding gifts into our new apartment, so I can definitely relate. You just have to do one thing at a time. For example, set a goal to unpack all of your dishes. Take them out, put them up, throw away all of the tissue paper/packing materials at one time. Then plan to unpack your appliances. Put them up where they belong, throw the boxes away, etc. Don't stop to do anything else besides for the task at hand and do it all the way through. Pretty soon you will get organized. There's no way you can do it all at once, so baby steps are crucial.
Also, get your H to help. Assign another task to him, then your tasks are split in half! Or get him to do everyday things, like cook dinner or do laundry while you unpack. GL!
Yes, I agree. I also think her plan is a little too structured for me. If I have an assignment or something due in the morning, I just don't care if my sink is shiny and spotless! But I do like to use it as a guide to keep me on track.
One room at a time...You'll get overwhelmed if you try to do too much at once. Go to the first room put everything away, clean, and arrange your stuff how you want it. Then move on to the next room.
Start with your bedroom so you have a calm place to sleep.
Then take care of the kitchen so you can cook without having to dig through boxes to find a measuring cup.
Then work on the bathroom(s) since their small and won't take much time (really, all you have there is to put towels away and do a quick clean up).
The living room should come next. If you do it too soon, the couch will be all too inviting and you'll park there instead of getting your house in order.
The dining room can come last. Really, how often do you use it?
Try to organize all of your boxes in one room (dining room is a good place). Put bedroom stuff in one corner, kitchen in another, etc. That way you have a place for all of the stuff but aren't tripping on boxes each time you go to clean a room. Take one box to the kitchen, put everything in that one box away. Get another, put the stuff away... Before you know it, the boxes will be gone.
http://pandce.proboards.com/index.cgi#general
I unpacked the kitchen first, followed by the bathroom, bedrooms...
I can relate too! I am also recently married and we moved into our new home right after the honeymoon. Our wedding banquet was 450 guests, and we had so many gifts that it filled our living room floor. Plus we had arranged our furniture to be delivered the same day we moved in and stuff was in piles EVERYWHERE. And we had loads of other stuff to do too since we were away on holiday for a month. It took us 3 weeks to get through all our gifts and cards, and we opened little by little each day.
It takes time to get organized. 24 days is still too early to get the entire house completely organized so give yourself credit for the work you've already done. Set small goals every for each day, prioritizing urgent items that need to be organized right away because they will be frequently in use. It's hard not to get impatient but you will soon see results! Congrats on your home!