The easiest trap I used to fall into was having piles and drawers of “stuff”. It’s happening without much effort all the time.Įverything In Our House Has A Home (Including Toys) This means that I NEVER have to stare down a big impossible clean up situation. If I open a package from Amazon, I break down the empty box and bring it out the the recycling right away. If I finish reading a book, I put it back in the bookshelf right away.
If I make myself lunch, I put the food back in the cabinet and do the dishes right after. Thus, there is never (lets say RARELY) a time where lots of things are out of place. I am basically tidying up all throughout the day, almost on a subconscious level. This is probably the biggest and most important one. Teddy “helping” me finish putting away his toys. All the toys are put away and our family room turns back into a calm and relaxing place where adults can hang out too. It’s really important to me that my husband and I can have a glass of wine and watch some Netflix murder documentaries without feeling like we’re sitting in a Chuck E Cheese. This means there is no tripping over tiny cars and potentially breaking my neck on the way to bed, and more importantly, it erases evidence that we live in some sort of baby playground.
Then, right after he goes down, I clean up all the toys in the family room, the other place where his toys “live”. The point is that I’m getting it done so his room is spotless before bed, and he is learning the importance of picking up after himself. And by “we clean up the toys together” I mean I basically do it while he toddles behind me and occasionally places a block in a basket or a book on a shelf. I have a toddler who loves to climb in the dishwasher of course, so I do my big unloading as he’s eating his breakfast (aka strapped away and out of reach).Įach evening right after before I put Teddy to bed, we clean up all the toys in his room together (one of the two places in our house where his toys “live”). Having an available dishwasher all day means there is never an excuse for dirty dishes to pile up in the sink, which is a big no-no for me. You know the benefits of making your bed, so I don’t need to get into that. I do a few simple things every morning and every evening to keep the house in order – every morning I make the bed, take any water cups on our bedside tables downstairs, and unload the dishwasher. I Have A Morning And Evening Tidy Routine I’ll leave it to Marie Kondo to give the REAL organization tips, but here are the things I do on a daily basis that keep my home (and my mind) in order. My home has to feel really put together and calm for ME to feel put together and calm. After I had Teddy, I was no longer going off to an office every day, and having my home be a clutter and mess-free zone became even more important.
And each time I move (7 times in the last 10 years), I’m basically forced into a spring cleaning, which certainly helps. I think it’s mostly because ever since I left for college, I’ve lived in really small spaces – dorm rooms, sorority house, NYC apartments, and even now in my first house as an adult, still relatively small in the scheme of things. So I am a “tidy” person who generally has a very “tidy” home. Our foyer/dining room – one place where toys do NOT “live”.
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