Getting Started

I Heart Organizing Binder

I know that in order to succeed I have to get organized and that mean investing both time and money. I think that the majority of January is going to be spent on prep work and getting to a basic level of organization. Today I have spent some time planning and have started to get my organization stuff sorted. I started with my home planner! Every organization blog I read swears by a home planner book or folder. So today I ordered a few bits and pieces. I could of course create my own inserts, and in time I probably will, but for now it is time I could be spending elsewhere. One of my favourite blogs, I Heart Organization has just added a 2013 diary to her etsy store so I went ahead and purchased it. I also added a chores list and a week at a glance schedule.

I need a binder/journal for them to go in and I have ordered a Collins Folio in Pink to put them in. I loved Jennifer's inside cover of her book which included post-its and stickers. I found some really cute Calendar Stickers at Organized Mum which I think will be perfect. I will go pick up a few pretty post-its at some time in the week and of course I need to embellish my book! I will also be looking on Fly Lady to see if there is anything I want to adapt for my book or the blog. All in I have spent about £30 on the book, which seems like alot but I can reuse the folio year after year and I think it will end up being worth it! I will be sure to post pictures of my finished planner once all the things arrive.   

I have also started to think about getting the house in order so that it is easier to keep clean. I think that in January I am going to do a bit of an all over cleanup and then each month will be dedicated to organizing one room! Right now I am thinking that February will be my bedroom, March the living room, April the kitchen, May Chris's room and June will be Hall/Cupboard/Bathroom. This will involve completely deep cleaning each area and organizing it with storage etc.

I started off today by cleaning my computer!!! I had so many files where they should not be!