Order in our home is an important matter to me.  With seven people in one house, things can become disorderly fast.  I have witnessed how chaotic children’s behavior becomes when the house is a wreck.  Another problem is how much time is lost looking for a needed item.  I am not a naturally organized person.  This has taken some real learning on my part.

Here is my first tip for getting some order to your home:

Dejunk your house

1)    We live in a time of serious materialism.   It comes from many sources such as Christmas and birthday gifts, relatives, impulse buying and having things passed on to us for free.  No matter what the source of all of our extra possessions, the common denominator is having more “stuff” than we need or could even use.  So sort that stuff and keep only what you really will use (not all those –oh it would be nice to use this someday –possessions.)

Dejunking your house can be time consuming and stressful but it goes a long way towards creating and maintaining order in the home.  It also helps us aim towards the goal of not storing our treasures up on earth!