I’ve been reading ZenHabits.Net the past several days, and because of that I got to read about Unclutterer.Com.

For a background on being an unclutterer, read the blockquote below…

Being an unclutterer implies that a person has systems in place to handle the things he or she owns. There is a place for everything and everything is in its place. Mail doesn’t need to be cleaned off the table every night before a meal because mail doesn’t stack up on the table in the first place. An unclutterer likely has a trash can and shredder by his front door where junk mail is instantly deposited. The good mail is filed or put into a tickler system immediately.

The main difference between being someone who is just clean and someone who is an unclutterer is that unclutterers look for permanent solutions. An unclutterer will invest the elbow grease into organizing her home and office so that she saves time and energy in the future. Cleaning on its own is a Band-Aid® solution — it doesn’t solve the problem. Tidying up a space is like being a hamster in a wheel, because you’ll have to tidy up again tomorrow. Living as an unclutterer, however, means that you organize once and then maintain only when a specific item requires maintenance. (As a point of clarification: Both cleaners and unclutterers still need to sweep floors and sanitize toilets, but those tasks I call chores that we all should complete as hygienic humans.) Ultimately, an unclutterer has more time and energy to pursue his interests and passions and live the remarkable life he desires because of his organizing efforts.

Here’s something from Unclutterer.Com about ending laundry chaos. This is important to me because ever since I transferred to my new unit, I’ve been having problems with closet space. I’m actually starting to implement some of the things I’ve learned from Unclutterer, and you might want to try it too. Nothing succeeds like success, and because I’ve seen the difference it has made in my laundry-life (is there such a thing?!) so far, I’m encouraged to keep doing it. Here are some of the points mentioned in the article.

Laundry is the worst form of lazy clutter. Here are more than 20 tips to help keep your laundry chaos to a minimum:

1) First and foremost, establish a laundry routine. We do laundry every Monday and Thursday in our two-person household. I suggest that if there are one or two people in your house that you follow in my footsteps. If you have three or four people in your home, you need to do laundry every other day. If there are five or more people in your house, you should do a load of laundry (or more) every day. You can’t let laundry pile up or it instantly becomes chaotic.

2) Exclusively use small, sturdy laundry baskets (20 gal. or smaller). Keep one in the bathroom, one in the bedroom(s), and one in the laundry room. Don’t buy one with fabric sides because it will inevitably malfunction and turn into a mess instead of a hamper. If you have a laundry chute, only have laundry baskets in your laundry room to transport clean and folded clothes.

3) Have fewer clothes. The fewer clothes you have, the fewer clothes you have to wash.

4) Don’t have more clothes than you can store properly in your dresser drawers and closet. If you can’t put all of your clothes away, you’ll always have a reason to have dirty clothes.

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