Your life is full of different chapters. As you move through these chapters, priorities change, as does your mind-set about your belongings and your schedule and activities. When this shift happens, it’s time to reorganize.
Before you begin a journey, you need to know your destination. This chapter helps you create a vision of your newly reorganized life so you know what you are working toward.
3. Establish and Evaluate Organizing Systems—The Three Ps
Whether you’re new to organizing or have organized in the past, the Three Ps help you create and maintain systems that meet your specific needs.
4. Finding Time and Staying Motivated
What’s holding you back from reaching your organizing goals? This chapter is full of encouragement and ideas to help you get started and stick with your reorganizing efforts.
PART 2: REORGANIZE YOUR SURROUNDINGS
5. Evaluate Your Home and Establish Your Objectives
You’re ready to begin, but where? This chapter takes you through each room of your home and helps you create a plan.
6. Deciding What to Keep and What to Remove
Organizing is all about making decisions—what to let go of and what to keep. This chapter helps you make no-regrets decisions so everything in your home enhances your new chapter in life.
What do you do with the items you decided to keep? This chapter offers room-by-room ideas for how to reorganize what’s left, including ideas for changing the function of a room.
8. Organize Your Time During Your Transition
Organization, in times of crisis, can be a lifesaver. Evaluate your time to determine what’s important before and during major life changes.
9. After the Event: What Does Your New Schedule Look Like?
This chapter shows you how to adapt your schedule to the new responsibilities and freedoms in your life.
10. Create Systems That Support You
This chapter empowers you to maintain the new organizing systems you worked so hard to create.
Clearing the Clouds of Confusion Exercise
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