5 Tips for An Organized Marriage


Starting a new life together is a wonderful thing. Starting a new life together organized is an even better thing!


Life happens - jobs relocate, parents get sick or need more of our attention, babies are welcomed into the family. Whatever happens - you need to be as prepared as possible. When your home is organized - you are ready to tackle any challenge.


Newly married couples have an advantage over most clients I work with......they have a blank canvas to work with. A new, fresh home. The opportunity to designate where their "stuff" will live. The opportunity to maximize space and efficiency.


Some tips to get started........



  1. Don't have multiples.............toasters, blenders, etc. Return what you can and donate the rest.

  2. Talk about each room and what each of you want out of it - will it be an office/family room?

  3. Decide how you want to live in your home.

  4. What level of clutter is acceptable?

  5. What will your individual duties be? Who will wash the dishes, who will take out the trash, who will do laundry?

Discussing these issues now will save you time and arguments later.


What I offer to my newly married clients is to come into their new home and designate where everything will "go" to maximize the homes efficiency and to maximize space. Call today for special pricing. 219-575-3821 or email me at wendy@putclutterinitsplace.com


Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Change is uncomfortable - but gorgeous at the end.

Image
Change is uncomfortable.  It makes me uneasy.  It's unsettling.   Have you ever felt the same? Change, for me, was also necessary.  Which is totally contradictory to what I just said, right? A few weeks ago, I was talking with my coach and sharing with her that I was feeling super uncomfortable.  I was somewhat aware that I was changing, but I wasn't giving it my undivided attention.   Carol, my coach, explained to me that I was feeling was completely normal.  And I knew it - but I didn't want to necessarily deal with it.  She asked me to embrace it.  Once I did, I got even more uncomfortable.  It was one of the worst feelings I've ever experienced.  It was difficult for me to make a decision.  Who am I?  Who am I changing into?  Do my old thoughts and ideas match who I am becoming?  How is this change going to change the way I present myself, work with clients, live my life? You know what? The moment I embraced who I was becoming, is the moment that everythi
Read more

Can you see your future?

Image
I was coaching my client, Carolyn today.   She was stuck in a mindset of only seeing her present circumstances or even worse - the past.  She wasn't seeing her future .  Turns out, she never thought about it.   I asked her - W hat it would mean for your life once the paper piles are gone?  What it would mean for your life once the necessary repairs were made to the kitchen and bathroom?  What it would mean for your life once the dread, shame and weight off your shoulders was lifted?  She kept going back to how her home looked right now and the struggles she was faced.  She wasn't seeing her future.  But I was.  Carolyn is so close to having her home decluttered.  But she was still living in the past. I told her that I had a challenge for her.  I asked Carolyn if she would close her eyes and visualize what her home will look like when it is decluttered, when she can find what she needs and when the overwhelming tension has been lifted from her shoulders.  I heard a deep
Read more