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The holidays are over, and it’s almost time to get back to normal life—but you may be feeling overwhelmed by the state of your home.
Fortunately, tidy Educator Shannon Leyko shares some practical tips with us independent Helping people reset and start the new year with a more organized living space.
self-described”Organization enthusiast,” Lecco says her background in psychology shapes her approach to reducing over-owning.
The mother-of-three now shares her advice via podcast, reducewhich focuses on helping people let go of items they no longer need in a healthy, sustainable way.
Even so, Lecco acknowledges the idea of cleaning up and cleaning up It can be intimidating at first.
“Especially after the holidays, one of the things that helps me stay sane the most is remembering that this is a season of transition,” Lecco explained. “We don’t necessarily see it that way because we haven’t gone into summer break yet, or we haven’t started a new school year, but your home is transforming every time you bring so many new things into your home, so it’s OK to not feel completely calm, like everything has its place.”
Start with the most stressed area
Lecco gave herself two to three weeks to “get over it all,” a process that included identifying which gifts the children weren’t particularly interested in.
“Of course, we want to do some organizing before the gifts come pouring in, but really, there’s always going to be some transition and we need to be kind to ourselves, kind to our kids, kind to our space, because we know everything will work out,” she explains.
“Your house is not going to look the same on December 26 as it did on December 24 because there’s a whole bunch of new stuff coming in.”
When it’s time to declutter, Leyko recommends starting with areas of your home that are easy to clean. cause the greatest pressure Or frustrated.
“The purpose of decluttering is to reduce your stress and ensure your home doesn’t feel overwhelming,” she says. “So if you feel like your child’s room is suddenly overflowing with gifts, start there.”
Determine the physical boundaries of an item
Next, she recommends determining the physical boundaries of the property. This could be storage bins or even clothes hangers. It’s especially important to do this for children, she said, because “we want to involve them in the decluttering process so they don’t have lifelong scars.”
“I always say it’s too abstract to say you have too much of something, especially when it’s new and they get more attached to it,” Lecco explains. “If you say, ‘Hey, all your stuff has to go into this box because there’s no room for it anywhere else,’ then they have personal agency to choose what can stay in that box.
“This gives them the right balance between understanding goals and having personal agency, which we want to provide our children with as much as possible.”
Keep the donation box running
During the post-holiday transition period and beyond, Lecco recommends setting up a running donation box for items no longer needed or wanted.
“We always have to throw away things we don’t need because our preferences change and our children’s interests grow,” she said. “Life changes, so we need a place to keep putting things we want to throw away.”
Put systems in place for basic processes around the house
Another key part of the general organizing process involves implementing systems for basic processes, such as hanging coats and storing shoes. Leyko noticed that when she started assigning clear paths to everyday items, there was less drama and conflict in her home
“It’s a little different than decluttering, which is getting rid of things in your home,” Lecco said, “and, we all know what it feels like to have clutter on the counters and on the floor, and this is a different kind of clutter.
“You have to look at specific things and say, do we have a system that supports a clean environment?
“I think when we look at mundane tasks like decluttering and decluttering, we see them as drudgery because we don’t see it as a goal, as a system,” she continued. “We actually need to see them as goals that we can work toward and feel accomplished by, rather than just these never-ending cycles of tasks that make adulthood feel like a drag.”