Favorite Organizational Posts

Easy Ways to be More Organized this Year

Easy Ways to be More Organized this Year

I’m on a continual quest to be more organized.  Life is busy, with too much stuff and too many distractions. Unfortunately being organized isn’t just a one time and done activity.

January is a prime time for getting rid of clutter and getting some good systems up and running that were perhaps waylaid by the holidays. Does that only happen to me?

We can continue to celebrate Christmas even while beginning to plan for a more organized and less cluttered January and beyond.

Have you read The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up? My clothes drawers have never looked better! I admit I didn’t follow her system exactly. I do tend to declutter throughout the year, so I picked my hot spots and went from there. I did appreciate her thoughts on using bins, baskets and other storage boxes. She claims those are for organized hoarders. As I looked throughout my house I realized that many of the baskets I was using, especially in our school area, were merely used as a dumping ground for kid junk. I can’t give up ALL of my baskets but I did get rid of a few!

I figured many of you were in the mood for some organizing and tidying help, so I pulled together all of my favorite organizational posts for easy reading. Enjoy!

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Home and Homeschool Organization

Staying Organized in a Big Family

Staying Organized in a Big Family

Home & Life Command Center

Homeschool and Life Command Center

15 Organizing Tools for the Homeschooling Mom

15 Organizational Tools for the Homeschooling Mom

How I Use My Erin Condren Teacher Planner

Erin Condren Teacher Planner for Homeschool Planning

Best Tools for Relaxed Homeschoolers

Best Tools for Relaxed Homeschoolers

Organize Your Photos – Easily!

How to Organize Photos to Albums

Staying Organized During an Adoption

Pinerest Boards for Organization

Planner Love – Pinterest Board – one of my very favorite boards!

Home Organization – Pinterest Board

Morning and Evening Routine – A Free Printable

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Does this ever happen to you? You roll out of bed and walk into the kitchen and within a matter of moments all of your children descend upon you asking questions like this: “What’s for breakfast?” “What are we doing today?” “Have you seen the cat?” “Do you know where my coon skin cap is?” […]

Homeschool and Life Command Center

Homeschool and Life Command Center

This post contains affiliate links. Long gone are my days of being able to keep up with our schedule in my head. Six children, homeschooling, various activities for each child and a sometimes traveling husband make for busy days and busy weeks. When we were in the process of moving this summer, I found a […]

Homeschooling and a Messy House

Homeschooling in a Messy House

I shared a picture on my Facebook page of my messy house after a busy homeschool day. Wow! What a response! So, what does this tell me? That this is an area we all struggle with. Getting it all done, creating a home for our family, getting a wholesome meal on the table. Homeschooling is […]

Christmas Planning Sheet – A Printable!

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Christmas is just around the corner!  The Advent and Christmas season should not be a time of us running around like crazies to create the “perfect” holiday. I started making a list for myself and then thought the list might be helpful to others too. Yes, the list is two pages, this is a busy […]

My Morning Routine

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Back when our oldest son Jacob was little and about to give up his morning nap, I remember thinking when in the world am I going to get a shower?  I would wake up when he woke up and we would hang out, have breakfast and play until he went down for his nap and […]

Lenten Clutter

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Lent starts today.  As I get older I appreciate this time of the year more and more.  Instead of looking at it as all about “giving up” stuff, it’s really more about refining myself and growing closer to the Lord.  Although I do still give up something, it seems to work better for me to […]

Advent: Making Room in the Inn

Advent Making Room in the Inn

Each year we try to pay more attention to Advent and not focus so much on Christmas, until it’s actually Christmas!  Making more time and more room in our hearts for Jesus. Each year I’m more convinced that less is more.  It works better for us to add a few simple things to our routine […]