- Write ten articles, each about 400 words, for a home and garden website
- Edit two features for the magazine I’m working on
- Conceptualize the layout and copy for a client’s new corporate website
- Cook lunch (bistek Tagalog & veggies) and dinner (filet of sole, basil-tomato tortellini, and veggies)
- Give my son two baths, play, with him, breastfeed him, clip his fingernails and toenails, put him down for two naps, and feed him lunch and dinner (My husband was on duty for breakfast and afternoon snack)
- Wash the dishes (My husband did the laundry)
- Cleaned our bathroom
- Watch Glee
- Write this blog entry
I’ve been going to Get Organized Now website since I was single. I don’t remember how I stumbled upon the site, but it was definitely around the time I wanted to reorganize my bedroom. I remember joining a “tossing” thread on the forums and committing to purge my room of all the useless junk, unused clothes, and “donate-able” stuff.
Since then, I’ve been addicted to decluttering. In fact, I purge my closets every six months! I do hope this is a good thing.
Today, I have my own family and home, and there is hardly any storage space in my small 78 square meter apartment. Perhaps we have about 16 square meters of storage space in total, and that’s including our closets, shoe cabinet, and Christmas decor stash (but not including the kitchen cabinets). I suppose this is why, up to now, I still regularly pare down and purge my apartment (and, ergo, my life) of all sorts of stuff. My husband knows this, and indulges me in my need for organized simplicity, which is why he voluntarily installed wall-to-wall shelving in his home office.
There’s this great product from GON which I highly recommend, not just for organizing closets, but your entire household:
So, if you’re not a fan of indiscriminate stuff; if you hate missing payment deadlines; if you’re wondering when your last credit card statement was, or if you just plain need to organize your work, family and personal life, then consider trying the Easy Organizer. It eliminates browsing the Internet for articles on how to get organized (which is, really, a big time waster in itself).
hi there! is it possible for you to post a picture of the organizer? have visited the website but unfortunately, cannot find any visuals. thanks!
Hello Ms. Martine! I came across this post of yours more than a month ago. I’d like to take this chance to thank you for sharing about GON (Get Organized Now!). Although I haven’t purchased anything from them yet, I’ve been using those freebies they give away to make organizing not so much of a daunting task anymore. Your timing couldn’t have been more perfect, as I just turned into a stay-at-home-wife last month.
Keep on posting great stuff! =)
Hi, Cham! That’s great! I’ve been a GON-er since 2003 or 2004, I think! I love the site so much. I’ve learned a lot from just reading through the forums and following the blog! I hope you can take an opportunity to try the Easy Organizer one day. It’ll be worth it! God bless! – Martine
i am not really a clutter antithesis but i want things squeaky clean. i don't have a particular tool used for my organizational management but i use a fairly crude method, clustering. i cluster them accoording to ways of classification, like in my closet, same dark colors on the right to light colors on the left, bottomest rack for my rubber shoes all the way to the higher racks for my formal shoes, and woody to fruity scent of perfume goes from right to left also.
Michelle, Ira: Hindi supermom! Super-schedule! Hahaha! As I said, hindi ako yung organized, planner ko. I'm a procrastinator talaga, which drives me crazy. Ayan tuloy, I'm forced to good, lol.
hi martine! supermom? iba talaga pag mommy, superhero na bawal mag-rest
WOW idol!
)) I am the queen of procrastination and I need to kick that out of my system…I am just too lazy — there, i said it.
Yes, it was! And in this sweltering heat, too!
What a very productive day!