Tidying Up
Exclusive French Art of Tidying up with Life Changing Organizing and Decluttering Techniques for a Simpler, Healthier and Happier Life
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Introduction
T he hassle and bustle of life is a process of organization and reorganization. This minute you have to order this then the next minute you have to disorder it in order to trace and make use of something. The whole process is not only tiring but also nerve wrecking. It makes doing things become or seem more complicated and demeans our willingness to get involved in certain activities. For example, for many people cooking is a task they dont like to get close to simply because of all the ingredients, tools and equipments involved. For this reason we find young people opting for ready meals rather than taking time to enjoy the exciting process of cooking your favorite meal.
It is not only in cooking; most household tasks and duties get too complicated as a result of all the elements it entails. The preparation and identification of tools and equipments for doing the same is sometime a very tedious process in itself and therefore complicates the entire thing. All things considered, most of these things are not hardened by the amount of work required to have them done but by lack of organization. Tidiness and organization is one ingredient in life that people lack. Being organized is something you should start looking at with a more delightful eye. Once you realize the benefits and advantages that living an organized or simply tidy life brings; you will start looking at many things differently. Life will become beautiful, easy and fun.
There is nothing more frustrating than walking into your house ready to make your family or loved ones a special meal only to miss an ingredient that you are sure you have but dont know where it is placed. Or even, you are up early in the morning looking great and ready for a presentation at work that morning that is bound to get you a promotion only to find out that you cannot locate some of your presentation materials simply because you are unsure where you kept it. People have even gone to the extreme of never having a social life or bringing friends over because they are too untidy.
When you mention tidiness to people they always have excuses for the reason why they are disorganized. The most common excuses are: they have a small house, they dont have enough time to tidy up and organize their places, there is no need to organize yet you will disorganize after a while. Honestly speaking, some of the lamentations you might get may be true but once you read this book you will realize that it is the attitude and approach that fails most people when it comes to organization. After figuring out the benefits that come with organization and the great ways you can do it, then, am sure you will be looking forward to it. Besides, being organized does not require you waking up every day and spending a number of daily hours organizing, it only requires doing it once. Doing the initial tidying up of a house or workplace properly ensures that everything else falls into place. This means every usable will have its place hence you will just need putting it back after use therefore no need for an entire home organization.
This book is going to take you through the French art of tiding up your life. It will provide you organizing tips highlighting them in a procedure that will help you shift from your current cluttered life to a tidy organized life. This book on French art of tiding up will also provide you tips to help you create space in your home giving you ideas on the improvement of organization techniques for your kitchen, living and dining rooms, garage and even the closets and fridges. The book has three steps to help actualize a tidy lifestyle. Step one; Decluttering your current life, step two; Organizing your life and the final step is Maintaining the tidy or organized life.
Chapter 1: Why You Should Tidy Up
B efore I take you through the transforming journey of tidying up your life it is important that you first of all comprehend the advantages that you are going to derive once you start enjoying this life. It wouldnt be worth it throwing away stuff and adjusting your life if there are no benefits that will come from the process. Whether you are doing it at work, be it you are tidying up your home the benefits are amazing. Here are a couple of the benefits the French art of Tidying up is going to open up for you for a simpler healthier life.
Improve your productivity
When you have everything easy to find when you need it then you are able to do things on time. It enhances your schedules and provides you and easy mind which in turn makes you more productive. When you are disorganized you waste much time looking for things therefore much time goes to waste. You end up doing little in a given timeframe. It means you are also able to have more time to do extra things of benefit to you.
Social enhancement
Being tidy ups your self esteem. You feel great about yourself and your environment. That means you feel more comfortable having people over and having fun is easy because the disturbances and distractions are minimal. The ability to manage your time also mean you fully concentrate when it is time to be with friends without worrying about home and stuff you dont know when or how they will be done.
Increases space
People complain about having a small room but wait until they organize the place. It leaves so much space. Organizing your life will also entail ditching things you never use. That creates space too. This means you have plenty of room to carry on your chores.
Save Cash
Having an organized home will make keeping track of supplies easy. When you have your groceries and kitchen supplies well ordered then you are able to monitor their use and restocking. It will eliminate instances of partial shopping whereby you shop then later realize you missed something therefore incurring more shopping expenses. Also, when you are organized you keep your bill strategically in an order that will help you pay them on time therefore eliminating chances of fines for late clearing.
Stress reduction
When you are better organized you tend to be a little more stress free. When the place is untidy it creates an unhappy aura. This in turn affects you body in a way that it fells grim and sad. This promotes stress. Also, walking over things, inability to find what you need, etc leave you in a stressful position. When you are organized you feel pretty relaxed therefore alleviating stress.
Time Management
When it comes to time management, an organized person will be able to manage his or her time better than an untidy person. When you keep everything organized you save yourself the time and whole process of searching for stuff. Organizing your life means that at all times you will know where something is stashed without having to think twice. Organization will basically encompass keeping things by usefulness, type, place of use. For this reason, when you need something you will know it where to go looking for it. An organized clerk will serve more customers that one who is disorganized.
Reduce accidents
An untidy home or work place is like a battlefront full of landmines. Chances of injuries occurring from accidents are more probable if the location you are living in is untidy. When you have things lying around chances of tripping over are increased. Congestion will most of the time get you being hit or knocking over furniture and other appliance. Risk of fire accident is amplified by improper keeping of tools, appliances and paper work.
Beautifies your place
Another great aspect of organization is beauty. The systematic arrangement of things; tools, appliances and supplies etc leaves the place looking great. There are many tidying techniques most of which we are going to learn from this book that make your place look better.
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