How to Painlessly Declutter and Organize Your Home in 10 Minutes

You'd be surprised with what you can get done in the time it takes to brew your morning coffee.
How to Painlessly Declutter and Organize Your Home in 10 Minutes
Clean small sections of your home throughout the day. Pixel-Shot/Shutterstock
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If you think organizing your home or getting your personal affairs in order requires a lot of time, you might be right. However, if you feel that you just don’t have enough time to spend on these tasks, then you’re probably wrong. All you have to do is recognize little chunks of free time throughout the day.

This is the best idea ever. OK, perhaps that’s extreme. But as I contemplate, that idea—a simple tip shared by one of my dear EC readers—has profoundly affected my life; I cannot help but define it as Best Ever. I’ve taken her simple tip—figure out all the things you can get done in the time it takes to brew your morning coffee—and developed it into ways of organization that have genuinely changed my life.

Chunks of Time

Instead of staring out the window or fiddling with my phone during the three minutes it takes coffee to brew, I pour myself into a nearby task. It’s like, 1-2-3 GO!—me against Bunn.
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