Many people resist the word, but it's actually a pretty incredible thing, this "order."

The concept of order can evoke feelings of calmness, harmony, and balance. In a chaotic and unpredictable world, orderliness can be reassuring and comforting.

No matter how spontaneous or artistic you are, order is a beautiful and necessary part of life.

Nature may seem like chaos, but everything has a cycle, an ebb and flow, and an order.

There are two types of order to consider here:

1. The order of events
2. The method in which you bring order to your home

1. Order of events

Decluttering comes before organizing.

Organizing can be a ton of fun! Honestly, it can be a lot more fun than decluttering.

Decluttering is messy and requires letting go (not always easy), while organizing taps into our brain's love of patterns. It FEELS good and productive, and sometimes it is...but not if you're only organizing the clutter.

 This article  talks about ways we *think* we're decluttering but aren't. This is a point of confusion that leads to poor results.

So, the order of events for making an amazing home space is as follows:

1. Declutter
2. Organize
3. Optimize

We aren't going to dive deep into the third point, but just so you know, optimizing is the feel-good stuff- the personal touches, supportive setups, and energy-infused vibes 🤩.

This is the next-level piece. Think holistic haven vs. cold box.

2. Bringing order to your home (the method)

How are you approaching the "making" of your home? Are you popping around from room to room like a busy hamster burning energy?

That's fine if you want to exercise, but there's a more efficient way if you're hoping to see results from your efforts.

Here's how most people go about decluttering their homes:

• They start in the kitchen and find something that doesn't belong, like their kid's shoes.
• So, they stop and take the shoes to their kid's room, but
• when they get there, they step on a damp towel (ugh, that should be hanging up in the bathroom).
• Then, swivel over to the bathroom where, you guessed it, there's a whole new disaster.
• Three hours later, they're exhausted and have yet to complete a single task.

It's called context switching.

 Context switching  is a term used to describe "multitasking," or rapidly switching from one task to another.

Studies have shown that you lose about 25% of productive time for multitasking just two tasks, and that percentage exponentially increases with each additional task. ⛔️

Too many of your tasks are likely accomplishing nothing but a fast heart rate.

💥 Super-charge your efficiency

"Working in modes" is what I call completing a single type of task or category throughout your home first rather than working room by room.

• consolidating duplicate products
• expired products
• linens
• books
• toys
• miscellaneous items

You get the point. Commit to a single category or type of task. This is basicallya type of batching which has been proven to increase time efficiency by 75%.

What do I mean by "type of task"? Some tasks require similar actions, even if they don't involve the same category of items.

For example, digitizing, boxing, or folding.

🤩 Your turn! You have time freedom on this one. You can commit to 10 minutes or a full hour- it's up to you! :)

You got this! Tomorrow, we will focus on making this whole process easy. 

All my best,

Mia