Sheri's Organized Life
Phone: 615-394-4525
Email: sheri@sheorganizedlife.com
Life is too short to have your
time, energy and money eaten away
by clutter and disorganization.
I could tell you how to fold towels. Or give you 5 ways to streamline your kitchen. I could even give you tips on how to tame your
paperwork, the #1 form of clutter everywhere. Instead, I will offer what I believe are some of the most important principles
building a foundation for keeping your home clutter free.

1. Establish your culture. Or a culture will establish itself. If you don’t like the one you have, change it.

2. Decide who you are and where you’re headed. Measure everything against that. Furniture, clothing, keepsakes, décor, the
way you live your life. If they don’t support who you are and where you’re headed, they’re just taking up space. Question
everything. Ask of every item, “What gives you the right to be in my house? Are you support me and helping me reach my
goals?”

3. Everything needs a home. This isn’t rocket science. Does it make sense for item “X” to live where it lives? Again, question
everything.

4. Nothing accidentally walked into your house. Own your responsibility for contributing to the mess, even if it means you stood
by and let it happen.

5. Do you actually use, like, and need all that stuff? Could someone else use it instead? Share good stuff with people who
need it and will use it.

6. Indecision creates clutter. Indecision can produce mediocrity and ineffectiveness. Be intentional. Decide to decide.

7. Life is too short to spend it serving stuff, allowing it to drain and distract you. Stuff is here to serve you, not the other way
around.

8. If you’re stuck, ask for help.

And remember that if you are truly ready for change, it means things will have to be different.
Foundations of a Clutter-free Life
© 2009 Sheri Smith Bertolini