Professional Organizing

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Bed frame

Curtains

Dresser/ Wardrobe

Duvet Cover 

Lamp

Mattress

Night Stand

Pillows

Rug

Buying in bulk is generally the bet way to make the most of your money. While it may be difficult to find place for your but items or you may think that its too much for one person, bulk buying the following items goes a long way (literally).

Bulbs

Cleaning products 

Detergent

Disinfectant Wipes

Diswashing Soap

Fabric Softener

Paper Towel

Rice, Sugar, Flour (the staples)

Soap

Toilet Tissue

Toothbrushes

Here’s part three of my Moving Master List Series. Let’s get your living room ready!

Accent Chair

Accent Pillows

Bookshelf

Candles

Coffee Table

Curtains

Lamp(s)

Recliner

Sofa

Throw or Blanket (for binge watching snuggling)

TV

For those of you who are getting ready to move or who have moved some time ago but may not be settled, here is a helpful list of things that you may want to purchase for your bathroom.

Bath mat (near tub/sink & around the toilet)

Container for Q-tips & cotton balls (cotton rounds etc)

Hamper

Hand Soap Dispenser

Non-slip mat for inside of tub

Shower Caddy

Shower Curtain

Storage (over the toilet or a rack for towels if you don’t have a linen closet)

Toothbrush Holder

Towels (a few more than you think you’ll need)

Under sink storage organizer

Peter Walsh

Here are some items that you may want to have in our kitchen:

Baking pan 

Blender 

Bowls 

Bread pan

Cookie sheet 

Cork screw 

Cutting board

Dish rack

Dish towel 

Dish towels 

Flour, sugar, rice and tools container 

Fruit bowl or stand 

Garbage can 

Kitchen mat

Measuring spoons 

Mixing bowls

Muffin tin

Oven mit

Paper towel holder 

Plates 

Pot holder 

Pot/pan set

Potato masher

Rolling pin

Salt & pepper shakers 

Spatula 

Sponge

Spoon rest 

Tea kettle/hot water pot

Toaster 

Trivet 

Utensils

Utensils organizer 

Wine toppers

The Calendar/Planner v. The To Do List

While I have always incorporated these two useful tools in my day to day living, I had not given much thought to the roles that each played in helping to keep all of the moving pieces and obligations juggled nicely. It wasn’t until reading It’s All Too Much by Peter Walsh (my current book) and attending a CLE (Continuing Legal Education-requirement for attorneys) where Paul H. Burton of Quiet Spacing discussed strategies to regain command of your day, that I realized I had been using the tools “correctly.”

Calendars/Planners- I LOVE planners/calendars. When used correctly, they give you the big picture. You can easily see your free time and know which weeks in the month will be tougher than others. I believe that a monthly spread is essential. Whether you follow it up with a weekly layout or a daily layout is a matter of personal preference and scheduling needs. Calendars should be used ONLY for events which are time-bound. By time bound I mean occurring at a specific time or on a specific day. If the item does not have to be done at a certain time or on a certain day it should NOT make its way into the calendar.

So what do you do with everything else? The grocery list? The work and/or personal tasks you hope to do? That’s where the separate to do list comes in.

To-Do Lists- It doesn’t need to be fancy. I happen to like colorful papers (the Target notepads are some of my favorites). It has always helped to make the boring and ever-growing list of tasks seem a bit more fun and bearable. Whether you use post it notes, sheets from your legal pad at work, or the back of an envelope, you have to be able to find it. After all, what good is a list that you can’t locate? 

Now, things from the to do list can migrate to the calendar once they have a specific day or time attached to their completion.

Keeping thee two types of items separate should also help with the overwhelm and overload.