Time Management and Organisation

Today I wanted to talk a little bit about time and how much time we waste looking for things. I often hear clients say I don’t have time to declutter or I don’t have a spare minute in the day. The truth is you probably do, you are just not realising it.  On average we spend 10 minutes per day looking for misplaced items!!

That 10 minutes could be spent on a workout, reading a book, taking a longer shower or even better decluttering and organising.

Lets do the maths here - 10 minutes a day = 70 minutes a week

70 minutes a week = an average of 303 minutes a month - *That’s over 5 hours!!

303 minutes a month = 3640 minutes a year!

That means on average we are wasting 60 hours a year!!! And that’s just the average person. I know some of us are spending so much more than that too!

What would you do with a spare 5 hours a month? I would have an hour's massage or beauty treatment every week! What a dream……

I hear you say ‘I couldn’t afford that’ , well by having a decluttered and organised home you will actually save money too. So many of us bulk buy to save money. But without correct storage those items often get pushed to the back of cupboards, dumped in other random places like the spare bedroom and are forgotten about. This then means we buy them again adding more cost. When we finally get to the items we have bulk bought they have often expired or are no longer usable. My biggest tip for bulk buying is unless you have the space….. DON’T DO IT! And if you do have the space  then regularly check and rotate items so you keep everything usable.

Another costly mistake is having so many items that we can’t find what we need quickly. 

We now live in a culture where everything is so easily accessible with places like amazon delivering the next day. Sometimes even the same day! It is amazing but also means quite often it is quicker and easier to just buy again rather than looking for what we need in our cluttered homes. Before you click buy, just think, do I already have that here. Am I adding to the problem…….

A few top tips to avoid time and money waste....

Keep items where you would look for them 1st. It may not seem logical to others but it is how your brain is working. e.g. All of my scissors live in the kitchen draw, others keep them in the office, some in the hall console. Whatever works for you.

Keep items with items they may be used with - Eg suncream and sun hats stored in the same location.

Only store bulk items in one place. Do not spread them around the house as you will be more likely to forget , if you don’t have space , don’t bulk buy.

And my biggest tip of all…….. Don’t wait till later. If you have something that needs putting away just do it. Don’t leave it on the surface or the stairs. Take it to where It belongs. This way you avoid the build up of items that leads to overwhelm. This will become easier once homes are created and solutions are in place.

That’s all from me for this week. If you want to learn more message me and book on to my webinars, one to one coaching or an in person session.

I hope you have a lovely day and remember ……..

A perfect space is a space that’s perfect for you!

Lauren xx