52 Weeks To An Organized Home:
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Do you want an organized home? Most people do, but they go about it in the wrong way expecting overnight success. Let's instead do it the right way, together, with the 52 Week Challenge.
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Why Does It Take 52 Weeks? Why Can't I Get Organized Over Night?
You cannot expect to get your home completely organized over night, even though that would be wonderful. It just won't realistically happen for most of us because we have too many areas in our homes that we need to address.
Plus, even if a whole crew came in and organized everything right now, like they do on some of those television shows, you most likely don't have the habits in place to maintain that organization yet.
However, you can get organized slowly, over time, and the habits you create as you go slowly will stick, and make sure you keep it that way from now on.
That is where The 52 Week Organized Home Challenge comes in. Each week we focus on a different challenge area in our homes and make steady forward progress.
The idea is that at the end of the 52 weeks you will have an organized home. Plus, your life and your home will run more smoothly, and you'll have gained the knowledge, skills, habits and routines necessary to actually keep your home and life more organized from now on!
Trust me, maintaining the organization you put in place can be just as much of a challenge as getting there in the first place, so those skills and discipline are very much needed!
When Does The Organized Home Challenge Start? Am I Too Late To Begin?
This challenge is ongoing. You don't have to wait until January 1st or any other arbitrary time to begin. Instead jump in wherever we are right now and take off from there.
How Do I Keep Up With The 52 Weeks To An Organized Home Challenges?
Each Monday I will put up a new challenge on the site that we will all work on during the week (including me -- I'm doing the challenge right along with you). You can check the site each week for the new challenge if you want.
However, I know that it can be hard to remember to check something on the web each week, so I am also going to send out the challenge each week as part of the free email updates and newsletter for the site. If you want these free emails to come to your home, along with additional organizational tips and hints, sign up below.
One Page Summary Of 2021's Challenge
I've run this challenge for several years. In fact, 2021 will be the tenth full year for it. Every year I try to improve it, and 2021 is no different.
I've created this one page printable below to show you at a glance exactly what we'll be doing during the challenge each week, and when you open it as a PDF on your computer the links to each week are clickable, meaning you can read that week's challenge all from this document!
(Further, I know 2020 isn't quite over yet. If you want the free PDF of the 2020 plan, you can get your copy here.)
Click here for your free 2021 schedule
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Here's A List Of The 52 Challenges In The Organized Home Series {For 2020}
Below is a list of the 52 challenges that are part of the Organized Home series. Right now this list is still for 2020, because that year is still ongoing. You can see the 2021 list, and get your PDF copy of it above though, to know what is planned for next year!.
- Week 1: Kitchen organization: countertops and sink (December 30, 2019)
- Week 2: Kitchen drawers and cabinet organization (January 6, 2020)
- Week 3: Organize pantry, spices and food storage areas (January 13, 2020)
- Week 4: Organizing refrigerator and freezer (January 20, 2020)
- Week 5: Organize recipes and cookbooks (January 27, 2020)
- Week 6: Create a home recycling center (plus dealing with trash) (February 3, 2020)
- Week 7: Organize coupons (February 10, 2020)
- Week 8: Healthy meal planning and creating grocery shopping list (February 17, 2020)
- Week 9: Laundry room organization (February 24, 2020)
- Week 10: Laundry organization and schedule (March 2, 2020)
- Week 11: Create a house cleaning schedule and organize cleaning supplies (March 9, 2020)
- Week 12: Create a morning and evening routine (March 16, 2020)
- Week 13: Basement organization (March 23, 2020)
- Week 14: Organize your garage (March 30, 2020)
- Week 15: Attic organizing (April 6, 2020)
- Week 16: Organize contact information (April 13, 2020)
- Week 17: Organize mail (April 20, 2020)
- Week 18: Organize bills (April 27, 2020)
- Week 19: Organize receipts and tax documents (May 4, 2020)
- Week 20: Organize files and create home filing system (May 11, 2020)
- Week 21: Organizing magazines, newspapers and catalogs (May 18, 2020)
- Week 22: Organize passwords, manuals and warranties (May 25, 2020)
- Week 23: Home office organization (June 1, 2020)
- Week 24: Organize email and digital information (June 8, 2020)
- Week 25: Bathroom organization (June 15, 2020)
- Week 26: Cosmetic and makeup organization (June 22, 2020)*
- Week 27: Organize linen closet (July 6, 2020)
- Week 28: Organize master bedroom closet (July 13, 2020)
- Week 29: Master bedroom organization (July 20, 2020)
- Week 30: Organize jewelry and other accessories (July 27, 2020)
- Week 31: Organize shoes (August 3, 2020)
- Week 32: Back to school organization (August 10, 2020)
- Week 33: Organizing closet space for your kids (August 17, 2020)
- Week 34: Kids' bedroom organizing (August 24, 2020)
- Week 35: Outgrown and seasonal clothing storage (August 31, 2020)
- Week 36: Yard and garden storage and organization (September 7, 2020)
- Week 37: Organize toys and games (September 14, 2020)
- Week 38: Car organization (September 21, 2020)
- Week 39: Mudroom and entryway organization (September 28, 2020)
- Week 40: Organizing living room and family room (October 5, 2020)
- Week 41: Organize dining room and stuff for entertaining guests (October 12, 2020)
- Week 42: Organize photos, both physical and digital, plus negatives (October 19, 2020)
- Week 43: Craft organization (October 26, 2020)
- Week 44: Organize books (November 2, 2020)
- Week 45: Create an emergency preparedness kit (November 9, 2020)
- Week 46: Organize medicine and first aid supplies (November 16, 2020)
- Week 47: Organizing purses, handbags and wallets (November 23, 2020)
- Week 48: CD and DVD storage and organization (November 30, 2020)
- Week 49: Holiday decoration and gift wrap storage and organization (December 7, 2020)
- Week 50: Create home inventory (December 14, 2020)
- Week 51: Organize pet supplies (December 21, 2020)
- Week 52: Keep a family calendar (December 28, 2020)
* One week skipped for summer break
You Can Report Your Own Progress On The Hall Of Fame
I want people to participate in this challenge, and to be able to show off what they've accomplished since it feels so good when you get something positive done in your home!
If you do even one of the challenges, whether while it is running that week or anytime you get around to it, and want to show off your accomplishments I would be happy to publish your before and after pictures, or story about what you did here on the site. Just for this purpose I've created a "Creative Storage Solutions And Home Organization Hall Of Fame."
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