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Organizing the Chaos in Your Home

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What’s your relationship with clutter Does it bring your comfort? Or fill you with anxiety?

We’re all a little different. Some of us don’t mind a little clutter, or see a good reason to pick up somebody’s else socks. Some of us feel a tidy home offers peace. We’re more calm if we’re not navigating scattered piles of things and activities.

Regardless of where you fall on the tidiness spectrum, there are ways to organize that increase the efficiency of your home, so you can maximize the time you devote to family and other priorities.

Joining me on our Focus on the Family Broadcast “Organizing the Chaos in Your Home,” is Kristi Clover, a home organization expert and a mom of five kids, ranging from preschool to teenagers. She’s also author of the book, M—O—M: Master Organizer of Mayhem: Simple Solutions to Organize Chaos and Bring More Joy Into Your Home.

Kristi says home organization is not one-size-fits-all. Every family must adjust ideas to fit their homes, their goals, and their lifestyles. Kristi shares three simple ideas for getting a handle on your home organization:

  • Create a master list. Walk through each room and take notes. Then, instead of starting several projects, pick one.
  • Prioritize your list. Kristi uses an “ABC scale”:
  • A. Absolutely needs to be done soon.
  • B. Better be done soon.
  • C. Can be done later.
  • Identify what’s not working and change things up. Don’t give up. Don’t compare yourself to others. And don’t try to do things perfectly. Pursue forward momentum and give yourself grace.

Listen to my full conversation with Kristi Clover on your local radio station, online, on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, via Google Podcasts, or on our free phone app.

Before I close, I’d like to extend an invitation for you to become a special partner with us through our monthly “Friends of Focus on the Family” program. When you do, I’ll send you a copy of Kristi Clover’s book M.O.M.—Master Organizer of Mayhem: Simple Solutions to Organize Chaos and Bring More Joy into Your Home as a way of saying thank you for touching others with the love of Christ. You’ll also receive member-exclusive benefits. To make your pledge, or for more information, click here or call 1-800-A-FAMILY (232-6459).

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Topics: Family and Home Tags: family, parenting April 12, 2024 by Jim Daly with Paul Batura

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Jim-Daly Jim Daly is a husband, father and President of Focus on the Family and host of its National Radio Hall of Fame broadcast. His blog, Daly Focus, is full of timely commentary and wisdom designed to help you navigate and understand today’s culture. His latest book is Marriage Done Right.

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