531 – How to Organize When You Are Never Home

Lisa Woodruff
April 14, 2023
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531 - How to Organize When You Are Never Home

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Today’s podcast will discuss how you can organize your home when you are never home. We will need to change our organization in different seasons in our lives. How does your home change for different seasons of your life? The seasons I’ve identified that require the most functional organizing changes are:

Children 0-5 years old
Children in middle and high school
Empty nesting
Caregiving for a loved one
Settling an estate
Welcoming another generation of your family into your home – listen to this podcast on multigenerational living.

There will be seasons of life when you will not be home much. When I started podcasting in 2012, I was going through a season of life where I was never home. My children were in two schools requiring me to drive for hours daily. Looking back now, I can safely say it’s a season. So if you are in a season where you are never home, just know this is a season. Some seasons feel never-ending, but all of these seasons do end. I encourage you to take from these seasons the best they offer, knowing that one day you will be on the other side. Why do we want to get our home organized when we are never home anyway? Organizing gives us a sense of control. In a season where you are already pressed for time and feel a loss of control, you may want to feel organized, proactive, and productive at home. Where to begin? At Organize 365®, we’ve identified four areas in every home that need to be organized differently and at other times and intervals. These are personal, family, communal, storage, and paper. I recommend you focus on personal organization during a season when you aren’t home very much. Start with your car. I’ve always defined personal organization as your closet, bathroom, bedroom, and car! You need to think about your vehicle completely differently during this season. It’s now an extension of your home. In 2012, I turned my car into my portable house! The trunk was my “car closet,” and the front area was my cockpit. I set up my car to serve my changing needs. Your secondary focus should be just your personal spaces (as time permits at home). Focus on your bathroom, closet, and your side of the bedroom. Do quick tasks that you can complete in 15-20 minutes. Write everything down. If you are away from home while listening to this podcast, something you can start doing today, from anywhere, is writing everything down. You should have a notepad to write down everywhere you have a thought. Take your Sunday Basket® with you. It would be best to have your Sunday Basket® more than ever during this season, but you may want your portable Sunday Basket® to be your primary Sunday Basket®. When you are out and about throughout the day, you will get 15-minute breaks in the action. Look at your portable Sunday Basket® and think, “What’s one thing I can get done in this 15-minute pocket?” I processed through my Sunday Basket® in waiting rooms, in my car while waiting for my kids, and in many other places. It won’t be perfect. Focus on the moments. Build the future life and future person as you go. Support yourself along the way with a personal organization that works for you. And bring your Sunday Basket® along for the ride. EPISODE RESOURCES:

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531 – How to Organize When You Are Never Home

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