Wow, I am so excited to start this series about moms guide to decluttering your home and how to do it!! Because this decluttering has many many benifites of it’s own – especially for we moms!!

I call this whole decluttering thing as – Keeping it simple at your home!! And I really like to keep it simple at my home.

Because, as I said about decluttering – keeping it simple has so many benefits that I absolutely love!! And let me tell you, mamma, these benefits will also change your life as a mom and will help you to make the cleaning and organizing task a lot easier and faster and ultimately save some of your time and energy!!

But first, if you haven’t come across any of my posts yet and probably wondering what’s this “keep it simple” thing I am talking about, then let me put some light on it.

Keep it simple at your home means – Own Less Stuff and keep it well organized!

In simple words, you can keep it simple at your home by following two steps :

1. De-clutter your home.
2. Organize the remaining stuff neatly!

But before you think that’s A LOT of work is going to be there, then don’t worry mama, It’s completely a doable thing even for a mom!! Because I have found a way to do it and make it completely possible to keep it simple at my home while being a SAHM of a 2-year-old girl!!

Since I have kept it simple at my home, it has really helped me in so many ways that I have written a post about it!! It has not only simplified my life but also has saved me a ton of time which I have been able to spend on the things that are really important to me and make me feel happy and refreshed!!

And I honestly want you to have all those benefits and simplify your life. Because as a mom we already have so much on our plate and if something is making it easy for you then you should definitely try it and save yourself a great amount of time and energy!!

So I wanted to write a step-by-step guide for you which will take your hand and show what you should do first and what next and next and next. So that it would be really easy for you to de-clutter your entire house taking one step at a time and completing it.

And that’s why I am doing it as a series. One step each week will lead you to your end goal of decluttering and keeping it simple at your home without fail!!

So, if you are ready to try it out then we can really get started!!

But first, let me tell you how this series is going to lead you throughout the process.

This week, we are going to focus on how you can make it happen and how you can find time for this task throughout the week! It’s very easy and you’ll be surprised to see that you actually have time in your day to do the decluttering task!! Then next week we’ll focus on what you’re going to need for the tasks coming in the next weeks. Don’t worry, the things you’re going to need are very simple things, no fancy gadgets and all!!

And then the rest of the week we’ll focus on where and how! That means every week we’ll go through one room and declutter it for the entire week ( slowly but steadily), making it really simple and easy for you!!

So, are you ready to find out how you can make it possible for the next few weeks?

Let’s get started then!!

How to find time to declutter your home

I know, this whole task looks like a huge project for you and you are probably thinking that there is no way you can be having any time for this task in your already busy day, right?

As I am writing a moms guide to decluttering your home, I have made it as mom-friendly as possible, because I know we moms don’t get enough free time for the things we want to do. But I know one way to make it happen!

So, here is the thing, a simple trick can help you out here to find that time in your already busy day, mamma! And here is a piece of good news for you – you are going to need max 30 -45 minutes a day to do the given task.

And it’s completely possible to find this much time every day by doing a little planning!!

Yes! That’s what we are going to do this week – Planning your days!!

Because planning works!!

Planning is a really effective and crucial tool! It’s really important -especially for we moms! And the best thing is it’s not difficult at all, in fact, it’s the easiest thing you would do in your whole day as a mom!! Really!!

So, here is how you can plan your day and make time for the decluttering task for the next few weeks –

• First, on a paper write down your everyday routine (the tasks you do in your normal day) and all the tasks that you need to do in the next 24 hours.
• Now, write down your 3-5 highest priorities for the next day. Here include those tasks that must be done. Include your 20-minute decluttering session here as one of the priorities.
• Now go through your routine and look for any unessential that could be cut down on time or completely eliminated. For example, you can avoid spending too much time on social media in your free time, instead use that time to do the other important task like our decluttering session.
• Likewise, find your ‘kids-free” time blocks where you don’t have to attend your kids and are completely free from them like their afternoon nap time or their independent playtime or when your husband takes care of them in the evening. And try to assign these time blocks (one or more) to these decluttering session.
• Now you know when you can find time for these tasks, now write down your plan of the day and stick it somewhere you can easily see. It will make it easy for you to follow the plan.
• In this plan, try to include each and every task for that day and the order of them in which you’ll do them. It really makes it a lot easier when the order of the tasks is already set and all you have to do is follow it!!

Voila!! Your plan is ready!!

Read : How to plan your day as SAHM.

Now follow this process everyday for next few weeks so that you’ll be able to do all the decluttering within weeks!!

I’ll encourage you to practice this planning thing for next two weeks where we are not going to do any actuall decluttering. for the next two weeks you can include your other priorities in your plan and be done with them so that you can fully focus on the decluttering coming in after these two weeks.

Practicing it will make you more used to the process and all the planning will then be the easiest task for you, you’ll see!!

So, that’s all for today. Your today’s (and for the rest of week’s) task is – Plan your day (every day from now on) and recognize the time blocks where you can completely focus on the important tasks without any noise in the back of your mind!! Your aim is to find a time block of at least 15-20 minutes that’s free from your kids and any other tasks.

See you in the next week!!

Have a happy time and take care of yourself :)!