Where to start???

As I begin this journey I wonder where to start.  So I will start with where I got the idea to begin this blog.  As I was searching aimlessly on the Internet for ideas on how to organize my house, I came upon a calendar someone had set up to declutter and organize one thing or area each day of the year.  Cool I thought, until I realized that if I followed their calendar I would just be setting my self up to fail.  What would happen on the days when I didn't have another dresser drawer or shelf to clean???  I would just skip it and that would make it easier the next day to skip or make excuses.  Trust me, I do that a lot.  So that is when I decided to start a blog where I post each day with my accomplishments and failures (this is where the accountability comes in).

My goals will mainly focus on organizing our lives and house with the hope that it will help us save money in the long run.  I plan on using Sunday as a planning day where I will lay out what I plan to do each day of the following week depending on other commitments I might have involving my children.  Some days will have to be quick 15 minute projects while others will be more lengthy.  I am hoping to focus each month on a new area of the house but I might have to adjust this, as I go, to focus on a new area each week instead.  As this is an on going process who knows what the final outcome will be.  As I begin this journey, I realize that each persons calendar needs to be unique to your own life and home, but hopefully I will have some good ideas on organizing or some ideas that didn't turn out so hot that you may not want to try:)

Today being the first day of the new year, my husband and I cleared out and packed away all of the Christmas decorations so that I could start my new year without that distraction.  So in theory tomorrow would start my calendar year and my first day of organizing.  But since all of the family (3 kids and 1 husband) will be home and no telling what the day will have in store for us, I will start my calendar on Tuesday.  January will be "kitchen month" and Tuesday I will jump right in and tackle the pantry.  I need a new system for my canned goods.  Wednesday will be the refrigerator/freezer.  Thursday the cabinet above the fridge. Friday the rest of the food cabinets. And Saturday (since I have an all day commitment to Cub Scouts) I will leave open with the hope of squeezing in a small project.

Wow!!!  I am already overwhelmed:)  But I feel great about my plan and now I just need to put it into action.  Wish me luck, I think I might need it!