1. Get dressed more quickly in the morning.
Lay out your work and work-out clothes the night before. This is much easier when you have organized closets and bureaus. How to Organize Your Closet
Closets 1012. Make breakfast easier.
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Meal Planning & Grocery Shopping 101
3. Harness your most productive hours.
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- If you’re at your desk during those times, limit distractions: don’t schedule meetings, answer the phone, log onto Facebook, or check email.
- If you can’t be at your desk during those times, carry a small notebook with you to jot down notes and ideas, or tape yourself with your smart phone.
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4. Prioritize exercise.
Exercise is practically a fountain of youth and should be highly prioritized in your Daily Routine. Here are several ways to work exercise into your daily routine from our Exercise Guide.
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5. Declutter your home regularly.
- Weekly Organizing Routine takes you through a different space in your home each day to declutter.
- Monthly Organizing Routine takes you through a different part of your home each month to do some serious re-organization, storage upgrades and purging.
Clutter 101
- What is Clutter?
- What is Aspirational Clutter?
- Readers Respond: What is the Biggest Source of Clutter in Your Home?
- 8 Reasons You Have Clutter
- How to Let Go of Clutter
- How to Clear Clutter
- How to Declutter Your Home Room-by-Room
- The Top 10 Sources of Clutter
- How to Organize Cable Clutter
- 5 Tips to Stop Hoarding Clutter
- Cut Clutter with a 30 Minute Organizing Project
- Follow the Weekly Organizing Routine and Declutter for 20 Minutes a Day
6. Get your pets on a schedule.
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Walking, feeding, and grooming pets at the same time each day will provide them structure they crave.
Here are some tips from our Puppies Guide.
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7. Organize your kitchen pantry and cabinets.
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Kitchens 101
- Get Started with Kitchen Organization & Storage
- Declutter the Kitchen in 20 Minutes a Week
- 25 Ways to Organize Your Kitchen
- Kitchen Cabinets 101
- How to Organize a Kitchen Pantry
- How to Organize Kitchen Appliances
- 5 Best Kitchen Storage Solutions
- How to Declutter the Kitchen Pantry
- How to Declutter Kitchen Cabinets
- Readers Best Kitchen Time Savers
8. Have a good mail management system.
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Mail & Paper 101
- Getting Started with Paper Management
- How to Stop Junk Mail
- How to Manage Paper Clutter on a Weekly Basis
- What to Shred Checklist
- How to Organize Magazine Clutter
- How Long to Keep Documents
- How to Protect Yourself From Identity Theft
- How to Manage Mail
- How I Manage My Personal Mail
- How to Choose a Shredder
9. Streamline your morning and evening grooming routines.
- Our Make Up Guide has a great routine to Look Professional in 5 Minutes
- And our Beauty Guide has a great Basic Skin Care Routine
Bathrooms 101
- 10 Ways to Organize the Bathroom
- 5 Ways to Cut Bathroom Clutter
- How to Declutter the Bathroom in 20 Minutes
- Ideas to Organize the Bathroom in 10 Minutes
- Quick Tips to Organize a Linen Closet
- Install Shelf Dividers to Separate Towels and Bedding
- Corral Items in Trays
- Bathroom and Linen Closet Pictures
10. Follow a checklist.
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