Millennial Woes: How to Organise Your Life & Get Rid of Clutter
Wondering how to keep the house clean and beautiful, without spending too much time on it?
If you are a millennial (in the age group of 25–35), then there is a good chance that life is hectic and busy. A long morning commute, late hours at work and then back home, exhausted and ready to call it a day – that pretty much sums up how most weekdays go. Weekends are spent unwinding – socialising, eating out or at the movies. This means that for many, the home gets neglected, and home organisation and cleaning goes for a toss.
While we agree that it isn’t easy to keep the home tidy and clutter-free when you are tied for time, a few habits, tricks and tips can help you sort your domestic affairs.
While we agree that it isn’t easy to keep the home tidy and clutter-free when you are tied for time, a few habits, tricks and tips can help you sort your domestic affairs.
2. Book a weekend for ‘home sorting time’ and set achievable goals
Trend: Weekdays are for work and weekends are to make up for the life you have missed out during the week. In between these two, where is the time to organise the home, keep everything in the right place and make sure nothing gets lost in the everyday chaos?
Solution: Make it a point to dedicate one weekend a month or every two months to tend to your home. Undertake deep-cleaning tasks – declutter and clean all your bathrooms and replenish all the toiletries. Look inside your kitchen – do your countertops need a thorough wash? Sort through your china, rearrange your cabinets so that it becomes easy to work in the kitchen. A sparkling clean home will lift your spirits.
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Trend: Weekdays are for work and weekends are to make up for the life you have missed out during the week. In between these two, where is the time to organise the home, keep everything in the right place and make sure nothing gets lost in the everyday chaos?
Solution: Make it a point to dedicate one weekend a month or every two months to tend to your home. Undertake deep-cleaning tasks – declutter and clean all your bathrooms and replenish all the toiletries. Look inside your kitchen – do your countertops need a thorough wash? Sort through your china, rearrange your cabinets so that it becomes easy to work in the kitchen. A sparkling clean home will lift your spirits.
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3. Have a place for gadgets
Trend: You or your partner love and live with the latest gadgets, and your home is filled to the brim with them. While having a high-tech home is great, there’s always a problem of electronic mess accumulating at home – wires, remotes, batteries, controllers and so on.
Solution: Designate places for all your electronics. You don’t need to pay an arm and a leg for modular or bulky storage, but consider using cubbies, drawers or MDF units that can be bought online. Place these close to where all the electronic clutter begins – next to the TV, by your bedside or in the kitchen. Hide away all the wires, routers and batteries, and have a dedicated spot where the Kindle, tablet and laptop goes.
Tip: If your home is small, consider hidden storage options. Coffee tables that can store items inside it, box beds, dining-table benches that offer storage, built-in niches in the walls, all can take care of your clutter and not take up precious square footage.
Trend: You or your partner love and live with the latest gadgets, and your home is filled to the brim with them. While having a high-tech home is great, there’s always a problem of electronic mess accumulating at home – wires, remotes, batteries, controllers and so on.
Solution: Designate places for all your electronics. You don’t need to pay an arm and a leg for modular or bulky storage, but consider using cubbies, drawers or MDF units that can be bought online. Place these close to where all the electronic clutter begins – next to the TV, by your bedside or in the kitchen. Hide away all the wires, routers and batteries, and have a dedicated spot where the Kindle, tablet and laptop goes.
Tip: If your home is small, consider hidden storage options. Coffee tables that can store items inside it, box beds, dining-table benches that offer storage, built-in niches in the walls, all can take care of your clutter and not take up precious square footage.
4. Opt for a few decor pieces that make a big impact
Trend: You want to have a nice-looking home, but you might not have the budget or time to indulge in home decoration.
Solution: Choose just a few home decor items that can make a big impact in a space, without the need for other extra items. For instance, a large vase or sculpture at the entrance, one statement print or artwork behind the sofa, a string of family photographs in the dining can do the trick. Alternatively, you could experiment with the magic of plants as decor pieces. They not only help bring the outdoors in, but tall leafy sculptural-looking plants can make a space look smart and decked up. Also, adding greenery creates an illusion of more space, because it acts as a focal point away from the boundaries of your walls.
Here’s how to accessorise your home
Trend: You want to have a nice-looking home, but you might not have the budget or time to indulge in home decoration.
Solution: Choose just a few home decor items that can make a big impact in a space, without the need for other extra items. For instance, a large vase or sculpture at the entrance, one statement print or artwork behind the sofa, a string of family photographs in the dining can do the trick. Alternatively, you could experiment with the magic of plants as decor pieces. They not only help bring the outdoors in, but tall leafy sculptural-looking plants can make a space look smart and decked up. Also, adding greenery creates an illusion of more space, because it acts as a focal point away from the boundaries of your walls.
Here’s how to accessorise your home
5. Opt for quick hacks if you don’t have the time
Don’t have a lot of time during the week and the weekends, too, are packed? Learn some hacks that will help you get your life in order. Here is a taste of a few:
How to Have a Happy, Organised, Clutter-Free Home
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Do you have some tips and tricks on how to keep the home organised? Let us know in Comments below.
Don’t have a lot of time during the week and the weekends, too, are packed? Learn some hacks that will help you get your life in order. Here is a taste of a few:
- Consider labelling boxes and containers – you might think these are for obsessive, neat-freak, Type-A people, but this habit can be a real lifesaver when you are frantically searching for things in the morning. It is also a good way to put everything in its right place.
- Learn to love the ‘donate box’ so you gradually clear the clutter of unwanted things at home.
- Create calendar events in your phone to remind you to send your sofa and carpets for deep cleaning and for your monthly or bi-monthly donations.
How to Have a Happy, Organised, Clutter-Free Home
Tell us:
Do you have some tips and tricks on how to keep the home organised? Let us know in Comments below.
Trend: Chances are that you are a renter and believe in saving money (for investments, paying EMIs or loans). So you’re always faced with a dilemma to choose between investing in furniture for the home or setting aside money for other important expenses.
Solution: It’s always much easier to have a well-organised house when you are dealing with fewer things. This is especially true for people who don’t have the time to tend to their homes. One solution is to invest in key furniture pieces,such as a sturdy dining table, multi-use stools and a sofa. If you travel and change homes frequently, it is essential to have a few good-quality pieces that can move with you, wherever you go.