{"id":4927,"date":"2015-01-10T06:00:36","date_gmt":"2015-01-10T11:00:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/?p=4927"},"modified":"2017-07-31T18:47:03","modified_gmt":"2017-07-31T23:47:03","slug":"most-organized-year-ever-10","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/most-organized-year-ever-10\/","title":{"rendered":"Your Most Organized Year Ever"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10.png\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4928\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/most-organized-year-ever-10\/attachment\/10\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10.png?fit=1588%2C2246&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1588,2246\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"10 family organizing\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10.png?fit=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-4928\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10-212x300.png?resize=212%2C300\" alt=\"your most organized year ever\" width=\"212\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10.png?resize=212%2C300&amp;ssl=1 212w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10.png?resize=724%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 724w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/professional-organizer.com\/WordPress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/10.png?w=1588&amp;ssl=1 1588w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 212px) 100vw, 212px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Each year as we start the new year, we think of ways to make a change and improve our lives.\u00a0 Did you know that organizing is one of the top three goals each year?\u00a0 Throughout the month of January, I will be offering 31 tips to help you have Your Most Organized Year Ever.\u00a0 Implement just one of these tips, tools, techniques or tweaks this year.\u00a0<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Everyone in your family may have a different idea of how to do a job at home.\u00a0 You think laundry is complete when all the clothes are put away. Your family thinks the laundry is done when everything is out of the dryer.\u00a0 You think the kitchen cleanup is done when all the crumbs have been swept up. Your family thinks the kitchen is clean when all the dishes are removed to the sink.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Having standards for organizing helps everyone.\u00a0 It keeps communication positive. It eliminates frustration.\u00a0 Everyone is on the same page and working toward the same goals.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Not all chores require setting standards, but it&#8217;s easy to know which ones will.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Be sure to assign chores too.\u00a0 When everyone knows their responsibilities and it is tracked on a chart, chores are more likely to be completed reliably.\u00a0 Switch things up regularly so everyone can have a chance to do chores they hate and chores they hate less.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Make this Your Most Organized Year Ever with family standards.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Check out more ideas for <a title=\"Pinterest Family Manager Mom\" href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/EllenDelap\/family-manager-mom\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">family managing<\/a> on my pinterest board.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Each year as we start the new year, we think of ways to make a change and improve our lives.\u00a0 Did you know that organizing is one of the top three goals each year?\u00a0 Throughout the month of January, I will be offering 31 tips to help you have Your Most Organized Year Ever.\u00a0 Implement [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4,1361],"tags":[52,1378,1379],"class_list":["post-4927","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-family-organizing","category-most-organized-year-ever","tag-family-chores","tag-responsibilities-and-standard","tag-who-does-what-in-your-family"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Your Most Organized Year Ever - Ellen&#039;s Blog, Professional Organizing for Kingwood &amp; 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