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Don\u2019t have hours to get organized? Here are 5 things you can do for 5 minutes\u00a0to get your home in order. <\/span><\/p>\n


\n1. \u00a0<\/span>Recycle junk mail. \u00a0<\/span>Stand over your recycle bin or a paper sack and toss old newspapers, extra catalogs or clippings you no longer need. <\/span><\/p>\n

2<\/span>. \u00a0<\/span>Sort through a kitchen drawer. Set a timer for 5 minutes, grab a shopping bag, open the drawer, pick through anything no longer needed and donate it.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

3. Make a clothing donation bag. Go through your clothes closet and choose 5 articles of clothing you never wear. Put them in a donation bag to be given to your favorite charity.\u00a0 Stop at Goodwill on the way to get these out the door.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

4. Five minute toy pick up. \u00a0<\/span>Enlist your kids to help. \u00a0<\/span>Put on energizing music and\u00a0have a pick up party.<\/span><\/p>\n

5. Delete email. \u00a0<\/span>Take 5 minutes to delete email from your sent box, especially if it is older than a month.<\/span><\/p>\n

Feel accomplished?\u00a0 Organizing is not about finding the perfect time or creating the perfect system.\u00a0 It is about the baby steps to create a level of order in your world that works!\u00a0 Share with me your 5 minute organizing project!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Don\u2019t have hours to get organized? Here are 5 things you can do for 5 minutes\u00a0to get your home in order. 1. \u00a0Recycle junk mail. \u00a0Stand over your recycle bin or a paper sack and toss old newspapers, extra catalogs or clippings you no longer need. 2. \u00a0Sort through a kitchen drawer. 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