17 Insanely Easy Ways To Organize Your Life In One Week

 

Do you want to organize your life but don’t know where to start from?

Getting your life back in order can seem like such a daunting task. However, you can tackle tasks one by one and easily organize your life with the right tips.

If you’re anything like me, you love that peaceful feeling that comes with seeing everything organized.

Seeing the mess and clutter everywhere contributes to your stress and can be damaging to your mental health.

If you’ve been wanting to get your life back in order but don’t know how to go about it, I got you!

I put together a list of 17 easy ways to organize your life. These organization tips are categorized into two parts:

• PART 1: How to organize yourself

• PART 2: How to organize your home

There are many ways to organize your life out there, but this list is for those who want to get their lives organized in just one week or in a short period of time.

So go through the list, and find organization ideas you would like to focus on for the next few days.

Part 1: How To Organize Yourself

1. Declutter your space

The first thing that will help you organize your life is getting rid of clutter.

This is also the easiest thing you can start with if you have ABSOLUTELY no idea how to organize yourself.

If you tend to think of clutter as only physical, I would like to tell you that clutter can also be emotional.

According to Very Well Mind, old habits, unpaid debts, and unhealthy relationships are examples of emotional clutter.

Allowing physical and emotional clutter into your life contributes to your stress levels and HUGELY affects your mental health.

Here are some of the things you can declutter from your life:

• Unnecessary paperwork

• Those clothes you’ve been keeping for when you lose weight, although they are not in style anymore.

• Books you don’t need to read anymore

• Resentment and regret

• Toxic relationships

2. Make lists to stay organized

To keep your thoughts organized, make, and keep lists of everything.

If you’re always stressed out trying to remember little things like what to get from the grocery store, keeping lists will help you focus your energy on more important things.

Here are some of the lists you can keep to stay organized:

• Shopping list

• Gift ideas list

• A weekly to-do list

• A list of your goals

You can easily find an app to help you keep your lists, or you can even use a notebook if that’s what you prefer.

Related: 10 Organization Lists To Keep Your Life in Order

3. Time block everything

I am a huge fan of time blocking as it’s one of the easiest ways to organize your entire life.

If you don’t know what time blocking is, it means planning out your whole day in advance and allocating certain tasks at a specific time.

Honestly, this is the easiest way to organize your day and stay productive.

When you time block, you know when to do everything that needs to be done, including when to take your breaks.

If you want to know more about time blocking, this tutorial goes over how to time block using Google Calendar.

4. Keep a journal

To keep your mind organized, you need to get into journaling.

Journaling has many benefits, including keeping your thoughts organized, stress management, and it has been proven to help with anxiety and depression.

Journaling is also a great way to know yourself more and understand your behaviors.

So treat yourself to a new journal, or find a reliable app you can use to journal.

Here are some journal prompts to help you out:

• 41 Journal Prompts For Personal Growth

5. Meal prep

Are you always stressed out trying to think of what to make for dinner?

Or do you end up spending a TON of time cooking?

Then you definitely need to start meal prepping.

Taking some time to meal prep lets you prepare the ingredients beforehand or make food in bulk so that you’ll only be reheating later on.

This will make your life much easier, especially if you always come home tired from work or school.

6. Organize your phone

 

Keeping your phone organized can seem super hard, but it really isn’t. To organize your phone:

• Delete those random pictures you don’t need anymore

• Organize your apps by keeping the ones you use most where you can easily access them

• Clean up your contact list

• Unsubscribe from emails or text messages you no longer want to receive

• Disable notifications from apps that are not that important

7. Pick your outfit beforehand

I guess most of us can agree that picking an outfit in the morning is such a pain.

If you’re anything like me, and you struggle to pick an outfit right before leaving the house, start picking your outfits beforehand.

This will simplify your life and will definitely save you that stress when you’re getting ready to head out.

8. Set goals for yourself and keep up with them

Another great way to organize yourself is by setting goals.

Setting goals for yourself lets you know what you want in life and what you can do to get it.

This is also the best way to identify where you should be putting your energy and what distractions you should eliminate from your life.

So please take a little bit of time to identify your goals and make sure they are realistic. Then eliminate the things that are not aligned with your goals.

Also, always remember to revisit your goals to check your progress or what needs to be changed.

9. Go through your finances more often

Are you always struggling to understand where all your money went?

Then you need to keep track of your expenses as well as going through your finances more often.

This doesn’t have to be hard.

You can use an app to keep track of your expenses, and I recommend taking some time every Sunday to go through your finances.

This will help you understand whether you’ve been sticking to your budget or not, and it’s a great way to identify and drop bad money habits.

10. Unfollow irrelevant accounts

Another easy way to organize your life is by unfollowing irrelevant accounts on social media.

Are there any people you’re still following who do not serve you any purpose?

Go through your following list, then unfollow all irrelevant accounts.

Consider replacing them with people who motivate you to achieve your goals and to become your best self.

11. Keep your purse organized

How often do you go through your purse to organize it? Or your school bag?

You need to get into the habit of cleaning out the junk in your purse more often.

To make this easier for you, always go through, and organize your purse before the week starts.

Part 2: How To Organize Your Home

 

12. Set a laundry day

If you’re someone who gets stressed out because you do your laundry as you go by, setting a laundry day will change your life.

Having a set laundry day will help keep your life organized.

You won’t have a pile of dirty clothes lying around your house or run out of clean clothes when you have a set laundry day every week.

Plus, setting a laundry day is one of those things that keep your mind organized.

This is because you’re not constantly worried about when you will be doing your laundry.

13. Organize your fridge

To keep your fridge organized:

• Invest in clear storage bins, and organize everything by category

• Use fridge labels to label your storage containers to make sure everything stays in place

14. Make your bed first thing in the morning

If you want to start your day on an organized note, develop the habit of making your bed first thing in the morning.

When you make your bed first, you will have accomplished the first task of your day.

Also, you will thank yourself you made your bed in the morning when you come back home from a stressful day.

15. Declutter your closet

Are you one of those people who struggle to find what they’re looking for because your closet is full and cluttered?

Well, you should take some time to declutter your closet.

Go through everything in there, only keep what is important to you, and donate the things you don’t need anymore.

16. Wash your dishes right after using them

The easiest way to make your place messy is by piling up dishes in your sink.

Doing them right away will probably take a little bit of your time.

But if you think about it, this will be much easier than dealing with that huge pile of dishes with bacteria and mold later on.

17. Get storage containers

Storage containers make organizing your place easier.

You can organize your pantry, bedroom, garage, food, or makeup with storage containers.

You can also easily tell where anything is when you label your storage containers.

So if you have a lot of things or if your space is small, consider getting storage containers to keep everything organized.

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