Tip # 14    Keep it simple

This is a common advice.  Simplifying your life means a simpler, uncluttered way of living.  Get rid of grit and gunk from your house. 

When your house overflows with objects, it tends to distract you.  And we all know what happens when there is too much distraction. It prevents you from thinking and acting intelligently, hence you procrastinate. 

Go around your house and make a list of everything you don’t really need.  For instance, do you really need three toasters in the kitchen?  One hasn’t been working for months.  You either dispose of it or have it fixed.

Tip # 15    Ask family members to do an “inventory”

Ask your husband and children to do an inventory of clutter.  Your husband can do the garage and the basement.  Your children can do their bedrooms.  Stipulate that you need their lists in three days, no later.  Explain to them why junk has to be eliminated from the house. 

If you explain your intentions clearly, they will understand and would be more willing to cooperate.  Tell them that the house needs a much needed airing, and when all the junk disappears, so will the distractions.