how can i get organized? My apartment is a mess and I am tired to clean up after my husband and my 6 year old.

Answer 1

If you also work out of the home, you still can do a real organization and get the place cleaned too.

First of all, don't try to do it all at once. Too overwhelming and you will get disgusted with both of them and yourself. Just pick somewhere, the living room and start. You need to figure out a place for everything and everything in its place. And throw away what you don't need. When you get done with the living room, kick back and take a break.

The next available day select another section of the apartment and do it just like you did the living room.

The next available day start the bedroom and finish it.

Etc. and etc.

Realize it didn't get that way overnight and once you get it organized with everything in it's place, emphasize to your hubby and yes, even the 6 yr old, what you are doing and get them in the habit of picking up stuff and putting it away or in the trash.

You'll be surprised how much easier it is to keep a place clean than to have to do a major cleanup.

Also, have a plan. Do your thorough cleaning on specific days. Doesn't matter which room you pick for what day, you know which conforms better for your lifestyle. Just don't plan on doing all of it in one day because it isn't necessary if you guys keep it picked up to start with.

Good luck!

Answer 2

First of all dont stress about it many peoples homes are untidy or a mess as you call it .As long as it is not dirty that is the main thing that causes diseases there is a difference .Try to teach your child to help some kids enjoy doing what adults do .Talk to your husband if he will help if not then buy a clothes bin for him to put his dirty clothes in as well as yours and your childs when in the kitchen clean up things as you go instead of waiting until they pile up they are easier to clean straight away than if they stand for a while get a rack for the lounge area to put papers and book on all these are very cheap and as you all get in the habit of using them it becomes easier .1 more suggestion a toy box for the childs toys make them put them back in there after playtime is over.

Answer 3

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Answer 4

first of all, go through your apartment (room by room) with a black trash bag and throw out anything that you don't need (or haven't used for a year or more). take one room at a time, because its too overwhelming if you try and do it all at once. then go and buy organizers for EVERYTHING. then, make sure that your husband and 6 yr old help KEEP EVERYTHING ORGANIZED. good luck !!!

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Answer 6

Let them help you. It's not a one-woman job, sistah.

Answer 7

Hire help I would do it cheap

Answer 8

Start by having a calm discussion with them. Tell them that as long as you're the one who does the cleaning then you get to make some rules. Tell them you can't stand how things are, that it isn't how people are supposed to live, and that people's brains work better when things are neat.

Either put a box or a bag in each bedroom or else designate something like a chair in each bedroom. Tell them you don't want anyone's stuff left out in the main part of the house any more, and if you find it you're going to throw it in the box. Tell your son he will sort out the box on Saturdays. Let your husband decide if he wants to do anything with his stuff. He's a grown-up. You can't really boss him around beyond setting the rules about the stuff out in the house.

Make the rule that nothing will be left on any surfaces in the main part of the house. Everybody will bring their bath/shower stuff into the bathroom when they go (or get it out of a cabinet) and put it away when they're done. Make the rule that if nobody leaves their personal stuff in the bathroom it will mean the bathroom stays nice for whoever goes in to use it.

Tell them you are asking them not to leave their stuff out, and you're hoping it doesn't become necessary for you to be throwing stuff in the boxes; but that's what you'll do if that's what it takes to keep the house neat.

If dishes are a problem get paper ones for snacks and paper cups for all those drinks that go on during any day. Rinse dishes immediately, so if they're in a sink they're pretty much clean rather than disgusting. Wash dishes almost as soon as they appear in the sink (if you don't have a dishwasher), so they won't build up. If you have a dishwasher make sure all dishes immediately go into it.

Tell your husband and son you can't vacuum or polish surfaces if stuff is around, and now that your son isn't a baby any longer you'd like the house to be "regular". It really is better for people's moods and frame of mind.

Have the rule that something they're using and leaving out for a short time has a time limit on how long it will remain on, say, the table once they're done. Give it an hour or so before you ask them to get it off the table (or before you throw it in the box).

Once every day or two do a quick damp mop and a vacuuming. Spray the shower and sinks with a shower cleaner like Comet Bathroom Spray or Shower Clean. If you use that every day or two no hard-water or rust stains form.

When it comes to clothes: They're either dirty (and in a laundry bag and waiting to be washed or clean (and wherever clean clothes are kept). If anyone has any worn-once clothes they don't plan to wash before wearing again let them leave those on the chair in the bedroom or somewhere else in the bedroom. Consider putting an over-the-closet hook up over the door for this situation.

If necessary, give everyone some kind of bin for shoes. Its easier to throw shoes in a bin than put them on shoe racks. Most of the time people wear one pair of shoes and have others stored for if they need them. Let them keep their "main" shoes by the bed if they want.

(I'll get to the bedroom issue shortly.)

For the most part, stuff either belongs to someone and in someone's bedroom or else it is in the dirty laundry/dishes and waiting to be washed or else it should go in the trash. Only stuff that belongs in the main part of the house should be there. Put tablecloths on and put a thing of flowers or a plant in the middle of the table; and tell people that's how you want the table from now on.

If you end up being the one who has to pick up stuff out of the main part of the house remember not to worry about sorting it or finding its right place. Just get a trash bag, scoop it up, and put it in the bedroom boxes.

When all surfaces are clean it means that they're available for use whenever someone wants to use them.

When it comes to the boxes (or bins) in the bedrooms, its better to have that type of thing than to have mess everywhere else. After you get the main part of the house organized tell your husband you're doing the same thing with the bedroom. Let your son have a certain amount of mess if he must, but every night before he goes to bed make sure he doesn't have any trash around the bedroom and puts his clothes in a hamper or bag.

I don't know if you have eating all over the house, but it doesn't hurt to have a rule that no eating goes on anywhere but at a table in the kitchen or dining room. It eliminates a lot of messes and things like plates that get left on end tables or else spills and crumbs.

If you want to allow something like the bookbag and jacket to be left in a hall or dining room during the school week or a briefcase and jacket in the hall during the work week that let's them have their things handy and ready-to-go, which may be important for them. These things, though, don't mess up a house. Its the clothes, toys, magazines, trash, and other stuff that add to a mess.

If you tell them that as the person in charge of the house you want to make changes that will make things easier for you and make life nicer for them they should be able to understand it and work with you. Tell them you want to be "team" with the new rules, which are, after all, pretty reasonable.

Two things about cleaning up: 1) If you're really tired just sit down, have some tea, get up and put away one thing, sit down again, have more of your tea, get up and put one more thing away, etc. etc. and eventually it will be done; and 2) if you try to be almost compulsive about making sure nothing whatsoever is ever left more than an hour or so and making sure anything that needs to go into laundry or dishwasher gets there as soon as it shows up you can keep on top of it. It takes a little while to get in the "almost compuslive" mode; but if you let it go ever for a little while it gets overwhelming.

If you have to run around the house for fifteen minutes every night, picking up the stuff that got left and putting in their boxes and making sure all dishes are in the dishwasher (or at least rinsed clean and in the sink) and dirty laundry is in the bag or hamper it will be worth it. If you have the energy to wash the already rinses dishes at night, great. If not, you could wash them in the morning while your coffee or tea is doing. There's nothing like waking up to a sparkling and empty kitchen sink, though.