Home Organization Tools at Declutter First!

…try some of these techniques.

Stop rescuing them as far as practical – don’t find their keys when they lose them, or wait for them when they can’t find a clean pair of pants. Maybe, just maybe, they may get motivated to deal with their own stuff.

Detach your stuff from theirs – declutter your own stuff, [...]

Create a “landing zone” by the exterior door you use the most, whether that’s the front, kitchen or garage door. Use it to hold all the things you put down as you come in the door (keys, wallet, purse, car door opener…) and the stuff waiting to go out next time you go (library books, [...]