Learn how you can get your home organized with my easy step-by-step organization course. My course is full of organization ideas as well as home organization tips and tricks to get your life and home organized and keep it that way.
ONLINE DECLUTTERING COURSE
For the past several months I have been putting together my Online Organization Course, The Balanced Home. I am excited to teach you my decluttering and cleaning process. These processes also teach you how to create simple routines and cleaning schedules which allow you to naturally maintain your clean and organized home.
No need to hire a professional organizer, or live with the clutter because you will have the skills and learn how to overcome any mental barriers or fears you might have to get started!
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Transform your space without the overwhelm. Join The Balanced Home Course for a step-by-step system to get your home organized and keep it that way for good.
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WHAT DOES THE ORGANIZATION COURSE COVER?
The Balanced Home Organization Core
($1,000 Value)Contains my core Decluttering and Organization Processes, which shows you how to:
- Learn how to declutter and organize your home–by learning processes and techniques that really work!
- Deal with stuff you don't know how to get rid of
- Understand what qualifies as hoarding
- Understand how to overcome hoarding tendencies
- Deal with your junk room or junk drawer
The Tools
- Workbook, Resources, Labels, and More ($250 Value). Contains everything you need to help guide you through each lesson, including:
- An easy-to-follow workbook to guide you step-by-step through the lessons
- Printable Labels
- A vision sheet for your home
- A working checklist of tasks you can accomplish in 30 minutes or less
- Shopping and To-Do Lists
- Monthly Calendar and Weekly Schedule
The Mental Foundation
The best processes to overcome mental barriers from Tony Robbins and Dean Graziosi's Mastermind Course ($200 Value). Helps you to find the time, the energy and the motivation to organize your home by:
- Discovering your “true, internal why” -> what motivates you to want an organized home
- Helping you clearly identify what is holding you back from success
- Teaching you how to organize your schedule to create new pockets of time
- Helping you discover what is most important for you to accomplish with your time, as opposed to just urgent or habit
- Helping you cut out the things that aren't important and identify gaps in your schedule you can dedicate to working on your home
Your Ideal Home
The best processes to set and achieve your vision by breaking it down into actionable steps ($300 Value). Teaches you how to break down an overwhelming project into small, manageable steps, by:
- Clearly defining your goal and vision for your home
- Learning how to evaluate specific rooms and identify what you want to be improved
- Identifying specific, easy to complete tasks in each room that will contribute to your overall goal without overwhelming you
- Getting your family or others involved in the process
Cleaning and Maintaining
The best processes to clean and maintain your home after it has been organized ($200 Value).Teaches you how to maintain your home once it is clean and keep it organized, by:
- Providing you with the basic cleaning routines you need to naturally stay in control of your home
- Teaching you my amazing “Ten-Minute Clean-up” process, which allows you to clean an entire floor / room in ten minutes or less!
- Showing you how to establish routines with your kids and other members of the family
- Sharing important resources such as chore cards, favorite cleaning products, and a deep-cleaning checklist, and more
- Explaining the laundry routine we use in our home to get our laundry done every week without even thinking about it
- Teaching you how to deep clean your home after it has been decluttered and organized
- Showing you how to help the other members of your household be on the same page and not “unclean” your home
During the course, we will:
- Show you the process of how to go throughout your home decluttering, cleaning, and organizing. Then you can take this process and go throughout all the rooms in your home–including the bathrooms, kitchen, craft room, home office, basement, entryway, playroom, garage, attic, and all other rooms in your home–cleaning and organizing.
- Clean out and organize not just the rooms themselves, but organization spaces such as closets, shelves, drawers, and bookshelves.
- Learn how to properly use organization equipment, such as bins, drawer organizers, storage bins, food storage containers, lids, and baskets.
The Private Balanced Home Community
(BONUS – Priceless). Provides a community that you can go to whenever you need a place where you…
- Seek inspiration and ideas from others
- Receive support and motivation from others
- Share your successes and see the successes of others as we all work towards finding balance and clarity in our homes.
- Can ask questions and let me know what you may still need help with so that I can continue to cater the course to your needs
What Do People Have To Say About My Organization Course?
“This course was instrumental in helping me organize my space as well as my time. As a busy mom, I have a better grasp on what my days need to include so that I can enjoy my family rather than spend my time spinning my wheels cleaning up after everyone.”
“The Balanced Home Course helped me to be the “professional organizer” for my family! Simple steps to follow, check lists, printable labels, suggestions and worksheets will keep you on track to successfully maintain your own balanced home.”
“I am pretty sure I have solved more issues with the seven layers and clarity tool than I have in 6 months of therapy!! I think this course is going to help much more than my home. Thanks Amy!!!!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!”
When I realized I had been overcomplicating the idea of organization, that simplifying was a key component, then things really started to fall into place!””
HOW TO GET MOTIVATED TO ORGANIZE YOUR HOME
HOW TO OVERCOME FEARS AND MENTAL BARRIERS
I asked and these are the things that are holding you back from getting started! I made sure my course helped you overcome your specific fears and developed processes to address each of the concerns below. Have you ever had any of the same concerns?
- “I don't have the time.”
- “I don't know how to break it down into manageable chunks.”
- “How do I balance other activities?”
- “I don’t have enough energy / motivation.”
- “I'm overwhelmed and don't know where to start.”
- “I'm scared / unable to commit.”
- “I don't trust myself.”
- “I don't have the confidence I will finish.”
- “How do I maintain / keep on top of it?”
- “I have a hard time with inconsistency / finding balance.”
- “I'm afraid of quitting too soon and having it be a mess.”
- “How do I build the habits and routines?”
- “Keeping it clean and organized”“Staying focused and not getting distracted.”
- “What if I have physical limitations.”
- “I don't have the supplies / resources / money (i.e. containers etc.) / storage space.”
- “I don't want to part with things.”
- “What Do I do with all the stuff? Donate? Kids?”
- “What if I need it later?”
- “My family has stuff they want to keep.”
- “Family is not being helpful or even counterproductive… How do I get my family on board?”
- “No sense of design / vision for what I want.”
- “Lack of knowledge.”
- “Afraid of not doing it right.”
- “Being okay with not having it perfect.”
STILL NOT READY TO BUY?
Because I know that sometimes it can be difficult to take that initial leap of faith, I wanted to give you something that would allow you to get your feet wet a little, something that you could access RIGHT NOW. I think you'll like it. I've opened up a “sneak peek” section of my course, where you can access one or two of the lessons that are a part of The Balanced Home Course. If you click the button below you will be able to create your own personal account / log in for the course and access the “sneak peek” videos.
OTHER ORGANIZATION PROJECTS
If you are interested in taking a deeper look into some of the spaces in my home, check out the following posts!
Thank you so much for all these tips. My 5-year old boy has been talking back a lot lately, but after reading this article I feel that there is work to be done on my part as well. Ana
Hi We Love Citrus, so glad this was helpful. Always a work in progress, right?
Thank you. We are struggling with this and allthough we actually new this and have been doing it ‘right’ for a long time, we really needed to read this to remind us again now that we’re going into a new phase with our daughter reaching puberty.
Paula, puberty, that is a whole new ball game. It is always good to have reminders. Good luck on the new adventure. :)
Hi Heather, All of these are important ideas. I am guilty of interrupting my kids and barking orders–even when I am consciously trying to let them speak and have the air time. I was reminded of a saying by what you said, “Say what you mean, mean what you say, but don’t say it mean.” thanks
Suzanne, you are so right. I find that it is always “Easier Said than Done”.
I have almost always spoken calmly and respectfully to my children (hey, we all goof up once in a while!)…but if we hadn’t been firm about no talking back, it still would have been a problem.
We chose to teach our children to respond with “Yes, Mom,” or “Yes, Dad” when they have been given directions or we’ve made our decision. Almost all the time, by them voicing this response, their hearts have been turned toward the command that has been made, and we’ve had very little disrespect in our home.
We also don’t allow rolling of the eyes, or other facial/body gestures that show signs of disrespect to authority. Of course, this means that Mom and Dad can’t do those things, either!
Our girls are now 12 and 14, and we haven’t had a problem here. Even though the girls know that we are their authority figure, we also spend a lot of time talking with them, enjoying their friendships with us, eating dinner together as a family at the table, etc…all things that contribute toward a healthy family.
It’s easier to begin doing these things when the children are young, but it can be done even at an older age. I think it’s much tougher for the parent to maintain self-control and set an upright example, but it can be done with the Lord’s help.
Julieanne
http://www.JoyInOurJourney.com
So true! I have been trying hard recently to give my kids a choice. So, if my daughter screams at me, she can go to her room. If my son says “stupid”, he can go to his room. My favorite was when my daughter wanted to wear a hideous hand me down dress for picture day. I told her if she wore it, I wouldn’t buy the pictures. Problem solved. So, I have been trying to think first instead of just get annoyed.
Heather, such a great point you make. If only we can take just a minute and think before we act, or speak, it helps us, as parents to make better decisions. I know I can be so quick to react, I forget to think. What a great reminder.
Thank you for pointing out that I need to watch my behavior and how I react to how my kids are acting. I can look back at today and see the backtalking from the kids and the adult. Thanks for the tips to help with this issue.
Amanda, I am glad the post was helpful. It does take all of us, parents and children alike, to help the backtalk stop.
Good article and spot on. Giving them choices even as young as a toddler or choosing corn or green beans for supper so they know they have a voice and a choice. Our goal as parents is to educate them to become caring reliable responsible adults that make sound choices.
The harder part is remaining calm and following through with a punishment, especially if you have had a long hard day at work and they will try to push limits. If you lose your cool, it not only escalates the situation and put them in control, it sets a bad example for them in resolving conflict in the future. Emphasizing that they chose not to obey rules that were previously agreed upon and that they made the choice not to follow is key. Someday they will be making all of their decisions on their own.
Another key is not just punish bad behavior, but reward good behavior with praise and privileges. We have to address bad behavior, but when things are going smooth it can be easy to forget to emphasis and reinforce good behavior and let them know you are proud of them.
My son is 18 and knows that he is of legal age and if he chose to drop out of school and move out, legally, he can and there wouldn’t be anything I could do about it (this happened to someone we know and it was heartbreaking for her parents).
He chooses not to do so as he wants a good education and a successful life and knows that he won’t have that if he doesn’t finish high school this year and further his education further and I hear all the time from people what a wonderful level headed young man he is and I can only take credit for trying to guide him on the path – he is making the choice to be who he is today.
Have I got the only child who tried to respond to this “technique” by walking away the next time he needed to be told off/given a speech about inappropriate behaviour/talked to in any manner that is not praise? In a way, it makes sense: this “walking away” when you are not happy gives them the idea of walking away every time they don’t want to hear something or they don’t agree with it…. We get way more results by setting boundaries first (you do listen to mum and dad, and if they have a point to raise with you, you just reply “yes, mum” and “yes, dad” like Julieann above was saying) and of course we do talk and play with them a lot, but they know that mum and dad are not their “friends”, we are their parents.
I have really had a hard time setting consiquinses for bad behaviors. Each child responds to punishment in a different way. If I put my 5 year old son in his room for a time out he hates it but if I put my 13 year old daughter in her room for the same behavior she just enjoys the quiet time. How do you set consiquinses when each child responds differently?
I agree! This can be difficult. I find something that my child values (for each it is different) and then that becomes the consequence.