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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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!
Great Ideas; I think what is even harder is when there are things that cause many of those things you mentioned to not be able to happen. I.E – my husbands schedule puts him in bed at 7;30 every night, at the same time as the kids. We used to always go to bed together, now I’m up finihsing up everything from the day (I stop when he gets home at 5:00 and we spend family time until bedtime.) The date night idea is fantastic – but for many people, myself included, even that extra $15-20 for a babysitter (even to do something “free”) is no where in the budget and taking the kdis is great . .but again, many don’t have the extra money for gas or any other little item. WIth that said – I think that to keep a marriage strong you have to be initentional; finding ways to connect even when life is tiring.
Hello! Thank you for this post. We have a date on the calendar for tomorrow night and I’m excited about it. Honestly we don’t do it enough and this was a great reminder. There are several other points that I have taken to heart and hope to implement as well. Cheers!
Weekly date nights. At least one weekend get away a year. Texting loving or “intimate” messages during the day.
Jackie – I know many people who do date nights in! Watch a movie, make a special meal, play a game, etc.
Thanks, I loved your ideas and insights.
We had a church leader say in a meeting once that you should always go to bed at the same time. Of course sometimes that can’t always work but my husband and I always go to bed at the same time and we love it. Great ideas!
great post! we have always gone to bed at the same time, my husband has to get up very early so goes to bed early, i just made that my bed time because i wanted to lay in bed and talk! the kids bedtime is important too. sometimes mom’s use their kids as “barriers” and let them stay up or come in their bed. don’t do it!
our kids are older now and it is easier but the computer is a problem for both of us and we need to really try to do better with that but we do walk the dog every night and talk about the day!
Thank you so much for this. I love what you said about keep the bedroom as a haven. That is completely my problem! I spend so much time organizing and cleaning the rest of the house, that my bedroom is ALWAYS the dumping grounds. If I don’t know where to put it, it goes on my bed. We are planning on redecorating our bedroom this fall so I think that will help, but I’m definitely going to take your advice to heart! Thank you so much!
I really like this – other than the tv thing – LOL. I can’t turn my brain off and need the distraction to fall asleep. Also we like to kick our girls out of the room and watch a movie together all snuggled in bed at least once a week. It is a nice little “date” at home.
But I definitely agree with the room being a resting place kind of idea. I am a little mad that my husband insisted on putting our computer in there when we moved in. And I am mad that when he was starting to work at home that he made it his office space. We have an extra bedroom and I tried to get him to get the bed set out and make it an office so our room wasn’t so ugh! but I lost that battle. He wants to make sure his parents have a place to stay when they need it. Who cares? Our rest and sanity is more important. I hate our room now! Other than going to sleep, it’s the last place in the house I want to be. His loss! ;o)
To those with a concern about paying a sitter…don’t let that be a reason for not going out. Find a couple that would like to co-op…you know…you watch my kids then I will watch yours. Or exchange services…if someone watches your kids for you…in return you do something they need.
The most romantic dates I have been on have been the ones that were more creative and thoughtful…rather than expensive. You do not have to spend money to have a good time. Simply going on a walk and holding hands can be just what you need at the moment.
If you can’t leave the kids…then think about just leaving them inside and escaping to the back yard or porch…or garage even! Let the kids know it is date time and let them have a “camp-out” of their own in the living room. They can get out sleeping bags and pop popcorn while watching a fun movie. You and your hubby can have a picnic outside and snuggle on a blanket. Sit in the car and listen to your favorite music and eat your favorite junk food like teenagers do:) Play a card or board game on the porch or put on some slow music and dance. None of these activities cost any money…and you are accessible to the kids if the need arises.
The truth is…there will always be an excuse or a reason to put off date night…but make a commitment to it. Nothing is more refreshing and rejuvinating than when I get to spend time with my husband alone…so at first I had to start demanding that time from life because it was not originally there. I had to start making it a priority until that time was there on a regular basis and nothing got in the way.
It is not want…it is a need. All couples need this time. So just do it! :)
What a wonderful post! So many great suggestions. We find it hard to go out regularly, either b/c babysitters are scarce or we’re just too tired. However, we have a home date on Friday nights, “Happy Friday Night”, after the kids are in bed. We find this just as enjoyable as going out.
Great post! I love the line about babysitters being cheaper than therapists! Good perspective!
What a timely article! I’m on our MOPS planning committee and “How to Date Your Husband” is one of the topics we just added to this year’s meetings. And 2 days ago I wrote a personal blog post entitled “Used to be”, talking about the things my hubby and I used to do that we don’t do at all anymore with three young children. We just went on a date last night (just dinner, errands, and dessert, but STILL!) and I’d just vowed to try to do SOME sort of date every 2 weeks, whether it’s to the city or just breakfast or tennis at the park, I really want to start DATING again! Great post!
Hello,
I came across your blog and was very intrigued. I just had a couple of questions, so if you could e-mail me back that would be great! Thank you for your time.