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04/29/2022

May Event Declutter Your Kitchen

Spring has sprung and summer will be around the corner before you know it! If you enjoy spending time outdoors this time of year, spend a little extra time this month taking inventory of the items you have in your kitchen that no longer serves you.

Spend some extra time in your kitchen looking for things in your kitchen that are broken, outdated, no longer useful to anyone. Doing this first will create extra room in your kitchen.

As you are going through your kitchen keep in mind the second Cha. It is about finding things that no longer serve you but just may BLESS someone else this summer. Have a donation box ready for these items.

The last part is about Putting Things Away. Now that you have created space in your kitchen, think about how you use your kitchen. One area is the preparation area. Do you have everything you need handy to prepare your evening meals? The next area is the baking area. Setting it up that makes sense to you will make it easy to bake for all the summer holidays. Finally the last area is storage. You have already been there looking for outdated food. This should create enough space where you can organize by the way you cook and bake.

This event is held twice a year with the next event being in November. November is more about getting it ready for the holidays so you can enjoy them with the rest of your family. May is a wonderful time to really clean AFTER you have decluttered.

There's lots of information on How To. Don't go on a wild goose chase for the perfect one. Instead, grab your notebook, study your kitchen and ask yourself the question, "Do I have my kitchen set up so it saves time and makes sense to me?" Not all of us have a brand new kitchen. Mine for example was remodeled 10 years ago according to what I could afford and the shape of the room.

It is more important that you embrace the likes and the faults in your kitchen because this is what you have to work with. Let's all have a wonderful kick off to the Spring/Summer Season!

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04/29/2022

Now that I am 85% decluttered, I really pay attention to what comes into my home. We cannot keep our homes company ready if we don’t remove the items the new one is replacing.
My conclusion? Decluttering must become a ‘Habit’. Part of Habit 5, the Tidy ‘Reset’ 15 minutes is also the time to look for items that can be tossed, donated or sold. I have been practicing it this way and now decluttering isn’t so much an issue. If I have a decluttering project, I will block some time out of my day with the assumption to not take out more than can be put away in an hour. It was hard at first and I did it. I am happy that I have mastered this concept. What are your decluttering habits? Please let me know. For more information, visit the featured section of the group Marilyn’s Way and also go to my website www.marilynkfoster.com

04/24/2022

Zone 5 - Living Room.
Start by getting rid of the things that don't belong, then clean using the Left to Right, Top To Bottom, Clockwise method. Freshen up by maybe changing up the pieces you have displayed in the room.

Begin doing a 5 minute Pick Up Put Away session as part of Habit 9 Launch Pad Ready.
100 Things To Get Rid Of In Your Home: The Simple Way To Begin Your Decluttering Journey

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04/22/2022

These are the 'Workhorses' of Marilyn's Way system. Establish the 9 Daily Habits and work in a Weekly Home Tidy.
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04/22/2022

When You Declutter, Never Take Out More Than You Can Put Back In An Hour
When you first begin your journey into decluttering, many of you want to do it all at once and be done with it. I was the same way. The fact is you still have to live your day to day life. Sure if you want to use one of your vacations to do this you can, but for me I can think of so many other things to do with a vacation.
When I first started my journey I didn't follow this rule. Soon my entire house was upside down. In fact it was worse than when I started. What I finally learned was until I had a set of habits I do daily to keep myself, my family and my home in order, decluttering wasn't going to matter. I would be right back at the same place if I didn't change my habits.

This is definitely a learning curve for everyone. Usually a crisis is what gets you to want to declutter. Instead why not focus on the 9 Daily Habits of Marilyn’s Way?

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04/12/2022

When I set out to create a home keeping system it had to be different than what I was trying because I failed at them miserably. I was successful in my communications in sales job and was well organized. Yet when I came home to my apartment it looked like a tornado had gone through it. I would have sprints of cleaning and still tried to do the cleaning on Saturdays that I grew up with. I needed some tools that were going to work for me and my way of thinking. Let me introduce you to the importance of habits.
There are many things we do in a day th
at have become habits. Some are good and some are bad but with a little tweaking they can all turn into good.
What stresses us out the most? Feeling Overwhelmed. Ask anyone. I needed tools to keep me from feeling overwhelmed. I have never liked home keeping and yet understand the importance of having a well run home. So why wasn't it happening?
Many times we look harder than we need to and the simple things get overlooked. Could a set of 9 Daily Habits solve this? What would the habits need to be to make it easier? You can find the 9 Daily Habits in the Feature section of this group and they are listed on the header.
The more I practiced these recurring 9 Daily Habits the easier life began to be. Soon I found myself with moments of free time. That's when I realized the answer to my home keeping problems was in the 'habits'. I went on to create a set of weekly habits, monthly zone work and monthly decluttering events all recurring with the priority to always be the 9 Daily Habits. You know what? It's working!
I invite you to give my system Marilyn's Way a try. Start small with committing to a couple of the habits that you will make time each day to do. Once they become comfortable, add another one. Make Marilyn's Way your last stop for home keeping, decluttering and self care needs.
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04/11/2022

In 2020 the word I found myself using over and over was 'Reset'. I have been using it ever since. For some reason saying the word 'reset' seemed to have built in self forgiveness. The main reason I would find myself having to reset myself is because, I was taking on more than I could chew. It wasn't until I got familiar with Time Blocking that I found I didn't have to reset myself so much. What is time blocking? It is about getting a realistic view as to how much time things take to do. This led me to asking myself what needs to be done each day and how long is it going to take? I made a list of things to do each day that would become the 9 Daily Habits and marked down on an average how long it would take. Whenever I got the don't wannas I can go to my list and add up the minutes it would take to do them and many of them are less than 10 minutes.
We need 3 parts to our day. Part 1 - Begin Your Day, Part 2 Get Things Done and Part 3 End Your Day Planning For Tomorrow. That is what the 9 Daily Habits is all about. Each part has a set of 3 habits that are easily associated together making them easier to get done. Start out with one and add as you feel comfortable. Soon, they will become automatic!
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04/09/2022

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04/09/2022

Home keeping is about having a set of habits that you become consistent at. There are 3 parts to your day. Get Started, Get Things Done and End your Day with Plans for tomorrow. Yet many of us struggle. I will tell you a secret. The reason your home is filled with clutter is because you have never established a system that will work for you. Not having one in place leaves room for overspending. If we can't find it, a big box store is usually minutes away to purchase another one. So you see where this is going.
I invite you to begin practicing the 9 Daily Habits. Choose a habit you will commit to each day and always allow time for it. From there you add another one. Most of the 9 Daily Habits take less than 5 minutes to do. It is all about getting into the habit of doing it. Any Day is the Right Way to Begin Again. Wake up each morning with your best intentions. Out of this comes progress.
You can find the 9 Daily Habits in the Featured section and also in the header of the group. Let's begin again.

04/08/2022

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04/08/2022

JUMPSTART
If you are always asking yourself, ''Where Do I Start? this workbook is for you. I currently have it 50% off. It is how I did it . I had to get back down to the BASIC of BASIC. I was a 5 year pajama ju**ie trying to get my home in order. I figured once I did, I would start getting dressed again. 5 years later I was no further ahead than when I began.
Getting Dressed each day is the HABIT that literally changed my life. I was one beaten down gal living with fibromyalgia, depression, anxiety, PTSD, Bipolar and am ADHD. I have quite a bit stacked up against me so I had to figure out how I was going to do it as all the home keeping systems that were available did not work. They were all too much! That is when I got the idea from my years of working in corporate America in communications. How was I successful in sales? The answer was I had a set of Daily Habits I did to 'Keep Me On Track'. If I was going to be successful at sales I had to have a system. And that is when I went to work trying various ways.
JUMPSTART is the foundation of the system. Get this going smoothly and in no time at all you will begin the importance of items you use daily having homes. It makes it so much easier day to day. How you do it only has to make sense to you.
The workbook has free downloads included like a 9 Daily Habit Tracker. Invest in yourself. Skip that Starbucks Coffee and you can get your copy today! I want you to find the joy I have from this journey . Today I run the Marilyn's Way groups, website, have a part time job, workout 3 times a week eating healthy food. It didn't happen overnight. It has been a process of layers to build upon with 2 steps forward, 1 back. The thing is I have been moving Forward. You can too!
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