An Exercise to Lose Clutter Weight and Gain Control

Professional Organizer Cyndi Seidler offers an exercise in shedding the weight of clutter from our lives.

(PRWEB) March 10, 2005 -- If you're starting to feel the joy of spring, that's because it's the season of blossoming flowers and sunny skies. Why shouldn't we be feeling good? Yet, there may be one reason we wouldn't, and that could be clutter.

Clutter is the symptom of disorganization and, if gone untreated, often leads to severe stress, overwhelm, and anxieties that are too numerous to mention. While a cluttered lifestyle takes the joy out of living, it also lessens our self-esteem and weighs us down with unnecessary aggravations.

It's easy to shed those clutter pounds. There isn't a pill to pop for this; it's simply a physical exercise in which you clean up the environment you live in and around.

Professional Organizer Cyndi Seidler suggests that, with clutter chaos, the first thing to do is to put order into the area. She says, "Getting organized is a process, not an event. A person cannot expect to shed all their clutter overnight." She advices to set a goal of eliminating troublesome clutter areas a little at a time and within certain timelines.

Seidler, who owns and runs HandyGirl Organizers in Sylmar, CA., offers this exercise in shedding the weight of clutter:

* Pick a time of day when you have the most energy to devote to the process of decluttering.

* Begin with sorting cluttered areas using labeled categorized boxes to sort items into. Keep a large trash bin nearby.

* As you sort, examine items individually and determine its value. Do you really need it? What would happen if you got rid of it? When was the last time it was useful to you?

* If you haven't used something in a year, it probably isn't useful to you. Let it go. You probably won't end up needing it someday.

* If it's broken and hasn't been fixed in months, chances are it never will be. Think of getting rid of it.

* Don't keep more than what you need or use. Free up your space.

* Use decorative baskets to store magazines, newspapers, or loose items in.

* Use plastic shoe-box containers or sliding drawers for under cabinet shelves. Categorize and store loose items into these.

* Use plastic stackable containers for dry goods in kitchen cabinets.

* Use organizing tools (storage products, files, etc.) to store items that are on the loose on the desk, shelves, or cabinets.

* Donate unwanted items to your favorite local charity within one week of de-cluttering.

National Clutter Awareness Week starts March 21st and invites individuals to take initiative to begin eliminating clutter from their lives.

About HandyGirl Organizers

HandyGirl Organizers was formed in 1994 by Cyndi Seidler to service individuals with organizing problems. HandyGirl Organizers delivers a full scope of organizing services, both for the home and office.

Seidler's history enabled her company to provide the kind of knowledge and skills necessary to help executives achieve higher levels of success, and provided a solution for other individuals who wanted the kind of quality help and expertise needed to organize their business, home or life.

About Cyndi Seidler

"Organizer to the Stars" Cyndi Seidler is an author, syndicated columnist and professional organizer. She's a frequent media guest, and has been helping individuals create organized lifestyles since 1994. Her methods have helped prominent celebrities such as Sinbad, Eric Roberts, Karen Black, Tisha Campbell, Mary Lynn Rajskub, Larina Adamson, Bobbi Billard, Billy Sheehan, and Spencer Davis get a grip on their hectic lifestyles.

Book Title : "A Manual For Professional Organizers" publisher, Banter Books, Quality Trade Paperback, 148 pages, ISBN 0-9705125-0-3. Available at bookstores. Price $32.00.

Contact: Amanda St. John, VP Public Relations (818) 686-8888, info@organizedlifestyles.com.

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