Organize your home to organize your life

It is a reality: we spend more time inside than outside. Our home has become the place where we workout, the place we attend school/university/go to work. Home has become the place to do zoom or FaceTime calls with our loved ones. We have to take care of our home because it is part of our new routine, our house has become our company, our gym, our university, and our favorite bar to go and have a drink.

Organizing your home is different ways is going to help you achieve many goals all in one. Having an organized kitchen will help you stay healthy, having a tidy workplace can help boost your creativity and focus, and many other ideas. Here I will provide 4 tips to organize your home easy and fast to help organize your life, your routine and even shift it to a more productive one.

Organize your work space - boost your creativity

How are you all of the sudden going to work in your house, maybe in your room?! Creating and decorating your work space just as you like is such a great opportunity, so take advantage!! I recently watch TheHomeEdit on Netflix (if you haven't watch it yet, what are you doing??). They have a website where you can buy their organizers to make your home as visually aesthetic as possible.

Minimalist look with a dash of color:

Black and white are good colors to maintain the focus and the concentration during working hours, however I recommend to add some color. Pastel colors or even brighter colors can give light to your room and increase your creativity. Add a colorful mug, beautiful organized pens and colored pencils or any other object you might find attractive and pleasant.

Clean Space:

You don't want papers lying around, or your chargers all curled up. TheHomeEdit website has these amazing container storages to put your chargers, papers. Having a mess can actually affect your performance and reduce your ability and efficiency at home. These containers allow you find everything in time, instead of looking through a mess of papers.

Make it yours:

This is your new work space, so you better make it cozy and comfy to be at. Add small details to brighten up your day, or even to help you get more motivated. You could add a motivational board with your favorite inspiring quotes. Another idea to include in your space is a plant- it has been proven that adding a plant in your house can reduce stress and boost concentration up to 15%.

Organize your kitchen - stay healthy

It is very hard to maintain a healthy lifestyle when we are stuck at home and we have only 20 minutes break to have lunch or get a snack. How you organize your kitchen can make a difference in the options to decide to choose. Brighten up your kitchen, organize it by colors to make it more appealing, cook your meals before hand and store them in your refrigerator... make this little changes to improve your diet and in consequence, your mood, your physique and your HAPPINESS and CONFIDENCE

Color scheme your fruits and vegetables:

It is more likely you are going to get a good looking bar of chocolate than just a miserable apple... however try to nudge yourself into thinking the apple is the pleasant and yummiest choice. Organize your fruits and vegetables in colors, to make it more 1. easier to reach and grab and 2. increase your desires to eat those good looking fruits and veggies. TheHomeEdit will give you ideas on how to do this, let me show you what I have in mind

Kitchen storage

Cooking in general takes a looooot of time, but cooking healthier food takes even longer, and it is very unlikely you will do that after a long working day. Have your pantry, your kitchen well organized, with each product in a different container. This will save you time from thinking what to cook and instead have everything at your disposition right in your eye. TheHomeEdit gives you different ideas on how to organize your pantry. Check them out now!!

Another idea for "busy people" is meal-prep. Have your Sunday's meal prep session and cook 5 meals for the 5 days of the week. Here is a video of LucieBFink from Refinery29 where she cooks 5 meals for 5 days and shows you why it is an efficient and good idea.

Organize your beauty station - be efficient for yourself

Who is not a morning person? I am.... and nothing bothers me more than not having time for myself in the morning. With so many zoom or FaceTime calls, we like to be presentable, but what if those calls or meetings start at 8:30 sharp in the morning?! Having your skin care and makeup station organized using containers can make you more efficient and save you time to make yourself a cup of coffee or get dressed. How many of you spend time looking for your concealer or your brush, and kept on looking inside your bag while wasting so much time? ME. Looking for any product is a battle and I waste so much time that could be used to do something more productive.

Transparent storages:

Keep your makeup in a transparent container to make your life easier. There are many kinds of containers you can find in Amazon, or other places, however I recommend, once again, that you go take a look to TheHomeEdit website, because beside selling containers, they include images to give you ideas and tips on how to make it even better.

"It's all about the grab-and-go"

Organize your closet - be stylish even at home

Getting ready for work takes part of your routine even if you stay at home the whole day. Changing your pijamas to clothes directly changes your mood and gets you going through the day. It is very important we don't stay in our pijamas all day long as this could increase tiredness and reduce our motivation. An organized closet separated by categories and colors not only saves us time in the morning but also makes us want to pick a cute, stylish outfit to increase out confidence and self-esteem.

Divide and color scheme your closet

Divide your clothes in different categories (sweaters, pants, etc) and each category organize it by colors, starting from white, blue light, dark blue, ....., and finishing with black. It does not only look good and is pleasant to the eye, but you are quicker at identifying the clothes you have and can create an outfit faster than if you had your clothes all together, mixed up. TheHomeEdit has done projects of famous celebrities's closets (Mandy Moore) and they have blogs as well as a shop to get the exact hanger for your closet.

Here are my 4 tips on how to live a healthier and organized life. This is about creating your unique space at home to improve your lifestyle during this pandemic. We are going to stay home for quite a while, so we better make the experience as pleasant and attractive as possible. Send me your pictures or comment if you have tried any of the organizing tips mentioned above.

Good Luck!!

ps: The triumph of anything is a matter of organization

XOXO

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