1. Why do so many people find the idea of organization overwhelming, and why is organizing our lives important?
Because we are so busy that we don’t take that little bit of time every day to organize ourselves. If years and years go by, organizing can seem like an overwhelming task. If each person would take a few minutes a day to organize, the problem of disorganization would go away. It might seem boring, but it’s very useful because the problem multiplies if you don’t do a thing.

2. Is there a specific mindset we need to get into before beginning a project to organize and/or declutter?
Read my book, Martha Stewart’s Organizing: The Manual for Bringing Order to Your Life, Home & Routines. Go page by page and see how simple reorganizing can be if you take the right steps. If you work in an orderly fashion and do it often, it can be fun! And you’ll feel good about what you accomplish. I’m always organizing. If I don’t continually organize, my house would be a disaster. With lots of pets and people in a home, deliveries coming in and out daily, you must be organized.

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