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Hi. I’m Lorie Marrero and today’s Clutter Video Tip is about organizing your holiday
decorations. Now, as I’m posting this video, it’s only a few days until Christmas, so
I think you’ve probably already put up all the holiday decorations you’re going to
do for this year and I want to teach you today four things you can do right now while you’re
enjoying them that will make it easier when it’s time to put them away.
First, if you have an arrangement of decorations that you’re really happy with in a certain
room, I want you to take a photo of that right now. And when it’s time to store that away,
you could store the photo with those decorations and that will serve as a guide to help you
remember what a great job you did this year and all the neat little things that you [POP]
figured out and also it will help you get a little more assistance when it’s time
to set it up, because you can just show someone else the photo and you can start putting it
all back together.
The next thing I want you to think about right now while you’re enjoying the holidays is
what makes the holiday special to you and your family. When I was a little girl my grandmother
had these little Santa mugs at her house and now she has given them to me and it was [POP]
not Christmas until I had had cocoa in this Santa mug with little tiny marshmallows on
the top. And I think you’ll find if you talk to your family that there are little
traditions like this that make all the difference in how special Christmas feels and you may
find that some of the extra decorating has not even been noticed. And that maybe [POP]
next year when you focus on those essentials you can simplify the decorating and maybe
even some of the activities and have a little bit less stress during the holiday season
next year.
The next thing I want you to think about is the storage challenges that you may have run
into when you were unpacking your holiday decorations. If some of your ornaments are
getting broken, maybe you need to shop right now for an ornament storage [POP] container.
There may be gift wrap containers, there may be other things like that, that would really
solve a problem for you right now and if you’re already out holiday shopping, you can put
those on your list, you might even find them on sale, and you just have them on your radar
so that when it’s time to put the decorations away, you’re ready for that.
And of course, when it’s time to put them away, you do need to have a deadline and you
need to have the time set aside to do that. So pick that time right now and agree with
your family on the day that you’ll take the decorations down so that it doesn’t
linger through, you know, Valentine’s Day [POP] and it just gets done and everybody’s
agreed on helping.
If you are really enjoying this holiday season and looking forward to the New Year, we can
help you with those New Year’s resolutions to get organized with our team of professional
organizers who give unlimited consultation in our Member Message Board area. You can
find out more about our program at clutterdiet.com/learnmore.
See you next time, and may you always be happy and grateful for having more than enough.