My grandson just turned two and he is so much fun to go for a walk with. He likes to walk on the rocks in front of the yards and always says, “rocks, rocks”. We stop to look at a fountain while he jabbers and talks about the water. He spots the cars and trucks, the bushes, flowers and bees. He is so excited about everything he sees and looks up to point at the airplanes flying overhead.

He can teach me a lesson about what I see in my home everyday. Has clutter become so common place that I don’t notice it anymore? Do I need to ‘take a walk’ from room to room with new and excited eyes and look at things in a new way that will rejuvenate my life?

In the living room are their coats on the floor or on the furniture that need a home? They have a designated place called the hall closet and it is just as easy to hang them up when coming home as it is to throw them on the floor. If your home doesn’t have a coat closet a coat rack placed in a corner can be used. The magazines lying around can either be thrown away (and after three months either recycle, donate or toss) or can be contained in a basket until there is time to read them. If there is am article you really want to read, tear it out and put it with your other reading material and it will get read—just make sure you get the last page and it is so frustrating and disappointing to read an entire article and then missing out on the end.

The children’s toys can go back to their spaces. A toy box, shelves or baskets are great places to keep toys so they can be easily accessed.

Used food dishes need to be in the kitchen. If this is a big problem with family members not carrying dishes back to the kitchen then a rule could be no eating in the living room.

The living room is often the first room people see when they come to our homes and as a professional home organizer this is the room almost everyone wants help with on how to organize so when people drop by they don’t have to clear a space for their guest to sit down.

I hope today will be your best day ever.