LITTLE things that help keep you organised?
(563 Posts)There's a lot of threads about cleaning routines, 15 min sessions etc which I love to read but never get round to following (one day, one day I will!)
Wondered if anyone has some little hints and tips that make things just a little bit easier about the house?
I use paper plates 
for morning toast, lunchtime sandwiches etc as I HATE washing up (no washer) - and it keeps it down a little bit.
Also keeping a small Ikea drawer sorter in the bathroom with DD's bobbles and clasps so they're to hand in the morning helps a bit.
Anyone else have any little tips?
Love that idea about the bedding droves but matching lingerie what's that? 
Meal planning and an organised mum calendar are the two things that help me stay every so slightly organised.
Best thing the DD's school ever did was parent emails.
No more "lost" letters & I leave them in my inbox till I've dealt with them, then put them in a seperate folder in case I need to refer to them. Suggest it to your school -must save them £'s in paper & secretarial time.
Starrychime how many paper plates do you use??
Our d/washer died last week & we've been washing up by hand & actually it's not so bad. Do a little every morning & evening & it soon gets done while the kettle is boiling! The DD's do half the drying up each so it's a shared job.
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
Be ruthless about sorting and throwing - nothing gives as much satisfaction as tidy cupboards.
File all paperwork for a 12 moth period in one file - none of this gas/electicty/water/mortgage separate files. I weighed up how long it took to individually file things in separate folders compared to how often I needed to find one particular document and it takes far less to ruffle through a year's paperwork occasionally than to file anally.
Long sentence..
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