Organised Mum Method question on clutter

[Littlemiss74]

I’ve bought the Organised Mum Method book and have established that before I can really follow it I need to do the clutter buster.

Has anyone else done the declutter first and how long did it take you? When did you find time to do the whole house with dc’s and working (p/t)?

It’s going to take me a fair while to declutter the whole house. Wondering if anyone started the cleaning schedule whilst decluttering gradually at the same time?

Any tips appreciated. I need to do something as feel like since wfh and dc’s not at school my house is chaos and I am constantly trying to keep on top of it without much success.

Are the kids old enough to help?

@GeorgieTheGorgeousGoat they are old enough to help but one of them wouldn’t want to! I think the decluttering part would almost be easier to do myself but then I’d like to set them weekly chores once I get going properly with TOMM. Just thinking about it today and in between wfh, homeschooling for another month and all the day to day things, I think it will be quite some time before I can get the whole house decluttered.

Thought maybe I could take a room at a time, declutter it and straight away do the bootcamp cleaning tasks so at least I’d be getting somewhere.

Would really like to hear how other’s got started with this.

Ah see it doesn’t work like that in our house! They would be pitching in regardless of whether they wanted to.

I started TOMM and declutter on top, just little bits as I when I had time. A drawer here, a cupboard there. There’s still the odd bit to do but I looks so much better and vastly more organised. Another reason the children help, they now know where everything lives!

Thank you, that’s exactly why I want to declutter first before getting them involved. I want things to have a place and everyone to know where things belong. At the moment things don’t all have a ‘home’ and it’s chaotic. I must have pens & scissors in every drawer in every room of this house and that’s just one example!

Hi
I do bits of Flylady and bits of TOMM anything to
Motivate myself a bit !
I didn't really de clutter before starting TOMM
At the moment Serenely Sorted on Instagram is helping a bit

I do tomm but am decluttering as and when I get the time. Normally on a weekend when DP is home. I have a list of areas to be decluttered. Everytime I see something that needs doing it goes on the list. I love the effect doing TOMM had on my house. It's just feels so clean and tidy.

I would start with the level one TOMM tasks straight away while doing 15 mins per day decluttering, if you can...or even five mins. Maybe do that for a week, then add level two and three. Progress, not perfection. I follow TOMM and have to book and app but sometimes fall off the wagon when work takes over. But I always do something every day and think anything is better than nothing. Consider getting the DC to do a 10 minute tidy every day. Good luck.

I did it before Christmas and it was great! I knew it was tidy when, after a few days, the clutter buster sheet was the messiest thing in room. The house is still tidy now even with two kids homeschooling and DH WAH and 4 birthdays since then. Even if you don’t follow TOMM religiously the suggestions are life changing.