3 Keys Thursday: 3 Small Steps to Brighten Your Surroundings

Most of us have been spending a lot more time at home, which can give us plenty of time to identify places in our homes that would benefit from a bit of our attention. Unfortunately, seeing them doesn't always give us the energy and/or motivation to do anything about them.

Want to take a small step toward organization? Here are three ideas to get you started.

One container upgrade. Is there a container that's not earning its keep? One that works or has seen better days? Treat yourself to something new with the same features. Brightening up the space can pay organizing and decorating dividends.

One space that needs work. If you're like me, you don't have to look far to find an area that could benefit from some improvement. Once you've identified the area, take a moment and look around again. What's working in a similar space, or to store similar items? Can you import an idea that's working into a space that isn't?

Help a family member identify a solution that works with their styles. Now, while we're all close together for long periods of time, other people's dilemmas can bother us more than usual. If they bother the other person too, perhaps together, you can brainstorm some ideas that might work with their styles. This has the potential to be a win-win, especially if the space is bothering you, too. 

Having time on our hands or being in the right place at the right time can be beneficial to our organizing efforts, but it's not a promise of success. Taking small steps can yield big payoffs, and the sense of accomplishment that results might even nudge us on to other projects as well.