Category Archives: How To Begin

This is so named because you RUSH through the job of organizing and it requires MORE people to do it. Gather a team. Divide up the house into rooms or areas to which members of the team are assigned. Provide white boxes which will be labeled as in the other methods. Give the members clear,…

Use if your house is a shambles, your marriage is in trouble because of it, you fear the health department or your landlord, your adult children are distraught about your place, or you face some similar emergency. Like Mt. Vesuvius, this is a quick and powerful method. It avoids the hang-up of decision making and…

The first thing you need to know in order to organize your home is the Mount Vernon Method. One of the Cleanies I talked to some years ago in my desperate search for help, told me that she was so impressed with the maintenance of Mount Vernon that she made it a point to talk to the…

Stow As You Go A powerful habit for change is applying the principle "When you get it out, put it back, right away". Say to yourself "Stow as I go..." as you move through your home. - Avoid thinking to yourself: - I'm too busy now, I'll get right back to it later - Right…