Take TenTM-Improve your life ten minutes at a time!
“The key to success whether you are trying to lose weight, break a bad habit or save money on your grocery bill is to consistently apply small changes over time.”
p. 27 Save More, Clip Less
One way I incorporate this principle of small changes over time is to choose a weekly project to work on ten minutes a day. Knowing it’s only ten minutes helps me to get started–even if the project seems overwhelming at first. Working on the goal daily helps me to develop discipline (hate the word, love the effects!).
This week I am working on my hall closet. Here is the progress so far on the top of the closet.
I cleaned out the box of hardware stuff and added the picnic supplies to it. I cleaned out and taped up the art project box and in doing so found a great container for my DIY laundry detergent project from this week. The shoe box holds all of our ribbon for wrapping and other projects. The bag on the top right shelf holds all of our gift bags.
I put all of the loose card games into the shoe box on the right bottom shelf. I also put a rubber band around the iron cord so it’s not just hanging around. To be honest I haven’t found a good solution for the plastic bags, so I took them out temporarily, but they will probably end up back in this closet.
How are you doing on your ten minute a day project? Leave a comment and let us know. 🙂
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We stick our plastic bags in the tubes from the paper towels. It keeps them contained well. You can stand the tubes up in a box or lay several together on a shelf. My friend uses her yogurt box from that opens on the top.
Brilliant Shannon!
Can I ask, what are your shoes sitting on and is there a reason for it?
It is a plastic crate thingy. I don’t know where I got it, but my thinking was that it would keep the dirt off the shelf and I can pull it out like a drawer to get to the shoes more easily. I don’t like that solution, but don’t have anything better at the moment. The door is a folding door, but I may get a shoe rack for the back of my bedroom door.
I love fabric bag holders – if you don’t sew you can use fabric glue – it doesn’t look as nice but it is in a closet holding plastic bags (so it probably doesn’t really matter).
Thanks Tabitha. The fabric glue is a great idea. I am thinking I might try the tissue box idea, but if I don’t like it now I have an alternative. 🙂
Try empty baby wipes containers if u have any. The container allows them to pull out one at a time if u fold them right.
I don’t know that I have the patience to fold them right–haha!
I put my plastic bags in an empty kleenex container. I saw this on another website and its very handy and keeps them in a container with stiff edges which is better for stacking in a closet. Hope you like!
Great idea Lydia! Thanks!
Do you sew? You could easily make a fabric bag holder for those plastic bags. They are SO handy and keep the bags neat and organized until you need them. Good Luck!
http://tipnut.com/grocery-bag-holders/
Thanks for the idea Laura. I don’t have a sewing machine but maybe I could have a friend make one for me. 🙂