Welcome to Mission #22 of our 52 Get Organized Missions.
This week we turn to the bathroom. Follow these 3 simple steps and you’ll have your own little spa in your home.
This mission is a great follow on from our previous missions (Get Organized Mission: #20: Create Your Organized Life Bedtime Routine and Get Organized Mission #21: Create Your Organized Life Morning Routine).
Remember: you only need 30 minutes for the basic mission. Extended Options are below.
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Get Organized Mission #22: Organize Your Bathroom
Step 1: Take everything out (5 minutes)
Take everything out of the cabinets and drawers, and off the shelves, sills and ledges.
Place it all on a bathmat in the centre of the room, or just outside if there’s no space.
Step 2: Ditch the dross (10 minutes)
As usual, be ruthless. If you don’t love it or use it – lose it. Target:
- Old or expired toiletries and bath products
- Old or yucky make-up
- Old or yucky hairbrushes and combs
- Old perfumes and lotions
- Expired and no-longer-needed medicines
- Tatty towels and bathmats
- Empty or mildewed bottles
- Yucky bathroom accessories, like rusty shower caddies
- Unloved bathroom ornaments
Step 3: Organize and replace (15 minutes)
Here are 2 principles for deciding what goes where:
1. Keep things accessible according to frequency of use
For example:
- Toothbrushes and lotions you use everyday should be in the most convenient place – these deserve a CBD location.
- Medicines you use sometimes or want to access easily in case of emergency should be conveniently accessible – these can live in the suburbs.
- Gadgets that come out rarely can afford to go in less convenient locations, like high shelves – these belong on the outskirts of your bathroom real estate.
2. Keep similar things together
- Keep like with like – you’ll easily remember where things go and retrieve them fast.
- Keep things close to where you use them – shower products in the shower, dental products beside the sink, shaver in a cabinet beside the power point, etc.
Dos & Don’ts
- Don’t clutter up your life with excessive grooming paraphernalia.
- Do replace unneeded medicines with appropriate first aid supplies.
Extended Organizing Mission Options
Want to go beyond this 30-minute organizing mission?
- Give each of the kids a basket for their bathroom supplies. Encourage them to keep what they need and let go of things that run out or are no longer needed.
- To save space and simplify your life, streamline your grooming routine. What steps can you cut out as you get ready each day? What gadgets and products can you eliminate?
- Treat yourself to nice fluffy towels, yummy-smelling products, a candle and perhaps an iPod-speaker. It will turn your bathroom into your own little spa.
Ready, Set, Go!
Remember – move quickly, act fast, don’t overthink.
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Done!
what is the correct way of disposing of expired prescription medicines?
The local police department, and some pharmacies. Call first.
Did this last week. Only the essentials are in the bathroom now. Even have room to stock-up on some items, but not too much.
Essentials plus some extra space – perfect!
it was about time I did this one, thanks
Found numerous unused items that I will donate to the local shelter