Controlling the Chaos-Day 1-“Zoning”

This is it!

The first day of our journey to Controlling the Chaos.

I imagine many of you are still tired and worn down from last night’s celebrating and the long holiday.  (I am still recovering from a biopsy two days ago and a nasty bug for weeks before that).

If you are like me, you may still need to put away some of the holiday decor or clean up after house guests and THAT, my dears, is what we are going to focus on today.

I mean why try to “organize” when the laundry, dishes and stuff are piled up?

It is kind of like trying to put out a fire consuming your kitchen by working in the garage.

Am I right?

Today we are going to start the year off right and declutter, straighten or as we call it “zone” our homes.

What does this mean?

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Controlling The Chaos-January Schedule-Paperwork

This is it!

2016 is finally upon us and it is time to dig in and Control the Chaos.

Because paperwork is the nemesis of millions of homes, my own included, paper is where we chose to start. If we can control the paper we have and gain control of the paper coming in, so much more of our lives would be less chaotic.

We will have less missed appointments, last minute or day late birthday wishes, over due bills or missed out deals.  Controlling paperwork will create less stress over all.

Below you will find the “Control the Chaos” January schedule both a printable version and an online version.  Yes, we are are adding to the paper pile.  It may be a necessary evil for now.

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