Peter Walsh has said that your house is a metaphor for your life. I realize the clutter in my home is NOT representative of me at all. What I want my house to say is that it is a wonderful, creative, uplifting and stress-free space. With my OYou Peter Walsh week coming to a close, I am going to do one last push to bring my home up to the level I want. WOW- totally flashing back to Nate Berkus from OYou Boot Camp week one about your house rising up to meet you. All I need is to have those 2 come in and strip it down and build it back up. What a dream team! But since that isn’t going to happen, I better get back to work. Before I do so, I want to leave you with more tips I picked up this week from Peter Walsh.

OYou’s Peter Walsh has consistently given us great ideas…all we have to do is implement them into our lives. The trouble sometimes is just getting started. Where to begin? I guess the point is not where, it is the when or the NOW that makes a difference. Even if you walk away with just organizing the books and magazines in the house…it is a start. Personally I’m going to start with the bathroom – the easy win is sure to inspire and encourage me.

Once we are motivated and ready to work, Peter has given us a great technique to move through the stuff – “Sort F.A.S.T.” he tells us.

Fix a time and stick to it. Haul out any item that fits in one of the following categories:

Anything you haven’t used in a year

Stuff that doesn’t belong

Trash

Once you get moving, just allow yourself to keep moving. Committ to your day. Don’t let anything derail you. Whether it is family calling, a box of old letters or an invite to dinner…stay focused on doing this for yourself. You deserve to have an uplifting home; so make it happen!