This August LifeOrganizers.com has put together a very special organizing checklist to help you keep your family, home and office organized. A small daily task can make all the difference to the overall de-cluttering of the home. 

August 1     School is starting soon. Sort out your children’s old school gear today. Throw out, donate or sell clothes, notebooks and textbooks that are no longer necessary. Make a folder for old report cards and certificates and file them away.

 

August 2      Have you been struggling with trying to get healthy, or are you in debt up to your ears or are you desperately trying to lose weight? Consider joining a local Twelve Step Program that targets your personal life goals. AA has inspired over 300 different Twelve Step Programs for everything from grief and acceptance, to bankruptcy and how to live with disability - that has helped millions - perhaps you might find one that is appropriate for you.

August 3     Today is Watermelon Day. Chill a watermelon and enjoy slices of this refreshing summer fruit.

August 4     School starts soon. Take an inventory of children’s clothing and school supplies. Make a list of items they will need for the new school year.

August 5

      Clean all exterior doors. Does your doorbell need a new battery? Take a look at your home as if you were a passerby. Does it pass inspection or do you need to schedule a lawn cleanup and spruce up the shutters? With a little work it will look welcoming in no time at all.

August 6      It's difficult to remember to clean the obscure areas in our homes. That's why LifeOrganizers.com is giving you a reminder to dust the baseboards of your stairs today.

August 7     Are your trash bags helping or hindering you? If they continuously break or make your garage storage area reek, it might be worth the investment to buy some stronger drawstring bags. Test out a small quantity first. If you like them, you can later buy them in bulk and save a bundle in the long run.

August 8     Lets polish the dining room today in preparation for tonight. The dining room table is usually where hearty dinners and memorable family meals take place on special occasions. Tonight let's borrow a little of those warm holiday feelings by having tonight’s dinner in the dining room.

August 9     Organize your kitchen today. Remove anything that does not belong in this room. Round up cookbooks and other items from the rest of the house that should be in the kitchen.

August 10   Stock up on guest hand towels. Place a stack in the bathroom. The next time you have unexpected guests it will be a cinch to replace the old towels with a clean, new ones.

August 11    Do you buy clothes only to find you never wear them often enough while they are still fashionable because you only ever put on your old favorites out of habit? Wear more of your clothes this summer, by turning your clothes hangers in your closet to face the same direction.  For the next month only wear the clothing still facing this direction. As you go through your clothing laundry cycle for the next 4 weeks, turn the hangers the other way on the clothes you put back into your closet. 

August 12    Replenish your stock of bath tissue in each toilet and bathroom. While we're at it, let's not leave out replenishing the kitchen paper towels and tissue boxes that go into each bedroom.

August 13    Today let's clean the washing machine. Strange, I know! You clean it by running an empty load on hot with a cup of chlorine bleach.

August 14   Let the hot summer weather work in your favor by airing out your pillows today.

August 15   Make carpool arrangements for the new school year. Take into consideration afterschool activities.

August 16   Clear the bedside table in the guest bedroom today. Guest Room Idea: Why not lay the last novel you enjoyed along with a crossword puzzle book and local television schedule on the nightstand for your next guest to enjoy.

August 17   Today is Sandcastle Day. Spend the day at the beach with the family building sandcastles. It will be fun for everyone!

August 18   It's time to clean underneath your sofa. Enlist some helpful hands if you need to move the sofa to vacuum.

August 19   Update your contact information for your child’s school and aftercare, after school activities and carpool. Make sure they also have your information and current emergency contact details.

August 20    Do you have hundreds of Greeting Cards saved? Gather all your greeting cards together into a note card organizer box and categorize them by season and holiday, and occasion (birthday, holiday, thank you cards) using labeled note cards. Or make it your next craft project by:

• Placing them into a photo album or scrapbook
• Saving them as electronic images. You can then upload them to Picasa or Flickr and share them with your friends and family'
• Creating a card quilt on some sturdy cardboard to display at Christmas time

August 21    Tackle a project you’ve been putting off at work. Don’t let yourself get distracted.

August 22   Be an Angel Day. Perform an act of kindness today. You could donate or volunteer to do something for a friend or a charity.

August 23   Assemble the family together and plan fun activities or an outing on Labor Day.

August 24   Scan your local newspaper to see what new events are taking place. Perhaps there will be a store sale, community event or new park opening that you would like to attend.

August 25    Spend some time today on a craft or hobby today.

August 26   Today is Women’s Equality Day. Take the day off from the kitchen, hang up your apron and order in!

August 27   Are your kids tucked away in their rooms reading and you haven't heard a peep out of them in what seems like days? Your husband just got the Complete Limited Edition DVD Collection of M.A.S.H and what looks like a stadium pal? It's time to schedule a weekly family night to reconnect and discuss family matters.

August 28   Organize your toolbox. Go around the house and gather all the tools into one toolbox, or tool drawer.  Screws, nuts, bolts and other little pieces can be stored in small plastic containers.

August 29    Remember to do something nice for yourself today.

August 30    Is there a pair of shoes in your closet that you know you will never wear again? Is it time to donate them? Take them down to your local charity.

August 31    Clean out your grill. This way the next time you want to have a barbeque there will be no excuses.

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 By Leanne Naidoo, LIfeOrganizers.com