Are you stuck at home, hiding out from the coronavirus? After more than 16 years as a professional organizer, I have heard countless times, “I know what I have to do, I just need time to do it.” Well, here it is. Being stuck at home is the perfect opportunity to look around the house and get to those projects you’ve always wished you had time for. Whether you’re under forced or self-imposed quarantine, here are 101 organizing things you can do to fight boredom, feel productive, and get things DONE!
- Arrange furniture
- Assemble furniture
- Assess
- Bake
- Balance a checkbook
- Brainstorm solutions
- Categorize
- Celebrate your success
- Change a light bulb
- Change the sheets
- Clear
- Color code
- Consider
- Contain
- Create a file system
- Create a Life Inventory
- Create a schedule
- Create systems
- De-clutter the attic
- De-clutter the basement
- De-clutter the bathroom
- De-clutter the bedroom
- De-clutter the garage
- De-clutter the kitchen
- De-clutter the living room
- De-clutter the playroom
- Decorate
- Do dishes
- Donate things
- Downsize
- Dust
- Exercise
- Feel a sense of accomplishment
- File
- Find keys
- Finish a project
- Focus
- Fold laundry
- Follow through
- Gather
- Get things done
- Guide
- Hang pictures
- Laundry
- Maintain
- Make decisions
- Make labels
- Make lists
- Make phone calls
- Make reservations
- Open boxes
- Open mail
- Organize an event
- Organize artwork
- Organize books
- Organize cabinets
- Organize closets
- Organize digital files
- Organize drawers
- Organize electronics
- Organize photos
- Organize shelves
- Organize the car
- Organize the home office
- Organize the pantry
- Organize toys
- Pack boxes
- Paint walls
- Pare down
- Pay bills
- Plan
- Power wash the house
- Prepare meals
- Purge
- Put like with like
- Put things away
- Read
- Recycle
- Repurpose
- Sell things online
- Send a note
- Shift a perspective
- Shred
- Simplify
- Sort years of papers
- Strategize
- Streamline
- Sweep
- Think inside the box
- Think outside the box
- Tie up loose ends
- Tighten a screw
- Toss
- Trim bushes
- Vacuum
- Wash clothes
- Wash the car
- Wash the curtains
- Wash the dog
- Wrap gifts
- Write