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!

  1. Arrange furniture
  2. Assemble furniture
  3. Assess
  4. Bake
  5. Balance a checkbook
  6. Brainstorm solutions
  7. Categorize
  8. Celebrate your success
  9. Change a light bulb
  10. Change the sheets
  11. Clear
  12. Color code
  13. Consider
  14. Contain
  15. Create a file system
  16. Create a Life Inventory
  17. Create a schedule
  18. Create systems
  19. De-clutter the attic
  20. De-clutter the basement
  21. De-clutter the bathroom
  22. De-clutter the bedroom
  23. De-clutter the garage
  24. De-clutter the kitchen
  25. De-clutter the living room
  26. De-clutter the playroom
  27. Decorate
  28. Do dishes
  29. Donate things
  30. Downsize
  31. Dust
  32. Exercise
  33. Feel a sense of accomplishment
  34. File
  35. Find keys
  36. Finish a project
  37. Focus
  38. Fold laundry
  39. Follow through
  40. Gather
  41. Get things done
  42. Guide
  43. Hang pictures
  44. Laundry
  45. Maintain
  46. Make decisions
  47. Make labels
  48. Make lists
  49. Make phone calls
  50. Make reservations
  51. Open boxes
  52. Open mail
  53. Organize an event
  54. Organize artwork
  55. Organize books
  56. Organize cabinets
  57. Organize closets
  58. Organize digital files
  59. Organize drawers
  60. Organize electronics
  61. Organize photos
  62. Organize shelves
  63. Organize the car
  64. Organize the home office
  65. Organize the pantry
  66. Organize toys
  67. Pack boxes
  68. Paint walls
  69. Pare down
  70. Pay bills
  71. Plan
  72. Power wash the house
  73. Prepare meals
  74. Purge
  75. Put like with like
  76. Put things away
  77. Read
  78. Recycle
  79. Repurpose
  80. Sell things online
  81. Send a note
  82. Shift a perspective
  83. Shred
  84. Simplify
  85. Sort years of papers
  86. Strategize
  87. Streamline
  88. Sweep
  89. Think inside the box
  90. Think outside the box
  91. Tie up loose ends
  92. Tighten a screw
  93. Toss
  94. Trim bushes
  95. Vacuum
  96. Wash clothes
  97. Wash the car
  98. Wash the curtains
  99. Wash the dog
  100. Wrap gifts
  101. Write