If you want to have a clean house, you have to find a place for everything you own. I don’t mean letting your items float around in cabinets or on shelves or in drawers. I mean create physical boundaries for every possession you own. Every paperclip needs four walls around it. A hairbrush needs four walls around it. A fork needs four walls around it. I made this nifty graphic to illustrate this. See the difference? A perimeter gives your possessions a physical home as opposed to just “that drawer”. There’s no shifting or migrating. Everything stays in place.

This is not an unattainable goal. Everyone can find a place for everything they own. It’s not unrealistic, it’s necessary! It doesn’t matter how big or how small your house is. You can find a home for everything you own. And if you can’t, well then you have too much stuff! If you’re living in a 500 square foot home, you cannot own as much as someone that lives in a 3500 square foot home. You have to minimize and simplify. You have to create boundaries. Make it a goal right now to find a home for everything you own! Start with one cabinet or one drawer. Start small, but start now!