😩 Why is my house always messy?

My house right now: The shoes are getting a little out of hand in the entryway. I may have to revisit the shoe organization situation for the six of us. 🤔

THIS WEEK'S RESET IDEA

Why is My House Always Mess?

Hello, Reader.

I think we've all been sold a load of poo! 💩

• First in checkout magazines that show perfectly kept rooms all sparkly and immaculate.
• Then on TV with hour-long makeover shows, that in reality take WAY more time to complete...and even then, the "afters" are just a blip in time.
• And now boldly in our faces every single day when we open up Pinterest or Instagram and see aesthetic, color coordinated containers inside EVERY SINGLE drawer and closet, with zero piles in sight.

That's not real life, though, mama.

Real life houses get messy.

And how can they not, with people living and breathing and coming and going all the time?

👉🏻 That used to frustrate the heck out of me! (If I'm being honest, occassionally, it still does. What can I say? I'm so not perfect.)

But then I realized that the point really isn't a perfect-all-the-time house...it's a house that can be returned to a calm, happy baseline in a very short period of time.

And that becomes possible when a house is not full of too much stuff, has well thought out homes for things and at least semi-consistent routines in place.

THE THING I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER

The messes in your home can become manageable.

Living daily life with family can be messy (in more ways than one). But once you get the actual root of the mess in your house figured out, those daily messes become entirely manageable in a short amount of time!

TRY THIS THIS WEEK

• Look around your house and notice the mess.
• Take a longer look in each room and make note of what the mess is trying to tell you.
• Is it that you have too much stuff? No homes for things? No routines to put things away? Or another one of the 7 reasons from this week's blog post/YouTube video/podcast episode?

That's the problem you need to solve!

GO A LITTLE DEEPER

If it feels like you are always cleaning your house only for it to look messy again a day or two later…listen up, mama…your messy house is trying to tell you something.

WATCH: Why is My House Always Messy? 7 Reasons Your Home Never Stays Tidy​
Or read it on the blog →​
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What I'm Loving

My Bloom Daily Planner I've used either Happy Planners or Bloom Daily Planners for YEARS! I love their vertical layout more than anything. I'm looking at these ones for next year.

Your Next Step

Want help actually RESETting your home?

Inside the HML RESET Club, you can jump into September's Paper Clutter & Organization focus (or work on whichever space is giving you the hardest time). We're gonna sort out those paper messes in just 10-20 minutes a few days a week!

(Members, this one's already yours. ❤️)

P.S. If you're not sure whether your biggest problem is clutter, organization or habits, take the Messy Home Diagnostic. It will point you toward your best place to start.