An Entire Year of Taking Action Challenges

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We made it through another year, organizing our lives and home. If you haven't been following me, you may not know that I do challenges at the beginning of most months to help you jump-start organizing your life. Taking Action Challenges helps when we don't know where to start. It's like doing a 30-day photo or gratitude challenge. It's something you can do each day for the entire month to get you closer to your goals.

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Jump Start Decluttering Challenge
31 Days 15 Minute Organizing List Challenge
Eleven Easy 15 Minute Closet Organizing Tasks to clear out the Closet
12 - 15 Minute Kitchen Tasks That Will Keep The Space Organized Always
15 Minute Decluttering Tasks Challenge - Declutter Your Home in 31 Days with Videos
Determine Your Priorities Challenge
The Not to Do List Challenge
Get your Personal Information in Order Challenge
How to Create A Complete Bank Account List
How to Make an Important Personal Account Information List
Car Organization Challenge
Car Organization Challenge
Garage Organizing Challenge
Kids Area Decluttering and Organizing Challenge
Easy Organizing Kids' Areas Challenge
Kitchen Declutter and Organization Challenge
Kitchen Organizing Challenge Made Easy
How to Organize Every Area of the Kitchen Challenge
Bathroom Oasis Challenge
Making The Bathroom Your Oasis Challenge
The Most Important Things to Keep in Your Linen Closet
Bedroom Oasis Challenge
Making A Bedroom Oasis Challenge
What to Keep in Your Organized Closet
Backyard Oasis Challenge
How to have an incredibly organized backyard challenge
What to Keep in Your Shed to Stay Organized
Small Things Challenge
29 Days Small Items Big Clutter Challenge
How To Organize Small Items in the Home
Emergency Preparedness Challenge
How to Set Up Your Home Emergency Plan
How to Make an Easy Emergency Kit for Your Home
How to Make an Emergency What-if Scenario List
Saving Time Challenge
Saving Time In Your Day Challenge
Being Grateful Challenge
How To Do This Month's Gratitude Challenge
Year-long Decluttering Challenges ebooks
One Year of Doable Weekly Challenges to Clear the Clutter in Your Home
Easy Weekly Challenges to Completely Change Your Home Life
Doable Weekly Challenges to Clear the Clutter This Year
12 Monthly Life Challenges to Get You Organized
Streamline the Home 2024 Challenge
Let's Streamline Your Home Declutter Challenge

This year was a little different; I didn't just do home organizing challenges. I also added some life challenges and emergency preparedness challenges. Many of these challenges include printables to help you make the most of them. So, to make it easier for you to view all these challenges in one place, I created this post.

Feel free to click through and pick a challenge or two for each month to help you declutter and organize before the new year begins. Then, throughout the new year, come back and get another challenge. Decluttering once a month will do wonders for your life and home.

Jump Start Decluttering Challenge

When I say jump-start challenges, these are challenges for people who haven't decluttered in a long time, over 5 years at least. These challenges will help them get into the habit of getting rid of things and changing the habit. To do this, we must first start with short sessions (15 minutes is perfect). So below are all my 15-minute challenges.

31 Days 15 Minute Organizing List Challenge

Are you struggling to organize your home? It's time to take baby steps and try a challenge. This challenge is designed for a 15-minute task to be completed each day to help you jump-start your decluttering and organizing process.

Eleven Easy 15 Minute Closet Organizing Tasks to clear out the Closet

Fifteen-minute organizing projects are a great way to break tasks into smaller, manageable DIY projects that can fit into any part of your day. We have shared several of these 15-minute organizing tasks over the years. The closet organizing process, with all its areas, can also be broken down.

12 - 15 Minute Kitchen Tasks That Will Keep The Space Organized Always

Do you leave the plates in the sink after you eat? How about washing your pots and pans the following day, because you don't have time to do it right after you eat? This week, we will discuss 15-minute kitchen tasks that will keep the space organized.

15 Minute Decluttering Tasks Challenge - Declutter Your Home in 31 Days with Videos

It's so helpful to have a video that tells you what to declutter each day. This decluttering challenge included a 15-minute task each day for 5 weeks and was featured on our YouTube and TikTok channels.

Determine Your Priorities Challenge

We all have to-do lists (affiliate), from grocery shopping to back-to-school activities. At the same time, these lists are excellent and helpful. Some of the tasks on the list may not be necessary. If you are ready to see what you don't need to do, today's challenge is for you. The not-to-do list challenge will help you distinguish between what is a priority and what is a nice-to-have or do task. Let's dive right in.

The Not to Do List Challenge

We all have to-do lists, from grocery shopping to back-to-school activities. At the same time, these lists are excellent and helpful. Some of the tasks on the list may not be necessary. If you are ready to see what you don't need to do, today's challenge is for you. The not-to-do

Get your Personal Information in Order Challenge

Create A Complete Account List Challenge will help you get your important account information all in one place. This month is about collecting all your valuable account information. Write them up and then store them in a safe (affiliate) place.

How to Create A Complete Bank Account List

There have been numerous dangerous weather-related emergencies over the years. Why not be prepared in case you need to leave your home quickly? This week, we'll discuss how to create a comprehensive bank account list for your preparedness binder. A bank account list is where you would store a variety of information.

How to Make an Important Personal Account Information List

If there were an emergency and you needed to contact your agent quickly, could you do so? Tracking your crucial personal account information in a single list is a great way to have everything you need for quick, easy lookup.

Car Organization Challenge

Car Organization Challenge will help you clean out your car (if you need it) and create a space for everything in it. The house is not the only place to organize. The vehicle needs it, too! Here's a list of items you can hold in your car.

I also included a Garage (affiliate) challenge to help you get the car in the garage (affiliate) during the new year!

Car Organization Challenge

Let's get our cars ready for the back-to-school season! This challenge is to organize your car for a more pleasant ride. Yes, we all know that car organization is essential, but did you realize that it could save lives, your own life, and your family's life?

Garage Organizing Challenge

Do you have a messy garage? Does it need order and functionality? This garage organizing challenge is for you! We recently did this, and I found that many areas of our small garage needed redesigning and reorganizing.

Kids Area Decluttering and Organizing Challenge

The kids' areas can gett pretty messy. And a messy kids' area can lead to a lot of stress and frustration for you and your children.

Easy Organizing Kids' Areas Challenge

Kids grow so fast through different phases, and their spaces get cluttered with unused clothes, toys, and anything else that they may own. This month's organizing challenge is organizing kids' areas. Here are areas where your kids may have piles of stuff.

Kitchen Declutter and Organization Challenge

The Kitchen Organizing Challenge will transform your kitchen into a functional place to cook and bake. This post links to several other posts with tips from other Professional Organizers and me to help you with your kitchen organization (affiliate).

Kitchen Organizing Challenge Made Easy

This month's organizing challenge is kitchen organizing. Whether you have a large or small kitchen, organization is essential to save you time and money in this well-used space. To make your kitchen run more smoothly, you must create zones.

How to Organize Every Area of the Kitchen Challenge

How's your kitchen? Does everything have its place? Well, this month, your challenge is to organize your kitchen! I mean organized, not just cleared countertops. First, review the following Areas/Zones in your home with a fresh eye. Pretend you are a stranger staying in your home who wants to make dinner.

Bathroom Oasis Challenge

Making the Bathroom Your Oasis Challenge will help you turn your bathroom into the relaxing spa of your dreams. Who doesn't want a bathroom where, when you enter, you escape to your very own spa? I know I would love that! I also included ways to organize a linen closet for more guidance.

Making The Bathroom Your Oasis Challenge

Ahhh, the bathroom…the serene space where you go to relax and take care of yourself. But is it really? Is your bathroom the place you love to go each morning to get ready for a wonderful day, or is it just the place that you NEED to go and take care of business?

The Most Important Things to Keep in Your Linen Closet

Are you doing some organizing this week? Don't forget your linen closet! This area is one that many of my clients seem to put aside and forget to do. This will leave their family and their home disorganized.

Bedroom Oasis Challenge

Making A Bedroom Oasis Challenge will help create a space of tranquility. The bedroom should always be your oasis. If you have clutter everywhere in your home, the bedroom should be the one clutter-free room. Make it a place of only the items you treasure and want to see when you wake up in the morning. I also included what to keep in an organized closet post that helps you manage a bedroom closet as well.

Making A Bedroom Oasis Challenge

This month's organizing challenge is to make a special bedroom oasis you will treasure each night and walk refreshed in the morning. To accomplish this, we need to break down the task into several distinct activities. Not all tasks need to be done in the same week.

What to Keep in Your Organized Closet

How does your closet look at the moment? Can you find everything you need to wear when you need it? This is one of the most significant issues I encounter with my clients with my years of experience. Many of my clients with various closet sizes have asked me this question.

Backyard Oasis Challenge

How to Have an Incredibly Organized Backyard: This challenge will help you turn your backyard an oasis that will welcome you after a long day at work.

The outdoors can be a perfect place to relax. This challenge is all about the different areas you can organize to transform your backyard into a relaxing one.

I also included what to keep in a well-organized shed (affiliate) to help your storage space become a place you love to go to during those hot summer months.

How to have an incredibly organized backyard challenge

This month's challenge is to go outside and clear out the mess in your backyard. I have broken this challenge into five mini-challenges to make it less intimidating. Good luck! Here are the mini challenge zones to help you get your backyard super organized.

What to Keep in Your Shed to Stay Organized

It's time to do some Spring Cleaning. We will be going into our sheds and pulling out tools and equipment to get our lawns and patio ready for the summer. This is also a great time to do some shed organizing!

Small Things Challenge

We have lots of small things in the home, so decluttering and organizing them will make a massive difference in the space you have for your belongings. You can try this challenge to help you with small things. I also included a post that shows how to organize these items.

29 Days Small Items Big Clutter Challenge

Decluttering is much easier when you tackle small tasks a little at a time each day. As you know, small items in any house can envelop the home if not controlled. Every group in this challenge can quickly get out of hand if not closely monitored and scrutinized periodically. This time, we're sharing a new

How To Organize Small Items in the Home

While we are home, we may notice areas of the house that need a little organizing. However, managing the work schedule, keeping the kids focused, ensuring everyone eats well, and organizing the home can be overwhelming.

Emergency Preparedness Challenge

Set Up Your Emergency Supplies Challenge helps you prepare your emergency supplies before an emergency happens. There are lots of tips and products you can use to make sure you are ready.

In the other posts, I also included instructions for making an emergency kit for the home and for creating what-if scenarios, so you have solutions if something happens.

How to Set Up Your Home Emergency Plan

It is National Preparedness Month (NPM) here in the U.S. It was designed to help people get prepared for disasters in the home or in their area. We will discuss setting up an emergency plan, including how to prepare a to-go bag and an emergency food kit.

How to Make an Easy Emergency Kit for Your Home

These days, it is essential to have an emergency kit for power outages or if you need to leave your home for a short time. The Ready.gov/kit site talks about how to create an Emergency Kit.

How to Make an Emergency What-if Scenario List

Whether it is hurricane warnings, power outages, or a sewer line leak, all these emergencies may take us by surprise, leaving us wondering what to do next. We have tasks we need to do after they happen, but we may forget them if we haven't done them in a while.

Saving Time Challenge

The Saving Time Challenge is to help you find the time that you may not be using wisely. It includes a free printable to assist you.

These areas could include how you pay your bills and how you do your shopping. Check it out if you are stressed and want to simplify your tasks to make room for more important ones.

Saving Time In Your Day Challenge

This month's challenge is about saving time. And, figuring out where you are spending too much time is essential. It could be doing bills. Or maybe we should figure out what meals will be served this week. It could be cleaning the house. Any task that takes away from your enjoyment of life is what

Being Grateful Challenge

The Gratitude Challenge is a 15-day challenge to help you realize what matters in your life. Lastly, this challenge enables you to notice what you are grateful for, and if you are thankful for particular people in your life, it reminds you to tell them.

How To Do This Month's Gratitude Challenge

This month, we will be participating in a gratitude challenge. Creating a gratitude list helps you truly appreciate what matters in your life. It starts today and runs for 15 days. It's simple and easy to manage. Just follow these steps.

Year-long Decluttering Challenges ebooks

And lastly, if you wish to review our yearly challenges printables from the last several years, I have included them here. These are free ebooks you can follow along with and complete the tasks as instructed.

One Year of Doable Weekly Challenges to Clear the Clutter in Your Home

Awakening to what is essential in your life is only one benefit of purging and organizing your home. The act of clearing a cluttered space makes you more attuned to what you have and what you no longer want.

Easy Weekly Challenges to Completely Change Your Home Life

This year marks the 4th year we have done these weekly challenge ebooks! I hope you have taken advantage of this free 52-week challenge to organize your life. The goal of this year's weekly challenge ebook is to help you improve what is essential in your home life while streamlining and removing clutter.

Doable Weekly Challenges to Clear the Clutter This Year

This year, we have a new version of the Doable Weekly Challenges ebook to share with you. If you want to try last year's, here's the link. If you are back for another year of challenges, welcome! We're delighted to see you again.

12 Monthly Life Challenges to Get You Organized

To change a life, make a move. Small moves can lead to big changes in the long run. Remember that we need to make these incremental changes to progress toward our goals. I am sharing incremental home-organizing challenges that incorporate small daily tasks you can accomplish each month.

Streamline the Home 2024 Challenge

If you have been visiting my blog for a while, I love sharing challenges to motivate visitors to take action and transform their lives. This year, the Streamline the Home challenge will guide you through 10 monthly challenges broken down into steps. Background Story Let me give you some background.

Let's Streamline Your Home Declutter Challenge

I've been participating in monthly and weekly decluttering challenges since I started my blog in 2011. While the challenge has evolved tremendously over the years with the help of clients, followers, and family and friends, it now includes a simple way to plan your approach for these monthly decluttering challenges.

Well, there you have this year's Taking Action Challenges. Feel free to revisit any of these challenges. May you have a great new year and be less stressed and more organized. Cheers!

How can I help? If you need help to be more accountable, please visit our virtual organizing and other consulting services to explore the ways I can support you. Are you ready to invest in yourself?

Below are some additional challenges you may want to try!

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