Newby Organization 101

I apologize if these organizing posts are boring to some of you. :) Me? I could sit and read blogs and books about organizing all day! *sigh*staring dreamily into the distance* But I digress...

In my quest to get more organized this year, I've joined One Year to a More Organized Life from Brenda at Unsolicited Advice. (As a side note, I'm naturally an organized person *I think*, so I'm basically doing this for motivation!) :)

Along with Brenda's worksheets and "assignments" I've been doing a few other things around here to help make my life more simple. I'm all about simple. Thankfully, my husband is totally on board with this which makes it so much easier! :)

• I've made a Daily/Weekly Schedule (which is my "Bare Minimum") 
• I've been doing my best to get rid of as much "stuff" as humanly possible. I've made a few rules for myself:
• If said stuff doesn't fit where it should go - get rid of it!
• We're not keeping any more books than can fit on the bookshelf we have. Same goes for toys. I'm enforcing the "One in, one out." rule. Of course, I have those few books that I'll always want to keep, and I'm sure when we start homeschooling our library will grow.
• I'm in the process of getting rid of (or storing) any towels, bed sheets and washcloths that we can't use in a week. Our bathroom is TINY and I cannot afford the space that extra towels are taking up. I do laundry once a week, so there's really no need for there to be more than we can use in a week. As Amy just experienced, there are plenty of people in the world who don't have much and I feel silly hoarding having all this stuff!
• I'm seriously considering joining Project 333. Peter Walsh says we only wear 20% of our clothes 80% of the time.
• If we can rent it from the library, Netflix or simply get the information online, get rid of it!
• This covers cookbooks, movies (except some children's movies that I like to keep on hand) and cd's. Freecycle is a great way to get rid of stuff. You don't even have to leave the comfort of your own home. Swap.com is also a great website if you have video games, books, cd's or movies that you want to swap. You only pay shipping. We use it all the time and love it!
• I've been spending less time online. (Not including this post - it's taking forever to write!)
• I've "decluttered" my Reader and unsubscribed to the blogs I don't read anymore or just don't think are important right now. (If anyone has any ideas on how to keep track of the blogs I like but don't want in my Reader right now, I'd love to hear them!)
• I deactivated my Facebook account, but after my guest post last Friday, Rachel said there were people sharing my post on FB, so being the humble girl that I am, I had to sign back in a check it out! I'm happy to report that since then though, I've only been on FB like, twice. :)

My biggest hope in implementing these new "house rules" is that I will have more TIME. Time to spend with my family, or crafting or... blogging. *cough* 

Be very careful, then, how you live - not as unwise but as wise, making the most of every oppurtunity, because the days are evil. Eph 5:15-16

What are some time-freeing/organizing tips you've picked up along the way? I'd love to hear them!

Link up to OYOL over at Unsolicited Advice to get organized! :)