I don't - but I do have a very easy way to get the most important & urgent things done.
Here's how - and WHY I do it this way.
Share your tips in the video comments too!
x Marissa
Marissa Roberts
Organising tips to make life easier for busy mothers
How do I find the time to get everything done?
What I kept in my car kit when the kids were little
This kit meant no matter what happened in my day, I had everything I needed to handle it without stressing out 💗
Let me know in the video comments what you keep in your car kit!
x Marissa
Marissa Roberts
Organising tips to make life easier for busy mothers
5 Easy ways to keep your lounge room tidy
These are SO easy, you're going to love them 💕
Transcript 👇
These make such a big difference and I recommend them to everybody. All right, so when you think about your lounge room, it tends to be the dumping ground that everybody just, you know, they just drop things in as soon as they get home. The lounge room seems to be the place because people are hanging out there. You know, there's honestly I feel like it's more of the drop zone room in my house than it is the lounge room.
There are five areas in a lounge room where I think if you think in terms of everything has a home in your lounge room and then you focus on these five areas, it's going to make the room look tidy all the time.
So, number one, remote holder. I like a little caddy that you put your remotes in. You could maybe have a little platter or a dish or maybe just just a design spot, maybe a little basket. But yeah, I like the remote holder caddies. You can get them at Howard Storage World. I think you can get them at Kmart as well. But yeah, just a little box with separate sections, one for every remote. Nice and neat, nice and tidy.
The next thing I like is a little basket or even better, one of those ottomans with the lid on it, right? That's where I put throw blankets or blankets that you want to you want to curl up in. l curl up on the lounge with a blanket on a cold night. That's where I like to keep them. So, you have a dedicated basket or a dedicated ottoman that's just for throws and blankets.
The third one is.. I know that TVs are flat screen. A lot of people are putting their TVs on the wall and on a fireplace. I still think you need some sort of cabinet/entertainment unit, right? And that's because you need somewhere to keep your devices when they're not being used. Just put them away. Out of sight, out of mind. And also things like games, like board games. Let's bring board games and card games and jigsaw puzzles back. Let's put them in a cabinet in the lounge room. That way it's easy to get them out and put them away, but it looks really tidy as well.
The fourth thing I would do, and this is if your kids are little, is have a toy box in the lounge room. Even if they have a playroom, even if they have their bedroom. Toys tend to gather in the lounge room when you've got toddlers - that's just where they want to come out and play because that's where everybody else is. So if you have a toy box in the lounge room, everything gets chucked in there at the end of the day. The lounge room is tidy and it only took 10 seconds! Toy box in the lounge room. When the kids are older, you won't need that anymore.
Coffee table tray. People bring in like pens and little notebooks or a little book that they're reading or just just random little things get kind of left on the coffee table. At least if they get left in the tray, it it looks tidier. I don't know the magic behind it, but it looks much better.
Anyway, so those are the five areas that I would focus on, the little tiny hacks to keep the lounge room tidy. Hope you found it helpful!
x Marissa
Marissa Roberts
Organising tips to make life easier for busy mothers
Turn your chores into family fun (perfect if your kids are aged 4-8 years)
I swear these work so well but you have to lean into to the cringe, the silliness a bit!
These are ideas will help you get those mundane tasks done in a way thats a bit more fun and encourages the kids to take part 💕
Share your tips in the video comments too!
x Marissa
Marissa Roberts
Organising tips to make life easier for busy mothers
3 Things you can do now to make Christmas easier and more enjoyable this year 🎄🎅
We are 7 weeks out and this year we are having a fun Christmas, where it’s not just another job for Mum, but you get to do things you enjoy as well 💗
This week we are doing:
A little bit of Christmas planning:
https://www.marissaroberts.com/simplechristmasplanner
Here's a walkthrough of the Simple Christmas Planner (warning this video is VERY old lol)
A little bit of budgeting:
- Gifts
- Food
- Travel
- Events
And blocking out dates for holiday season events AND the fun little things you want to do!
- School events
- Community events
- Shopping
- Christmas traditions (eg movie night, driving and looking at the lights, etc)
Share your ideas in the video comments - the more the merrier!
x Marissa
Marissa Roberts
Organising tips to make life easier for busy mothers
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