Say Goodbye to Chronic Clutter — Use the CORE 4 Method to Transform Your Home!
If you’ve attempted Marie Kondo’s famous “spark joy” approach to decluttering but still have too much stuff, you might want to try the CORE 4 Method designed by professional organizer Kayleen Kelly. Kelly specializes in tackling “chronic clutter” and designs her techniques to work for everyone, including people who are neurodivergent. Her CORE 4 Method has earned her millions of online fans because it includes just four steps anyone can follow to purge clutter! Here’s how it works. Step 1: Clear Out — First, choose one room of your home to work on. Then, grab a trash bag and several sturdy boxes. Use the bag to collect trash like food wrappers or broken items you never got around to repairing. Then, look for things that belong in other rooms of your home and toss them into the boxes, using a different box for each room. If you’re working in your office, for example, move extra sweaters to your bedroom box and the spare hammer to your garage box. Then, put the boxes in their corresponding rooms to deal with later. Step 2: Categorize — Sort everything left in your room into categories. In your bedroom, you might have one pile for clothes, one for shoes, and another for hobby items. Step 3: Cut Out — Assess the storage in your room and use that space to calculate how many items you can keep from each category. For example, if you have a category of books, figure out how many will fit on your bookshelf. That’s how many books you can keep! Then, choose a category and go through it item by item. Kelly recommends using the “3 Second Rule”: Give yourself three seconds to decide if each item is a “Yes’’ or a “No,” and consider anything you hesitate on a “Yes.” Repeat this cycle until you have the right number of items in each category.
Step 4: Contain — Stash each category of items in its designated storage space. Kelly suggests keeping “like” items together and ensuring your regularly used things are easy to access. These four steps can help you tackle even the most cluttered spaces. With help from a few friends, you can organize an entire room in a single day!
IN THE SPOTLIGHT Meet Jacob: A Fabulous Member of Our Moxie Family As we approach the holiday season, we find ourselves in a reflective and grateful state of mind. One of the most significant sources of our gratitude is our exceptional team members who work tirelessly year-round to provide top-notch pest control services to our clients. From our dedicated pest control technicians who brave every challenge to keep homes and businesses in our community pest-free to our customer service representatives who ensure every call is met with understanding and efficiency, our team exemplifies commitment and professionalism. Jacob, our residential field expert, has been with Moxie since May 2023, but it feels like much longer! We have loved having him as a part of our team — he exemplifies our Team Talent of Safety-Minded by taking precautionary measures on the road while traveling to different parts of the valley and during treatment to ensure our customers are well taken care of during each service. “My favorite thing about Moxie is the community of people that comprise it,” Jacob says. “I’ve never worked for a company that is so devoted to helping each other out when something goes wrong.” Jacob, thank you for your commitment, loyalty, and hard work! It has contributed to our success and helped enrich the lives of our customers and community. We are proud to have you as part of the Moxie family!
EMPLOYEE FUN FACT Jacob was born the day before Mother’s Day and adores his mom! He has won the Outstanding Voluntary Achievement Medal for the military. He has had the opportunity to travel the world and see works of art like the “Mona Lisa,” the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the statue of David, and the Venus de Milo.
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