First Tidy Steps

Bee Tidy has divided the home up into 5 different zones. This is done for the simple reason that our calendar has 5 weeks in a month (albeit, the first and/or last week has less days than the other 4). Don't worry if you think you have more than 5 zones in your own home ... everyone does ... ha! But follow the Bee Tidy Zones anyway. These zones will hit on all the major living areas of your home. Each week, you will work in a different zone. Each month, you will repeat all the zones. In a few months, you will notice that the main parts of your home will look so tidy!!. This will then motivate you to tackle some of the "other" areas of your home.



So here is how the month of October looks:



These are the zones for October - mark your calendars:


Zone 1: The Entrance, Front Porch and Dining Room (October 1 - 5)
Zone 2: The Kitchen (October 8 - 12)
Zone 3: The Bathroom and One Extra Room (October 15 - 19)
Zone 4: The Master Bedroom (October 22 - 26)
Zone 5: The Living Room (October 29 - 31)



When you first start zone work in Tidy Zones, don't try to spend anymore than 15 minutes per day decluttering in the current zone, and 15 minutes cleaning in that zone. That's it! Tidy Steps - like baby steps! Set your timer for 15 minutes and clear out those things that you don't use or love, and then set it for 15 minutes again for the cleaning time. Before you start, review the rules of zone cleaning:

Be fully dressed all the way to comfy shoes before you start.
Your daily cleaning chores should be finished and preferably weekly vacuuming done.
The room has to be fairly straight.
Do not pull out more than you can put back in 1 hour.
Clean one drawer or one pile at a time.
Do a little every day. Don't try to accomplish this in one day. You will burn out and will hate this system. TidySteps!
Set your timer and work for 15 minutes. That's all. It did not get junked up in one day and it won't get clean in one day either. Patience and BabySteps. You can do this.