{"id":1977,"date":"2016-09-23T00:41:53","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T04:41:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.organizedinteriors.com\/blog\/?p=1977"},"modified":"2019-08-30T15:14:22","modified_gmt":"2019-08-30T19:14:22","slug":"one-touch-rule-house-clutter-solution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.organizedinteriors.com\/blog\/one-touch-rule-house-clutter-solution\/","title":{"rendered":"The One Touch Rule Is a House Clutter Solution That Works"},"content":{"rendered":"

A clutter-filled home doesn\u2019t make for the most comfortable living environment. Your household\u2019s neatniks will be perpetually stressed out and grow\u00a0tired of cleaning up after your home\u2019s messier occupants.<\/p>\n

They know\u00a0their cleaning efforts will only pay short-term dividends before things become disorganized once again. This isn\u2019t good for household chemistry or morale.<\/p>\n

On top of that, finding items when you need them becomes a constant challenge. Without effective home storage solutions, the problem becomes even worse.<\/p>\n

If these\u00a0scenarios are resonating with you, it\u2019s time to apply the one touch rule to help with your house\u2019s clutter.<\/p>\n

What is the one touch rule?<\/h3>\n

The one touch rule was conceived\u00a0by Ann Gomez, a productivity consultant and the founding president for Toronto-based organization Clear Concept Inc.<\/a><\/p>\n

While Gomez\u2019s\u00a0company specializes in business training and ways to improve productivity, her one touch rule can be applied to your home as well.<\/p>\n

Her concept\u00a0is deceivingly simple, right down to its self-explanatory name. The rule is:\u00a0put away your things immediately and avoid handling them more than once after you\u2019re done with them<\/em>. That\u2019s it.<\/p>\n

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Putting items aside to deal with later only creates clutter<\/h3>\n

Here\u2019s an example you\u2019ve undoubtedly\u00a0seen before:\u00a0do any of your family members arrive home and leave\u00a0their coat, backpack, or purse on a chair or sofa? Those items will then likely get moved more than once when someone wants to use the furniture.<\/p>\n

What you end up with is a scenario where items that should have a proper home keep getting shuffled around and tossed aside, creating clutter.<\/p>\n

When the owner of these improperly stored belongings eventually needs them, who knows where they\u2019ll have ended up? This leads to wasted time searching for items.<\/p>\n

How the one touch rule can benefit your home<\/h3>\n

Despite the self-evident nature of the rule, don\u2019t be fooled by its simplicity. Especially in more disorganized residences, if you apply\u00a0the one touch rule to your home\u2019s belongings,\u00a0you\u2019ll soon find clutter and mess greatly reduced, if not almost entirely eliminated.<\/p>\n

By hanging up coats on a rack or in the closet and storing backpacks, purses, and other belongings in a designated area as soon as you walk in your home, you\u2019ll minimize clutter and be more organized.<\/p>\n

The one touch rule\u00a0can apply to so many other areas of your home:<\/p>\n