I can't recommend it enough, hire a professional organizer to setup your house work area etc and then have them teach you the hacks to make it stick and be efficient. It does cost a little bit of money of course, but it is SO worth it.
My wife isn't necessarily a professional organizer but has done it for people and a few companies. She is one of those super organized people (and creative about it) and she kicked my ass about my bad habits. She still calls me the stacker from time to time, because I used to keep stacking shit on my desk for months and then go through it to organize it. What sucked is like half the pile would be trash by that point and I missed dates for things etc. She thought it was ironic because a number of my clients have given me compliments and sent me emails that say I am so organized and my code and project deliverables are so clean and well thought out. They just never saw my desk before.
She changed the workflow for me and has basically made me WAY better. When I get stressed out I will tend to stack still sometimes, which tells me it isn't yet 100% ingrained but I am working on it. But I know it has mostly worked because now the irony is that I get stressed if I see stacks or things aren't in their place, so its good.
The biggest habit to change is don't say I will get to it, just do it now. That was (can still be at times) one of my biggest issues.
On the household things, my wife uses the daily & weekly routine. About an hour everyday spread out throughout the day is dedicated to doing little tasks so they don't stack up. Like wiping down the sinks in the bathroom after we are done in the morning, it takes 3-4 minutes but then they don't get dirty and require extra time to clean. She also planned out our cleaning schedule. So like my 16 year old does his laundry on Wednesdays, she does my daughters laundry on Thursdays, and ours on Friday. Sheets and towels are left for Saturday. She does that with everything so that no day does any one of us spend more than about an hour throughout the day doing any of the tasks. At first I thought it would suck but after a while it has turned into the greatest stress relief and efficient plan for us.
My wife isn't necessarily a professional organizer but has done it for people and a few companies. She is one of those super organized people (and creative about it) and she kicked my ass about my bad habits. She still calls me the stacker from time to time, because I used to keep stacking shit on my desk for months and then go through it to organize it. What sucked is like half the pile would be trash by that point and I missed dates for things etc. She thought it was ironic because a number of my clients have given me compliments and sent me emails that say I am so organized and my code and project deliverables are so clean and well thought out. They just never saw my desk before.
She changed the workflow for me and has basically made me WAY better. When I get stressed out I will tend to stack still sometimes, which tells me it isn't yet 100% ingrained but I am working on it. But I know it has mostly worked because now the irony is that I get stressed if I see stacks or things aren't in their place, so its good.
The biggest habit to change is don't say I will get to it, just do it now. That was (can still be at times) one of my biggest issues.
On the household things, my wife uses the daily & weekly routine. About an hour everyday spread out throughout the day is dedicated to doing little tasks so they don't stack up. Like wiping down the sinks in the bathroom after we are done in the morning, it takes 3-4 minutes but then they don't get dirty and require extra time to clean. She also planned out our cleaning schedule. So like my 16 year old does his laundry on Wednesdays, she does my daughters laundry on Thursdays, and ours on Friday. Sheets and towels are left for Saturday. She does that with everything so that no day does any one of us spend more than about an hour throughout the day doing any of the tasks. At first I thought it would suck but after a while it has turned into the greatest stress relief and efficient plan for us.