- SORT.
The sorting process requires to get everything in your home up and out of
the place of clutter. Probably the best thing to do here is use a 3 bin or
bag system. The 3 bags to sort your clutter is 1) Throw away 2) Storage 3)
Keep handy. Start with one room at a time. Quickly put clutter things into
each of these 3 containers.
- SET
IN ORDER. Next step is taking those containers and putting back the
contents in an orderly manner. This means that everything useful has a
place. Put it in a proper place that is easy to access. If it is storage
use proper boxes and containers. You may find that you are throwing away
most stuff in this step and have a lot of new room in your home now.
- SHINE.
Now that everything is picked up and orderly here is the cleaning step.
Clean everywhere in the rooms. This will get your home nice and new
feeling. The fruits of your labor are really showing here.
- STANDARDIZE.
The next two steps deal with making sure your home doesn't get cluttered
again in the future. Standardize deals with defining the places for your
Keep Handy and Storage things in your home. Use labels here to keep things
organized. Color code common used items. Peg boards are handy for hanging
garage artifacts and washroom items. The idea here is that all of your
items have a home within the home for easy location and more importantly
easy place to be set up when done using it.
- SUSTAIN. The sustain of 5S is making sure that things are kept up on a regular basis. Here you may want to jot down some daily, weekly, and monthly things that are required to keep the home in order. For instance you may want to jot down SHINE a different room on each day, or weekly chores or monthly maintenance of household heating and cooling. Write down your tasks and keep it in an easy to access place. Perhaps a clipboard so that you can track your progress.
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