5s all year long

My goal for 2013?
To develop an Annual 5s/Lean plan for my household.

Action plan
- identify monthly focus areas (each month will cover different area of the house)
- 5S each area
- Sort - eliminate clutter and un-needed items
- Scrub - deep clean and identify regular cleaning schedule
- Set - investigate storage solutions for difficult areas
- Standardize - label zones and min/max so entire family involved
- Sustain - develop cleaning checklists and revisit quarterly for effectiveness
- identify time savers and opportunities for family time (in the focus area)
- identify Green alternatives, re-use opportunities and sustainable waste reduction in the focus area

There are already a lot of organizing resources out there. I recently found an app by Real Simple magazine that has checklists for cleaning and organizing, which I plan to reference. I also just discovered Pinterest, which is rocking my world.
I am not the most anal or aesthetic person, so my attempts will not be as visually pleasing. I am an engineer, so functional and effective are my priorities. I am also a full-time working mom, so I do not have a lot of time to label everything.
But I do have a methodical and systematic approach to problems.
What I will try to present is a process for organization (5S) that can be repeated in any area of the house.


So stay tuned to see how a real mom is able to keep up with Creating and Sustaining a lean home.