7 Things to Get Organized in January

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After the chaos of holiday season, the new year means a fresh start. It’s a motivating time to set goals, whether it’s trying a new hobby, eating healthier or getting more organized. If the new year has you re-evaluating your lifestyle, decluttering the house is one way to improve your daily routine — and, professional organizers swear January is the best time to do it.

“January is the perfect time to refresh and reset after the busy holiday season,” says Lindsay Melvin, owner and lead organizer of Orchid Organizing. “I recommend starting with areas that have accumulated post-celebration mess — the kitchen, living room and entryway.” Keep in mind: Starting small, like with a single drawer, will help you avoid getting overwhelmed.

Not sure where to begin? From packing away seasonal decor to purging the pantry, here are the things professional organizers always do around the house in January.

Seasonal decor

As you take down your holiday decorations, assess your collection. Are there items you didn’t use this year that could be given away or donated? Most thrift stores will accept seasonal decor. Once you decide what to purge, “consolidate remaining decor into clearly labeled bins or totes,” says Melvin. If you want holiday decorating to be easier next year, take note from Beata Kozlowski of Tidy Step by Step, who always takes photos of what worked well, so she can easily recreate it.

The kitchen — namely, your fridge and pantry

Over the holidays, you spent a lot of time in the kitchen — cooking and hosting — and chances are, it’s accumulated clutter. “After the influx of holiday treats, pantries and refrigerators can become cluttered with gifts, expired items and half-used ingredients,” says Gretchen Moen, chief clutter cutter of Cut the Clutter.  Make room for healthier eating habits in 2026 by streamlining the pantry, fridge and kitchen cabinets. Donate any unopened, unexpired items to your local food pantry. It’s also a great time to check your specialty appliances, utensils and gadgets — give away any unused items.

Expert Tip: “Declutter one drawer or cabinet per day to make the task more manageable.” — Gretchen Moen

The entryway

The entryway is a high-traffic area — especially when you’re hosting, so it can quickly become a catchall for coats, shoes and outdoor gear. “Consider setting up organized drop zones for each member of your family with functional pieces, like benches with storage,” says Victoria Tran, founder of Sorted. Bring in systems for shoe storage, hooks for jackets and sort through piles of mail. “January’s colder weather makes it a great time to organize the entryway, ensuring that coats and shoes are easily accessible,” adds Tonia Tomlin of Sorted Out.

Toys and kids’ items

Your kids probably received a lot of new toys and clothes last month. Get them involved in deciding what to keep and what to purge. “With the ‘one in, one out’ rule in mind, ask your children to consider letting go and donating some of their toys and clothes to make room for the new items they received over the holidays,” says Emily Mass, owner of Spaces by Emily.

Your desk

Returning to work after the holidays can be challenging — but an organized desk can put you more at ease. “A clean workspace can help boost productivity and reduce stress,” says Tomlin. “January is a great time to sort through paperwork, files and office supplies that have piled up throughout the year.”

The new year is an excuse to get your finances in order — especially with tax season coming up. “Winter weather often keeps us indoors, so you have the time,” says Kozlowski. Sort through old doctor bills, tax documents and other financial paperwork, creating organized folders (whether digital or physical).

Digital devices

Once you’ve organized your physical spaces, consider a digital declutter — think emails, photos, apps and cloud storage. “Technology decluttering takes priority this year,” says Kozlowski, who also suggests consolidating streaming services and digital subscriptions.

“Many people start the year by organizing their digital files and emails,” adds Tomlin. “This helps reduce digital clutter, making it easier to find documents and stay organized in a tech-heavy world.”

SOURCE: GOODHOUSEKEEPING.COM

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    1. Morning Pat! Temp here is 17, cloudy, and thankfully, the wind died down overnight. I expect it will pick up again once the sun comes up. Wheezer ate sometime during the night. I moved the cushion from the chair that he always sleeps on inside the box – maybe that will draw him in!

      IMO, anyone who has open shelving like that in their kitchen is nuts!!!! Yuck! But even with closed shelving/cabinets, mine are neat and organized! But then…..even my trash & stuff I’m giving away is organized…..LOL! Dust is a different subject!

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      1. Morning Filly!
        yeah, our wind died down too. and it seems like the sun is trying to come out.
        that’s a great idea–about the cushion in the box!!
        I could NEVER have open cabinets like that!
        I blame the “dust” on the wood stove. hubby cleans the ashes out at least twice a week, so I say some of the ash gets in the air and settles on the furniture. summer I have no excuse…LOL

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  2. LHGrey™️
    @grey4626
    Well, it seems like I have to spend my morning correcting these fucking liars…

    Thomas, you duplicitous, grandstanding fraud…

    First, the oil isn’t “stolen.”

    It’s lawfully seized Venezuelan crude from Maduro’s criminal regime…tankers and cargoes violating U.S. sanctions that Congress itself authorized through multiple statutes (CAATSA, VERDAD Act, and repeated appropriations for OFAC enforcement).

    The executive branch, under IEEPA powers Congress delegated, blocks, seizes, and forfeits sanctioned property.

    This isn’t theft; it’s enforcement of law against a narco-terrorist state that starved its people and funded Hezbollah.

    Calling it “stolen” makes you sound like a Maduro apologist or a useful idiot…pick one.

    Since you are a fucking libertarian I’ll go with both…

    Second, the proceeds aren’t being funneled into “Trump’s personal piggy bank.”

    That’s a venomous, baseless smear worthy of MSNBC, not a sitting Congressman.

    The funds from these sales are parked in a protected Qatari account precisely to shield them from predatory creditors (ConocoPhillips, Crystallex, etc.) who hold billions in valid U.S. court judgments against Maduro’s regime.

    The goal: preserve the money for the Venezuelan people under a future legitimate government, not let it be siphoned off by vulture funds in U.S. courts.

    This is textbook sanctions policy…neutral offshore escrow to prevent asset dissipation.

    We’ve done variants for Iran, Russia, Afghanistan. It’s strategic, not corrupt.

    Third, your hysterical screech about “only Congress can appropriate money” is constitutional illiteracy wrapped in performative outrage.

    These aren’t U.S. taxpayer dollars drawn from the Treasury requiring annual appropriation.

    They are forfeited foreign assets…proceeds of sanctioned property.

    The executive has longstanding authority to manage, liquidate, and direct such funds under existing statutory frameworks without new line-item appropriation each time.

    If every seized tanker sale needed a separate vote, sanctions would be toothless. Your purported “originalist” reading collapses the moment you touch reality.

    You’re not defending the Constitution, Thomas.

    You’re posturing for clicks while undermining a policy that starves a brutal regime of revenue and preserves resources for Venezuela’s liberation.

    This is the same spineless isolationist reflex that leaves tyrants untouched and Americans exposed.

    You lecture about fiscal restraint yet clutch pearls when the executive uses delegated powers to crush a hemisphere-threatening socialist kleptocracy.

    Wake up yourself, Congressman.

    Your selective outrage isn’t principle…it’s cowardice dressed as conviction. America First demands strength against dictators, not impotent whining from the cheap seats.

    The Republic endures despite quislings like you.

    In other words, get your fucking head out of your fucking ass… Thomas.

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  9. I love his new name…”future governor of Minnesota” LOLOL

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  11. Reverend Jordan Wells
    @WellsJorda89710
    🚨 BOMBSHELL EXPOSÉ: Minneapolis “Tear-Gassed Baby” Family CAUGHT in $200K GRIFT! 🚨

    They sobbed to the media: “We were just innocently driving home from our kid’s basketball game… ICE tear-gassed our baby!” 💸 Donations poured in—nearly $200,000 on GoFundMe.

    New video footage tells a VERY different story:

    • Parents were actively joining the anti-ICE riot/blockade
    • They left their infant ALONE in the car amid the chaos
    • Then flipped the script, played victim, and cashed in on sympathy

    This isn’t a tragic accident. It’s calculated child-endangerment + straight-up fraud.

    Pure evil. Pure grift.

    Who’s demanding answers—and refunds? 🔥 TearGassedBabyHoax #AntiICEGrift #ExposeTheFraud #MAGA

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  13. EXCERPT: “This year’s World Economic Forum conference became President Donald Trump’s “Greenland gambit,” and now a framework deal has been reached for the United States to play a larger role inside the world’s largest island, the president announced. 

    “Based upon a very productive meeting that I have had with the Secretary General of NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization), Mark Rutte, we have formed the framework of a future deal with respect to Greenland and, in fact, the entire Arctic Region,” Trump posted to his Truth Social account. 

    https://truthsocial.com/@realDonaldTrump/posts/115934734335579278

    The early descriptions did not specify the terms of the deal or whether Trump had achieved his stated goal of a full acquisition.

    Trump delivered multiple messages to the thousands who attended the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland. He warned for the second year in a row that European-style globalism has failed in nearly every regard to protect, produce or progress, and that therefore, the U.S. acquiring Greenland might actually strengthen NATO’s security rather than threaten it. 

    Trump cites the EU’s failures with immigration, eroded cultural identity

    Trump sharply criticized European leaders for failing to control mass migration, asserting that unchecked immigration policies have rendered certain places on the continent completely unrecognizable and eroded their cultural identity. He told the crowd in Davos that Europe is not heading in the right direction, linking this decline to environmental regulations and the outsourcing of industry that have weakened economies across the region.

    Trump has made it clear that he intends for the United States to acquire Greenland, though what that looks like exactly is unclear. Trump framed it as essential for North American security, characterizing the island as part of “our territory” and arguing that only the United States can properly defend it through full ownership rather than leases or agreements. 

    Trump continued in his post: “This solution, if consummated, will be a great one for the United States of America, and all NATO Nations. Based upon this understanding, I will not be imposing the Tariffs that were scheduled to go into effect on February 1st. Additional discussions are being held concerning The Golden Dome as it pertains to Greenland.”

    Trump’s post did not specify what the nature of this new agreement would look like, though a few different options have emerged: …..”

    https://justthenews.com/government/white-house/prosperity-and-strength-us-will-outbid-denmark-and-win-over-greenland

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  14. Just The News: “Several governors on Wednesday ordered their respective states to begin preparing for a major winter storm that is projected to impact over 180 million Americans in the South, Midwest and Northeast this weekend. 

    The Weather Channel has dubbed the storm “Winter Storm Fern,” and winter storm watches have been issued from New Mexico into the Southeast. The storm is expected to impact some states beginning Friday and ending Monday.

    West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey declared a State of Preparedness for all 55 counties, which allows the state’s Emergency Management Division to prepare staff and resources to respond in the event of an emergency. Morrisey also urged residents to remain vigilant in preparation for the storm and to limit all unnecessary travel.

    South Carolina GOP Gov. Henry McMaster declared a “State of Emergency” in his state in preparation of the storm, which is expected to impact South Carolina beginning Saturday. The order authorizes state agencies to mobilize resources, allows the state National Guard to activate personnel and prepare equipment for deployment, and allows state and local emergency management officials to begin coordinating response efforts.

    “South Carolinians should remain aware of local forecasts and take appropriate precautions ahead of this weekend’s storm, as winter weather can change quickly and create hazardous conditions with little notice,” McMaster said. “Preparations are already underway by state agencies, and this State of Emergency ensures Team South Carolina is ready to respond and support communities as conditions develop.” 

    North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein also declared a “State of Emergency” in his state and is expected to hold a press briefing on his administration’s preparations for the storm on Thursday.” 

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  15. now there’s “FOOD racism”. couple heating up an Indian dish in the microwave was told it smelled very pungent and there was a rule about not heating smelly foods in the microwave (broccoli was sited). of course the couple SUED the university because they were sure they lost research funding and teaching opportunities because of food racism. they got $200,000 from the university to go away.

    https://www.theblaze.com/align/indian-couple-wins-200k-lawsuit

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    1. Oh, FFS!!! How ridiculous! These businesses/schools need to stop caving in to these blackmailers!!! I wonder if they had a sign up about not heating up smelly foods…..ah! They’re British! That explains it…..not to mention in leftist CO!

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  18. Just The News: “Two Senate Republicans on Wednesday rallied behind the House-passed Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) Act, which would require documentary proof of U.S. citizenship when registering to vote for federal elections.

    The new push comes amid pressure from conservative figures, including Elon Musk, and as the Trump administration pushes states to clean up their voter rolls to eliminate potentially illegal voters ahead of the 2026 midterm elections. 

    Republican Sens. Katie Britt of Alabama and Dave McCormick of Pennsylvania announced they are now cosponsoring the legislation, which was introduced by GOP Sens. Mike Lee of Utah and Rick Scott of Florida, last year. 

    “Voting is a fundamental right and responsibility that is reserved for U.S. citizens,” McCormick said on X. “Since day one, I have always supported protecting our elections from illegal voting and ensuring only American citizens are voting in our elections.  

    “That’s why I am proud to cosponsor [Mike Lee’s] SAVE Act, a commonsense bill that strengthens our election integrity and reinforces existing federal election law,” he continued. “The bottom line: Pennsylvanians deserve elections they can trust.”

    The House passed the SAVE Act in April. The legislation would amend the 1993 National Voter Registration Act to ensure states require documentation of a person’s U.S. citizenship before registering to vote in federal elections and to make states remove non-citizens from their voter rolls.

    Although non-citizens are already prohibited from voting in federal, state, and most local elections, municipalities in California, Maryland and Vermont, and Washington, D.C., allow non-citizens to vote in local elections.”

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  19. Just The News: “A friend of first son Barron Trump told a British court that President Donald Trump’s youngest son saved her life after he heard her getting abused by an ex-boyfriend on a video call last year, Metro UK reported Wednesday. The alleged incident took place on Jan. 18, 2025, while Barron Trump was in the United States, and just days before his father was inaugurated. 

    The unidentified friend, who cannot be named, called Barron Trump on FaceTime while she was being abused by ex-boyfriend 22-year-old Matvei Rumianstev, who was allegedly jealous of her friendship with the young Trump. 

    Barron Trump reportedly called emergency services in the United Kingdom and told them about the video call where he heard his friend getting “beaten up.” “I just got a call from a girl I know. She’s getting beaten up,” he told the operators, per Metro UK, and gave them her address. “It’s really an emergency, please. I got a call from her with a guy beating her up.’

    Police on the scene reportedly told the friend that they received a call from someone in the United States, but did not state who it was, and she confirmed she was a friend of Barron Trump’s. She also called Barron Trump to confirm he called police. 

    The young Trump told police that all he could see in the 10-15 second video call was the ceiling but heard the girl screaming, crying and being hit. “I called you guys; that was the best thing I could do,” the first son told officers. “I wasn’t going to call back and threaten things to him because that would just make the situation worse.”

    The White House has not commented on the incident.”

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  20. “The Hidden Hand Behind America’s Street Unrest: Money, Politics, and No Accountability”

    Michael T. Flynn LTG USA (RET), Jan 22, 2026

    EXCERPT: “What Americans are witnessing is not spontaneous civic outrage. It is a repeatable, well-funded political operation, one that activates whenever federal law is enforced and retreats behind euphemisms the moment accountability is demanded.

    The anti-ICE riots and the nationally coordinated “No Kings” rallies did not materialize out of thin air. They required infrastructure: communications platforms, legal defense funds, transportation, signage, media coordination, and professional organizers. That infrastructure costs money often millions of dollars and the same ideological and political networks appear again and again.

    This is not conjecture. It is documented in grant disclosures, IRS filings, congressional letters, and media reporting.

    What We Know So Far and Why It Demands Investigation

    Multiple outlets and congressional committees have reported that organizations aligned with progressive and far-left causes provided logistical and financial support to groups involved in anti-ICE protests, some of which escalated into riots.

    In June 2025, the House Judiciary Committee opened an investigation into whether an activist organization that received nearly $1 million in federal grants had ties to anti-ICE riots in Los Angeles, raising questions about whether taxpayer funds were indirectly subsidizing civil unrest (House Judiciary Committee Republicans).

    At the same time, GOP lawmakers publicly called for investigations into the funding networks behind anti-ICE protests, describing them as “astroturfed” rather than organic demonstrations (WGME).

    This concern is not isolated. In October 2025, the House Ways and Means Committee formally requested that the IRS examine tax-exempt organizations suspected of funding illegal or destabilizing activities, citing repeated failures to operate in accordance with their stated charitable purposes (Ways and Means).

    The “No Kings” Rallies: Messaging vs. Mechanics

    The “No Kings” movement marketed itself as a decentralized, grassroots uprising. Yet reporting shows that large, well-established political organizations were involved in national coordination and communications.

    According to multiple news reports, the Indivisible Organization, a major progressive activist group, received a $3 million grant spread over two years from a foundation associated with George Soros’s Open Society network. While the foundation stated the grant was for general social-welfare activities, Indivisible was reported to be managing data and communications for the No Kings protests (thenationaldesk.com).

    This distinction matters.

    Money does not need to be earmarked “for riots” to functionally enable unrest. When national protest infrastructure is funded at scale, the line between “advocacy” and “coordination” becomes indistinguishable, especially when demonstrations coincide with property damage, assaults on law enforcement, and obstruction of federal operations.

    Attendance estimates for No Kings rallies reached into the thousands per city, with nationwide participation documented across dozens of states, according to public reporting and organizer statements. Large-scale mobilization is not free…..”

    Much more: https://genflynn.substack.com/p/the-hidden-hand-behind-americas-street

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  23. HA! Nekima claims they didn’t “rush into the church”; they sat down and participated

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  32. Homeland Security
    @DHSgov
    ICE did NOT target a child. The child was ABANDONED.

    On January 20, ICE conducted a targeted operation to arrest Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias an illegal alien from Ecuador who was RELEASED into the U.S. by the Biden administration.

    As agents approached the driver Adrian Alexander Conejo Arias, fled on foot—abandoning his child. For the child’s safety, one of our ICE officers remained with the child while the other officers apprehended Conejo Arias.

    Parents are asked if they want to be removed with their children, or ICE will place the children with a safe person the parent designates. This is consistent with past administration’s immigration enforcement. Parents can take control of their departure and receive a free flight and $2,600 with the CBP Home app. By using the CBP Home app illegal aliens reserve the chance to come back the right legal way.

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  33. QThestorm
    @17QStorm
    BOMBSHELL DROPPING: Hart InterCivic in Tarrant County TX didn’t just miscount a vote—it ALTERED the ballot IMAGE to hide the drop and match the rigged tally. PROGRAMMED to steal votes then COVER tracks by faking digital records.

    Last month Dominion/Liberty Vote in Chaves County NM DROPPED a vote in a tight school board race—FLIPPED the outcome. Only caught cuz recount forced it.

    This ain’t glitches.
    It’s BUILT-IN fraud.
    Machines rigged to steal & self-clean.
    Trump knew. Receipts now exploding.

    Join https://t.me/+6JMkc-zBix4zZ
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    for more intel.

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  34. Just The News: “The National Institutes of Health announced on Thursday that it would end federal funding for research using aborted fetal tissue. The policy will apply to all NIH grants, cooperative agreements, transaction awards, research and development contracts, and the NIH Intramural Research Program, the Daily Wire reported.

    The NIH said that the policy is part of the Trump administration’s efforts to “modernize biomedical science and accelerate innovation.”

    “NIH is pushing American biomedical science into the 21st century,” NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya said Thursday. “This decision is about advancing science by investing in breakthrough technologies more capable of modeling human health and disease. Under President Trump’s leadership, taxpayer-funded research must reflect the best science of today and the values of the American people.”

    The NIH funded 77 projects using human fetal tissue during Fiscal Year 2024, a figure that declined steadily since 2019, according to the NIH. Scientific advances offer alternatives in tissue chips, computational biology, and organoids.

    Bhattacharya told the media outlet that the use of human fetal tissue from aborted babies has been argued over for years, putting “a large part of the population” in an ethical quandary. “Now that there is better technology, there’s no scientific harm to this, we’re still going to be able to use the science we need … while at the same time getting rid of this use of aborted fetal tissue which so many people, including me, find morally abhorrent,” Bhattacharya said.

    He added that fetal tissue can still be used for NIH-funded research if it is not specifically from an abortion. “Someone who has had a miscarriage and wants to do a meaningful thing and they donate the tissue from the miscarriage to science, that’s still allowed,” Bhattacharya said. “The only ban is on, you have an abortion specifically to terminate the baby, and then the tissue then gets sold, that’s what’s being banned.”

    “In public health and in science, we should seek to produce knowledge and products that are widely available for everybody,” the NIH director continued. “If there are large numbers of people with moral systems that say if you go down this line and use research with aborted human fetal tissue, I’m not going to participate in it…well what good was the research?”

    The announcement comes a day before the annual March for Life takes place in Washington, D.C.”

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  36. 🌕 Perfect Moon Shot (Minus Half the Moon)

    A rocket launch photobombed the Moon so perfectly it looked like the Moon was cut in half. Space said: “Nice photo. Mine now.”

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  37. ❄️ This Is Siberia at –35°C – Novosibirsk, Siberia’s largest city, operating normally at –35°C. People commuting. Buses running. Life continuing.

    Record low: –51°C
    Record high: +37°C

    That’s almost 90 degrees of chaos. You can feel this image…

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  40. Just The News: “A magistrate judge rejected the Justice Department’s attempt to charge journalist Don Lemon over a protest at a Minnesota church service, according to a report.

    An anonymous source who was not authorized to publicly discuss the ongoing investigation told The Associated Press about the judge’s decision on Thursday.

    Lemon entered a service at the Cities Church in St. Paul on Sunday, along with protesters, where a local official with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement serves as a pastor. He said that he has no affiliation with the group that organized the protest and was there chronicling it as a journalist.

    “Once the protest started in the church we did an act of journalism which was report on it and talk to the people involved, including the pastor, members of the church and members of the organization,” Lemon said in a video posted on social media. “That’s it. That’s called journalism.”

    Lemon worked at CNN until he was fired in 2023.”

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