ISO: An organizational mentor

I want to purge and simplify my life but I'm having a hard time getting started.  Well, that's not completely fair.  To be honest I've gotten much better about purging the last few years.  But now I want to really go for it...but I can't quite seem to actually do it.  I wake up with great intentions, sometimes, for example, I even make it down to the playroom, the site of my greatest intentions.  The other day I even grabbed a trash bag and threw a few things in it.  And then I stalled.  Every time I try to start, I stall.  HELP ME!  I really, really want to simplify my life.  I'm so tired of my house always being a cluttered disaster.  How do I do this?  Has anyone else been here?  How do I begin?

Tidy

• It makes me happy when my house is tidy.

• I'm trying to stop freaking out when people come over and my house isn't tidy. (note: It's typically NOT tidy when my kids are awake.)

• I joke that my house is actually tidier now than it was in the BEFORE KIDS days. It might be true.

• Sometimes I chastise myself that I don't spend more time enjoying life and less time doing housework...but other times I wonder if that just isn't how I DO enjoy life.  

Bedroom, originally uploaded by hezro.

Living Room, originally uploaded by hezro.