5 Steps to Organizing Your Space

Time to reduce some stress by getting organized.

Remove the clutter and you are removing the obligations that may come with owning certain items. Having stuff that isn't getting regular use is wasting the money originally spent on it and the money you are spending in housing things and taking up valuable space in your home.

You may not even realize the mental and emotional strain that you are putting on yourself by having so much stuff.

As always, start simple. You may not be able to do an entire home purge. So, keep it simple and go for one room or area of your home.

Start with whatever is bothering you the most. 

#1-Remove everything. Clear out the space you are trying to organize.

#2-Everything goes in 3 piles

• Absolutely need! You regularly touch this item. It has a clear use and need to be in your life.
• Bye Bye - This pile is the stuff you know for sure you don't need any longer. You haven't touched in in the last 6 months. And touching it, to move it from one place to another doesn't count.
• Not sure- You aren't sure you can part with this. You think you need it, you use it occasionally.

#3-Take the items you know you need and begin organizing them to go back into their space.

• Put like items together.
• Put those items you use most in the closest and most convenient spot.
• Use bins to keep items together
• Label where appropriate - don't rely on memory. This takes up valuable mental real estate and increases the chances that you don't stick with your organizational system. And then ever drawer or closet becomes a junk drawer.
• Put things back as you go.

 #4-Donate the Bye Bye pile or get a few of your dollars back by using a site like Letgo.com or Mecari.com

#5-The Not Sure pile, that is simple. If there was room after putting everything from your Absolutely Need pile then you can consider keeping it. If it has a home, you aren't sure you can't part with it and you do use it, then let it survive this purge cycle. Otherwise, if there is no space, then it should move into the Bye Bye pile. 

Rinse and repeat until you have each area of you home organized and clutter free.

You will begin to feel yourself relax, just with these simple steps as you reduce what is weighing you down.

Cheers to investing in a more productive you.