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How to Get Organized (a list for clutter-freaks everywhere)

Posted on January 8, 2006May 4, 2017

SORT

  • Divide your clutter into piles of related stuff.
  • Label the piles.
  • Finish sorting before you toss anything (if an item belongs in another room, just put it outside the door until later–don’t let yourself get distracted for now).

TOSS

  • Go pile by pile, throwing out anything that’s obviously junk
  • Go through again, asking yourself if you really use everything.  If not, donate it.
  • Toss cords if you can’t find what they go to.
  • Keep and store photographs, but throw out nicknacks and memorabilia (memories remain even if you throw things away).
  • Throw out magazines more than a month old and newspapers more than a week old unless you reference them often.
  • Toss expired warranties, expired insurance policies, and old instructions.

ASSIGN

  • Figure out where things should go in the room.
  • Place items you use frequently in easy-to-reach places.  Items you use less often can go in less-accessible places.

CONTAIN

  • To store smaller items, buy containers that reflect your style.
  • Measure items to make sure you get the right size containers.
  • Buy containers like magazine holders that force you to organize (when it’s full, it’s time to clear it out).
  • Label containers.

MAINTAIN

  • Sort new items as you get them.
  • Ask yourself: Will I really use this? If not, don’t keep it.

Summarized from “How to Get Organized” in the 1/7/06 Seattle Times

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