Get started Organizing RIGHT NOW
During COVID in 2020, I was so super sad, that we couldn’t help clients in person until June. I honestly had a really hard time with this news as I love what I do (and to be totally transparent; staying home with a 2-year-old all day every day until then was quite intimidating). We offered virtual sessions, which were actually way more fun and easy than clients report thinking they would be ;)
If you feel confident to get organized on your own, great! I put together this quick start guide in case you are wanting to do it yourself but having trouble with how to get started. Please report back if you do, I’m dying over here not organizing and purging every day (my own possessions have been purged to the point that my family will start rioting if I get rid of one more thing..)
Quick Start Guide:
Pick your spot: start small! If you are thinking of tackling your home office, start with one drawer or one closet
Start with 4 piles: trash, donate, keep, and belongs somewhere else. Do not go any deeper than this in your initial sort, you will go through the keepers later, for now keeping it simple will allow you to get through this process more quickly and painlessly
Pick up one thing at a time. First, ask yourself if you actually use it or love it. If the answer is no ask why you need it. Can’t come up with anything compelling? Make the call to let it go!
Move the other 3 piles out of the room and just focus on keepers
Sort into very broad categories first, if one pile becomes too big and starts to take over, you can sort that pile into smaller ones
After the items are sorted by category, assess your newly emptied space, are there any items like bins or decorative baskets that would make sense to use here? (No clue? Lucky for you I am throwing in my fav product list for free, look out for it in the next email you get from me)
Clean the area with a mild cleanser and even if you don’t have containers yet just place the things back in the space keeping stuff in its designated categories and placing like categories next to one another
Extra tips:
Recruit some help, an extra set of hands goes a long way when sorting
Set aside the time; make sure you block time off where you won’t be distracted and have to leave mid sort
Time yourself, this will help you judge how long the rest of the room, drawer, or house will take
Now go get started, and please remember to start with the smallest area you can to ease yourself in, don’t worry the satisfaction will be addicting and you will want to keep going on bigger areas.