Welcome back to the Wildwood Park Blog. With everything on your plate you totally missed spring cleaning, and now it’s midsummer, and you still haven’t gotten around to getting the closets re-organized like you’ve been planning to do. Sound like a familiar scenario? It happens all too often, but today, we have a three-step method to present for organizing all sorts of projects. So let’s get started by designating three categories: keep, give away, and throw away.
Keep — These are things that you use regularly, that have a specific purpose, or that are simply things you love and won’t part with. For these things, labels and containers are your friend. A place for everything and everything in its place is a good plan.
Give Away — As you are sorting, create a pile for give away. With each item you aren’t sure about, ask yourself. “Do I really love this?” Your emotional reaction, yes or no, will help you determine whether or not to keep the item. For things like projects you worked on, cards you received, etc. it may suffice to take a picture (the memory) and let the actual physical part of it go. But giving away items you don’t have a use for can make the parting easier, knowing that they can be used and appreciated by someone else.
Throw Away — Clutter. Throw it away. If an item is broken, toss it. If clothing is stained, torn, or stretched out. Get rid of it. If socks are missing their mates, let them go. Liberate yourself today! Give yourself a time limit to deliver these items to a local Arlington, VA shelter, the Salvation Army, or recycling center. After that, toss them.
By using this method of organizing, you can clean out a drawer, a closet, or an entire room, and end up only with the things you need and that are important to you, with a home for them in your Wildwood Park apartment.
What are your favorite organizing tips? Please share in the comments so we can all become better organized.