The best organizing advice you'll ever get!

What is the BEST organizing advice that you ever got? Can you think of it right now? If not, I have some! If so, you can tell us at the end!

I asked my Facebook readers last week what was the BEST organizing advice they ever got, and boy did they ever give some great answers! Here is a collection of what they said:

• Get rid of everything you have not used in a year.
• Two things: Make lists. Second: set a timer for 15 minutes and work for that amount of time. Then, reset it, keep going.
• The house will never be spotless while your children are young. Be happy that you are so blessed.
• If you haven't use it in a year, in most cases, it can go.
• Less is more. The less stuff I have, the more time is on my hands for things other than organizing.
• Touch ever piece of mail only ONCE. File or throw it away RIGHT when it come in.
• Clean the kitchen as you cook.
• Don't sweat the small stuff - especially for an OCD person that can mean the world.
• You can't organize clutter.
• I don't want to leave a mess when I die, so I'm trying to organize it now.

• Hook your clothes hangers backwards in your closet when sorting through the clothes so you can see what you really wear. Get rid of what you don't wear that year.
• Label everything, even clear containers.
• Buy a label maker and label everything. Give everything a "home" and it is easier to keep a clean house and know where things are.
• The acronym SPACE - Sort, Purge, Assign, Containerize, Equalize {from Organizing from the Inside Out}
• Keep like items together and use a label maker!
• A place for everything and everything in its place. Having things without a place equals instant chaos for me.
• Never bring more than you take out - for each new item, get rid of something old.

• Tidy up at night time when kids are in bed. It's easier to wake up to a tidy house.
• Throw it away.
• Go through mail by garbage and throw out junk ASAP.
• Get rid of stuff!
• Never leave a room empty handed!
• Everything in your house should either be considered beautiful or believe to be useful.
• Less is more...
• Use a timer - it will keep you from overdoing it or becoming overwhelmed.
• Use a basket/tote in your car -- keep it handy, pack it quick or throughout the week, carry it to the car. This equals drama free exits with little children.
• Less is so much easier to clean and organize. 
• Put it away immediately.
• "Finish the cycle."
• Less is best
• If in doubt, throw it out.
• Don't purge for the sake of purging. Ask yourself what you do want, not what you don't want.
• Like things together
• Use a file cabinet instead of a drawer for paperwork.
• Have an unclutterd house by not bringing home what you don't need.
• For me {the reader}, I like to make it look neat and pretty. If it doesn't look pleasing to the eye, I'm far less likely to maintain it.
• Buy something that serves more than just one purpose.
• Don't make a mess.
• OHIO - Only Handle It Once. Maintain everyday then you can "clean" on a day off. 

So, what's the best organizing advice you've ever gotten? Do you have something else to add?

 

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