I walked into Wal-Mart over the weekend and saw great sales on plastic organizing containers. Bargains like that always tempt me to buy as I like neat, orderly boxes housing my stuff. However, the BEST way to get organized is to get rid of the excess clutter first, then organize the essentials into bins or boxes. It's dangerous to just fill bin after bin without sorting. Having thought this way for a few years now, I actually have some drawers in my house that are empty (in end tables, etc.) It can be done!
Back to getting rid of one thing per day, today in the back of my van is a bag of clothes my teenaged daughter is giving to Goodwill, and another stack is going to the resale shop. Yea!
I know that feeling...the lure of containers! :)
ReplyDeleteToday I threw away another 1/2 used craft kit. I also gave away 2 mugs! I need to get back to my shelf organizing...just waiting for when I have a few moments to spare that are all right next to each other!