I just did it and you can too!

I was looking at my clothes hanging in my closet and the thought came to me…too many clothes. Time to purge. Piece by piece I looked and touch every piece of clothing. Before I knew it there was a pile of clothes on the floor. You may wonder how did I decide on what could go. The clothes fell into one of the following categories…



- shrank in the dryer
- I love this but there is a stain on the front that won't come out
- the feeling of the fabric is just not comfortable
- every time I put this on it feels too tight
- this really does not look good on me
- there is something else that I would rather wear instead of this

I then took the same approach with the clothes in my dresser.The process took 30 minutes.

I was so good that I decided to tackle my shoes. Before I knew it there were 8 pairs of shoes to go. How did I choose those?

- don't fit me properly
- hurt might feet
- I never wear them
- worn out!

With that process I was able to put together 3 bags of clothing for donation!

I just did it and now you can too. Happy purging.

Simple Steps to Organizing - Bags

Do you have numerous brown paper bags from the grocery store?
Do you have numerous material bags for shopping at the grocery store?

Time to take the easy steps.

1. Pull out all the brown paper bags.
2. Pull out all the material bags.
3. Take 5 paper bags and put them in one location.
4. Take 5 material bags, roll them up and put them in your car.
5. Donate or recycle the remainder of the bags.
6. Repeat this step in  6 months…yes the bag situation will repeat itself in your house because we can't resist bags.

Simple Steps to Organizing - the Spice Rack

I promise this exercise will be fast and easy.

Go into your kitchen. Open your spice cabinet (and/or drawer) and take out all of your spices. Throw out all the spices that you have not used. Throw out all the spices that have expired dates. Now wipe down that cabinet and/or that drawer. Put back the remaining spices.

Task is now done. Yes, it was just that easy.