Small Steps to Organizing - Pens and Pencils

Hello Blog Readers. I am going to attempt to post regularly a series on Small Steps to Organizing. Today I will start super small.

Pens and Pencils

Do you have them all over your home for just in case? Go get all the pens and pencils in your house. Yes, go get all of them. I bet you have many. OK, now attempt to write with each one. The ones that don't work, throw away. Now do you still have a large bunch? I bet you do. Gather together all of your favorite ones and put them in the jar.

What happens to the rest?

• Put one in your purse.
• Put one in your work bag. 
• Put one in your car.

The rest…donate back to your office, your kid's school. You get the idea.

Now pick a central location for that jar of pens and pencils. You never have to look for a pen again.