Ok, I get it. I love to read and have a been a big reader since the age of 4. Thankfully I do not have attachment to the physical book and am happily apart of the electronic age. But for you, you need the feel of holding a book. But do you also say, I probably could get rid of some books? Books take up a lot of room. So here are some of my suggestions to organizing your books and reducing the size of their footprint in your home.
1. Have a place for your books
Many of my clients have a tendency to have books all of their home. Wrong. If you don't already have one, get a bookshelf. You can find bookshelves at very reasonable rates on your local Craigslist website. If you have children, they too should have a book shelf. Kids learn in school about putting their things away. You want to model that behavior at home.
2. Gather your book inventory
Get all of your books together…yes, that means every single book you own. Rule of thumb…the amount of books can not exceed the size of your bookshelves. That means you need to reduce the amount of books you won. You can do it.
3. Reduce the inventory
Here is the biggest task. Go through every book one by one and take out…
- any books that you own multiple copies of the same book
- any books that you have had longer than 6 months that you said you would read and haven't
- any books that you know you won't read again
- any books that it is so obvious to you that you say "oh that can go"
- any books that you don't love
4. Get rid of them
Donate all the books you puled to your local library.
5. Put them away
Now in your new books shelves there are a variety of ways you can shelve them:
- alphabetically by author
- color coded (may favorite)
- category - fiction, non fiction, self help, history, etc.
- no order, just put them on the shelves
Happy reading!
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