Simple Steps to Organizing - DON'T BUY ANYTHING

So many people think that in order to organize their home that they must first buy containers. Stop. Do not buy anything. The first step you need to do is to determine what is the volume of your possessions. What does that mean?








Pick an area you want to organize.
Pull out all the items from the area..
Sort your items into categories of similar items…like with like.
Do you have any more of these similar items in the house? Get those and add them to the similar pile.
Look through each group - do you have too many of one thing? Are their items you don't need and can be donated?
Put the to go items in a bag and either toss in the garbage or donate them.
Decide where each group of similar items should live.
If at this point you need storage containers look at the amount of items per group to determine the number of containers.
Purchase clear bins and label the outside.
On the way to purchasing your bins, drop off the donation items…practicing the theory of in and out of your possessions.