It happens to the best of us, you open your closet and it's bursting at the seams or you run out of storage space in your garage. Spring is here and now is the perfect time to purge the extra items you've acquired over years that no longer add meaning to your life. .
Organize Anything has seven fantastic ideas and tips to help you develop your perfect pitching skills.
1. Donate the duplicates. Have several sets of flatware or the same shirt in six colours? Pick the set you like the best and donate the rest to a charity or give to someone who's starting out on their own for the first time. Multiples of the same article of clothing? Donate the ones you never wear.
2. Check the hangers. When you switch your closet over at the beginning of a new season, put all your clothes hangers facing the same way. After you wear something once, turn the hanger so it's facing the other direction. When the season is over, purge any clothes on hangers that haven't been turned because you haven't worn them once.
3. Keep a donation bag handy. If you always have a donation bag on the go, it will be top of mind. Instead of throwing out clothing or household items that are in good repair, donate them instead. Remember, don't donate anything you wouldn't want to receive yourself.
4. End of season, end of use. Free up storage space in your shed or garage by purging the tools and toys you don't use at the end of the season. Be it shovels, rakes, crazy carpets or beach toys, they take up valuable space in your home. Donate or put them curb side to reclaim your space.
5. Make it a party. Have friends with similar clutter problems? Band together and tackle your garage/basement/attic purges together. You help them with theirs, they help you with yours. Many hands make quick work, and turning a chore into a social activity is a great way to bond with friends and get work done quickly.
6. Be realistic. Purging your possessions can be an emotionally difficult process, especially if you have an connection to an item. It's important to think critically about what you own and if you really need to hold on to it. Do you still have it because it's something you use frequently or is it taking up space because of an emotional connection?
7. Sort it out. Set up four boxes labelled "Put Away," "Give Away," "Store," and "Throw Away." Take them room-to-room and go through everything in the room, sorting as you go. Items that end up in "Put Away" and "Store" can be put back in their proper places or remain in the clearly labelled box and be put in storage. The "Give Away" box goes to charity and the "Throw Away" box goes to the curb on the next trash collection day.
Purging your possessions to create more space in your home and more clarity in your life doesn't have to happen in a weekend. Tackle one room at a time, working efficiently and critically. You'll be surprised at how much stuff you're holding onto that you don't need.
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