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Donation Station
Every home should have a donation station. A box, bag or other container to hold the items you want to pass on to your favorite charity. Label your container “donate” and set in a location that is accessible to all your household members. We have our bags in our basement laundry room. This station provides…
Weekend Mini-Organizing Challenge: Create a Home for Donations
Need some organizing motivation and inspiration, or a gentle nudge? Subscribe {above} to my blog to receive mini-organizing challenges several weekends a month. These challenges are simple and super focused because I want you to succeed. Mini-Challenge: Set up a Donation Station Welcome to my first video blog…..or vlog! Can’t see the video below? Click…
Favorite Organizing Tool #5
Bags. Especially paper bags with handles! Why are bags one of my favorite tools? They are the perfect size and sturdy enough to hold a variety of items. It’s also an easy way to reuse the bags. I use paper bags to hold my donations for my favorite charity…
One in, one out rule
Now that you have a donation station, it’s time to put it to good use. When you purchase and item, find something to donate and put it in one of your donation station container. Better yet, if you seriously need to un-stuff your home, donate 2-3 items for every item you acquire. It’s called…
Untangle and Organize Cords for Your Electronics
If your electronic cords and chargers are a tangled, unorganized mess you know how downright infuriating it can be when you need to find one. Sorting out the snarl every time you need to use one is also a big time waster. Take the time to label the end of every cord with the name…
We all have regrets…get over it!
We have all done it. We bought something and then have regrets because we don’t like or use it. We make mistakes, pure and simple. Don’t beat yourself up. Keeping the item and letting it become unused clutter will only make you feel worse and take up unnecessary space. You aren’t going to re-coupe your…