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What to do with clothes that have only been worn once and are not dirty enough for the wash?

July 1, 2023 by respaced

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Question:  What do you do with clothes that have been worn once so they aren’t clean enough to go back in the closet, but they aren’t dirty enough to go in the wash? Answer: A lot of the time, these clothes end up stashed on a chair in the bedroom. But do you know what […]

Stop making organizing so hard on yourself! 5 ways to make your organizing project easier

February 8, 2023 by respaced

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Often we make getting organized harder than it needs to be! Here are 5 ways to make it easier on yourself  Don’t plan on organizing all day long. Instead, plan to organize for 2 hours a day over a couple of days or over a few weekends. When we plan to organize all day, we […]

Are you trying to micro-organize when you should be macro-organizing?

October 17, 2022 by respaced

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This is something that trips up a lot of our clients, so here’s one of my theories about organizing: macro-organizing vs. micro-organizing. Macro (meaning large) organizing is when we organize things into broad categories or focus on big-picture organizing in the room. Examples of macro-organizing include: Sorting things into broad categories such as tools, hardware, […]

Unhelpful things we tell ourselves when we want to get organized

August 15, 2022 by respaced

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Hoo boy, we are sometimes our own WORST enemy when it comes to getting organized because of the things we tell ourselves! Here’s a list of the most common thoughts we hear and how to reframe them: Thought: I’m just going to put this here for now. Reframe: Stuff never stays there momentarily. Chances are, […]

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