Organizing Tips and Tricks

So I have had a lot of people ask for tips on organizing and staying organized. Here are a few I have found very helpful.

1. A place for everything and everything in its place- Its usually hard to find something if its always in a different place all the time. I also like to put things back right after I use it. For instance, keeping a hanging tool next to your bedroom door to hang your keys or keeping all your hair supplies in one drawer in your bathroom. Any little thing will help expecially when you need to find that one that really quickly.

2. Any little bit helps- Even if you have a big room to tacking in organizing, its ok to start in one area at a time. Even just a little bit of organizing will make you feel acomplished and give you more ideas for other parts of the room.

Organizing 101

I would like to give a few tips and tricks I have learned when it comes to organizing:

1. Start one place and work your way around. If you come across something you don't know where it should go, put it aside or away for know. A little "out of sight, out of mind" would benefit you in the end. Once your first project is completed and you have a change to look back at what you set aside, you might have later thought of a better place for that stuff.

2. Don't be afraid to use what you already have. My first organizing project was gonna get delayed, had I not convinced the owner to clear out some of the boxes they already had to make room for other things to put in those boxes. With a little duct tape and separating things we were able to get everything separated into boxes and labeled like they wanted without buying more boxes.

3. Make sure you have accomplished what you wanted. I understand when your organizing a whole room it takes time. However, when looking a a big picture, you need to look at the smaller pictures first. Go into a project knowing what you want to be done at least by the end of your first day. I went into my first project saying we should at least have two bags of trash and separated everything we want to sell/donate.

These are just a few tips/tricks I utilize myself and in my projects I complete. I will post more as they come along with what I do. Hope they help and as well if you need help with any tough project feel free to email me anytime.

VMR

The picture are in order of the work in progress. The first picture you could not even walk into the garage, the second one shows the things that were cleared out and the third show the end of the day and there is a path to get to things and everything on the left is whats for sell and donate. This project should be done by the end of the week, with time permitting.

Why I Organize

I learned at a very young age that I like to organize and I am really good at it. I used to change my room around at least once a month depending on new things I got, or just how I felt about my room. Then I would randomly go through the kitchen cabinets and fridge and put things back in their rightful order. Everyone said I was a neat freak, which I do not take offense to, and I believed I had a real talent of organizing. It was only until I got my own apartment, that I saw how much organizing meant to me and those around me, that I created my own "small business" call Picky Vicky's Neat Mess. I want to be able to share my talent of organizing with those around me. I live by the saying "A place for everything and everything in its place." VMR