"SIMPLE"

Have you made it a goal to get organized?

One drawer?

A few rooms?

The whole house?

Use this method to systematically get through your stuff once and for all!

S--Sort

I---Imagine

M--Move

P--Prepare

L--Let go

E--Enjoy!

SORT: When organizing your stuff, it's imperative to sort through the items.  

Buying cute containers and putting every item you own inside of them is NOT organizing your things.  It's just boxing them up!

Sort your items into categories by what you use:

1.  Often

2.  Not so much

3.  Never

Items in #3 can be sold, donated, or trashed (only for true trash please!).

Items in #2 can be stored away (if you don't have space for them, consider getting rid of these too!).

Items in #1 will stay.

IMAGINE: Picture your 'perfect space' and see what's where.

MOVE: Place your items in their 'new home' as you imagined it, and keep them there.  

When you use an item, put it back in its 'home.'  This will keep clutter at bay.

PREPARE: Now's the time to get mentally prepared to send your stuff away.  

The items from #3 above will go away for good and you need to be ok with that.  No one but yourself can give the ok to get rid of things.  It's a mental game for some of us, and once we're prepared mentally, we can get rid of our clutter once and for all.

LET GO: This is where you physically get rid of the unused stuff--for good! 

ENJOY: Sit back, kick your feet up, and enjoy your newly simplified space!

Decluttering and organizing can be a challenging task.  

But if you keep it 'simple' it can be a wonderful thing!