How to Organise Absolutely Anything
You may have noticed by now that January is organisation month here at cushion the impact (if not – where have you been?!). In keeping with that theme, today’s blog will provide you with some of our favourite tips for organising, no matter what you need to organise.
Our top tips for organising absolutely anything start now…
- Work in easily-manageable, bite-sized chunks of ten minutes or so at a time.
- Start somewhere obvious. There is bound to be at least one place in your home or office where you will see immediate effects from de-cluttering and organising. The junk drawer is normally a good option. When you see the difference in this one small area, you will feel more motivated to keep going with the rest.
- Never keep duplicates. No more stocking up on discounted cleaning products, rice, sauces or anything else. Buy only what you need and use everything you buy. If you do have duplicates, combine them into one container wherever possible and get rid of the rest. There’s bound to be a charity or food bank nearby which would be hugely appreciative.
- You will never use anything you keep for “someday”, so don’t keep it in the first place. Get rid of all of those “just in case” items now.
- Categorise everything. Some of the most common categories you may want to use include type of item, name of person most likely to use it, name of project it is used for or how frequently it is used (daily, weekly, quarterly etc.) Once you get started, you’ll soon come up with some categories that suit you.
- Organise what you are keeping so that all, or as much as possible, of it is immediately visible. This may involve folding clothes differently, re-organising your spice rack or implementing a new filing system. Don’t let anything useful fall foul of “out of sight, out of mind”.
- Store everything in a container of some time, be it a drawer, Tupperware, box or anything else. Label this container as soon as you start using it.
- Review regularly and return any stray items to their proper places
- Break the habit of leaving things in the wrong place to start with!
- “Encourage” everyone else to get into the habit of returning items as soon as they’ve finished with them too. This is very likely to be easier said than done, but will be worth it in the end.
- Enlist our help with de-cluttering and implementing the perfect organisation system for your need.
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