Hey! It's Abby and today I'm going to talk about the system I use to organize
every and any space in our house it works for me no matter how big or small
the space is and I'm excited to share it with you so that you can start
organizing some of your own spaces as well so to demonstrate my organizing
system today we are going to use my messy desk drawer right here so we
recently moved and when I packed at my office supplies I just put them all into
Ziploc bags and for the past six plus months that we've lived in our house
I've just been grabbing them out of the Ziploc bag so step one is to take
everything out of the space I really like to start with a blank slate so I
can see what I have and really assess my storage needs sometimes it has to get
worse before it gets better
step two purge like crazy this is the most important step in the process if
I'm just reorganizing all the stuff that I have things that I don't even use
anymore that's not organization that's just
rearranging my clutter so I really try to be ruthless and get rid of anything
that I'm not going to use anything that's broken or worn out either I throw
it away if it's worn out or if it's still in good condition and I just don't
use it anymore I will donate it so I want to get it my pile of things down to
just the items that I use often and I absolutely need in my house step 3
put like items together I will be able to find my items more quickly if all my
paper clips are together and all my washi tape is together it also helps me
to evaluate what types of storage containers or dividers I'm going to need
for all of my items step 4 Corral like items this does not mean
that you have to go out and buy all sorts of new bins I like to start by
looking around my house and seeing what types of bins or organizing tools I
already have I repurpose things like using mugs to hold pens i will use items
I would normally discard like a cardboard box maybe wrapped in some
pretty paper you know to organize something organization does not equal
buying a bunch of expensive bins a lot of times you can find things in your
house that will work just fine if I am doing organizing project and I've
searched everywhere in my house and I can find absolutely nothing that will
work then I might go out and buy a new bin or two but usually I can get by with
things that I already have so now that is pared down my items to what I really
actually need to keep in my desk I went and grabbed this plastic organizer that
I had from my desk and my old house I will link to a similar one in the notes
but I like this because it fits my drawer nice and neatly it has the
different sections and so I can just kind of figure out what is going to fit
where and what the best configuration for my items will be step 5
label this step is optional but I kind of have a thing
for labels so I usually end up labeling all of my containers or items you can do
this in any number of ways sometimes I get a little fancy and I use my
Silhouette machine to cut out some pretty labels out of adhesive vinyl
other times I'll take my label maker that I've had for like five years that I
love and I will print out some labels there other times I will make labels
myself like in Microsoft Word or in Canva and you can watch those videos on
my channel as well I decided to use the adhesive vinyl
letters on the bottom of the tray for this project because then when I take
something out to use it I know exactly where to put it back step 6
refill your space now that we have everything sorted and labeled it's time
to refill your drawer and make it look pretty I put in a little drawer liner to
make it look pretty and then all I had to do was take my tray and put it back
in my drawer and everything was nice and organized step 7
train yourself to put everything back in its spot this is one of the most
important steps as well because I don't know if you're like me but I'm kind of
scatterbrained I have a natural tendency to just go from thing to thing to thing
and leave this trail of stuff behind me as I go if I really focus on putting
everything back in the spot that I've created for it my system will stay
organized not just for a day but for the long term which is our ultimate goal
with getting and staying organized step 8
finally don't be afraid to tweak your system if I'm going through my
day-to-day life and I realize that the organizational system I set up isn't
really working that well I can make changes and tweak it so that it better fits
my lifestyle it's not set in stone once you organize something so for the most
part that's the system I use to organize any space in my house large or
small let's take a look at those steps one more time step 1 take everything out
of the space step 2 purge like crazy step 3 put like items together step 4
corral like items step 5 label
step 6 refill your space step 7 train yourself to put things back in their
spot step 8 don't be afraid to tweak your systems so
hopefully my process can give you a starting point to go from when you're
working on organizing your own spaces I know it can seem overwhelming but the
quickest way to get organized is just to start even if you can only commit 15
minutes to organizing a space that's the perfect first step in the right
direction let me know in the comments which space you're going to get
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