Hi, everyone, I'm Alejandra from alejandra.tv.
And welcome to my purse organization video.
So in this video, I'm gonna share with you how I clean out my purse, make it more organized
and show you it doesn't take a lot of time.
So if you have a messy handbag, grab your purse, and let's do it together.
But first, if this is your first time watching any of my videos, and you're just getting
started on your journey to getting organized, there's a link below to help you get started
for free.
All right, so I have my purse right here.
It is such a mess.
I have not cleaned it out in two weeks.
Every time I go to a store and I just shove things inside, 'cause I feel like I'm being
rushed, which sometimes I am.
But sometimes it's just in my head.
So a good thing to do is get into the habit of, at least, once a week dumping everything
out of your purse, sorting everything out, and starting fresh, nice and organized.
All right, so let's just see what we have.
All right, so I'm gonna set a timer and show you that this doesn't take a lot of time,
takes five minutes.
And this a task that you can do before bed, while dinner is cooking, while you're waiting
at the doctor's office, at the airport, on the train, or at the gas station when you're
in the car.
All right, so let's set a timer.
Ready, set, go.
All right, so while that's going, I'm just gonna take everything out of my purse and
put it right in front of me.
And we're gonna sort everything out by category.
And we're gonna give ourselves a nice fresh start.
And every time that the purse gets so messy, I always feel like it's hard to find things.
I feel confused.
It's not a great feeling.
And by doing just a couple minutes at the end of the week, or before you go to bed,
can make such a big difference.
So when you're emptying out your purse, don't forget about the pockets, the inside pockets,
the outside pockets.
Take everything out.
All right, so everything's out of the purse.
It's only been a minute.
Now I'm just gonna begin.
Grab the first thing and sort it out into things to keep, so things that belong in your
purse, trash, and then things that are gonna go outside your purse, like maybe in your
office, or it just belongs in your house, not in the purse.
Those three piles, that's it.
All right, so glasses, that stays in the purse.
Medicine, put back.
Lotion, tissues.
This can come out.
Let's see, receipts, this, ... Any receipts that you need to check with your credit card
statement or your bank statement, put it aside into your action pile.
And then those things we're gonna take up to our office, and we'll go through them.
(silence)
All right, so I'm coming across receipts that I don't need.
I'm just gonna crumble them up and put them in the trash pile.
Receipts cannot be recycled, because of the type of paper that the receipt is printed
on.
All right, so anything else that may require action, for example, if you have an appointment
card from a doctor or dentist or something, and you just stuck it in your purse.
Put it in your action pile.
And when you get back to your office, or wherever you have your to-do items, take that appointment
card and write down the date and time in your calendar or on your to-do list.
And then get rid of the appointment card if you no longer need it.
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All right.
All right, so I have three piles going here.
It looks like it's a big mess, but I know where everything is.
Trash, keep, trash, trash, office, and then goes back in the purse, those are your three
piles.
And then if you have any ... This is recycling.
It's not trash, so I guess I'll start a fourth pile.
Recycling, recycling, all right.
This needs to go in the office.
Okay, so everything is sorted out into four piles: things to go back in the purse, things
that require action, move to your office, trash, and then there's a couple things that
are recycling.
So now I'm just gonna put everything back in the purse that belongs there, put it in
some kind of organized fashion, the best I can do.
And then I'll take action on the trash, the recycling, and the things that belong in the
office.
All right, it's been six minutes, so that took a couple minutes to sort everything out.
All right, so the things that are going back in the purse, I have this little purse organizer,
or this little cosmetic bag.
I'm just gonna stick any kind of ChapStick.
There's some perfume.
There's some feminine care, lip stuff.
Anything of that sort is gonna go into the little bag.
This can be taken somewhere else.
So these things are so great.
It's a reusable bag that just folds up into a ball.
And I keep it in my purse.
I keep one in my car.
And I have a couple of other ones spread out.
Whenever I run into a store, and I need a small bag to carry with me, I use this.
And it just folds so nicely.
And it's water-resistant.
I just love how it folds.
And it just feels so good to use a reusable bag and not have to use a plastic bag.
All right, so that just goes back in the purse right there.
A bag for Mojos when she goes to the bathroom, I just keep on the outside.
Sunglasses, those just go in the middle purse.
This right here, it looks like this needs to be cleaned out as well.
I'm just gonna pull out all of the papers.
And let's see, we'll pull out the dollar bills.
We'll organize those.
All right, any loose change just goes in the side right there.
Let me just quickly ...
(silence)
All right, any floating cards, put them back in your wallet.
All right, so wallet goes inside.
This bag where we put all the cosmetics goes back inside.
Business cards, I'll just keep those on the side panel.
Gum I keep on the other side.
Here we have more lotion.
Let's put the lotion inside here, and the ponytail holders, and the bandaid.
Put the gum with the gum.
This can come out.
These, this needs to go upstairs.
Okay, trash.
More coins.
All right.
All right, and then we have a coupon.
We're gonna put this coupon ... Normally I have a coupon organizer.
I don't have it with me right now, so I'm just gonna put that coupon in the side of
the purse, so when I go to the grocery story, I'm gonna use that one next.
And that's everything.
We've cleaned out the purse, put everything back in nice and organized.
Now we are going to ... It's been 10 minutes, should spend a little less than 10 minutes.
Now all you have to do is go put this upstairs where you take action, wherever that is.
For me, it's upstairs right now.
And then go take the trash.
Put the trash in the trash can.
Recycle the recycling.
And that's it.
And now your purse is organized.
It took 10 minutes.
I feel so much better.
And I'm really gonna reap the benefits next time I go to the grocery store or go make
some kind of purchase, because I'm gonna easily be able to find something, find a credit card,
or whatever it is, and not have to fish around trying to find what I'm looking for.
So a lot of benefits to getting organized.
I hope you found this video helpful.
Go do your 10 minutes.
See how you feel before you start and then after.
You're gonna instantly feel a difference.
All right, thanks for watching.
If you are looking for more support tools and training on getting organized, you can
check out my website, alejandra.tv.
Thank you for watching.
I'm grateful you're here, and I'll see you next time.
Take care, bye-bye.