Hi everyone, I’m Alejandra Costello, a professional organizer and entrepreneur from Alejandra.TV.
And in this video, I’m going to show you some of my favorite organizing tips that are
quick and easy to implement that when applied are going to leave you feeling organize, productive,
efficient, and stress-free on a daily basis.
But first, if you’re looking to get started with organizing, you can check out my free
organizing video series on my website, Alejandra.TV.
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If you just click the link, you can get started today.
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OK.
So let me show you some of my favorite organizing tips.
I try and color-code the binder with like the category.
So for example, the Christmas binder is green because Christmas is red and green.
Now, I’ve been using accordion for so long for organizing receipts and this one is by
far my favorite because it’s colorful.
The quality is nice.
And yeah, it’s really just colorful so it just makes some more fun.
But basically, I have all my mail that’s being processed right here on top.
I put a pretty shelf liner to kind of personalize it a bit on top and then I have my bills drawer
and then I have my call/ask/cancel which is basically like if I receive something and
a charge is wrong or something, I’m going to call the company.
So that goes in there and this just kind of stays right here at all times.
So I just come right here.
I open this drawer and I see exactly what I’m looking for like if I’m looking to
drink tea, all the teabags are right here, all the flavors are like in my face.
I can see exactly what I’m looking for.
And then the coffee pods are right here.
I just like – I keep – there are 16 in here total and then I just refill it at the
end of the week or at the end of two weeks, however long it takes to get through them.
And I group all the towels by like size and by type.
So all the bath towels together, all the hand towels, all the wash like face towels together,
and then all the sheets are organized by set.
So, this is my shipping drawer.
So whenever I’m like paying bills or I’m like shipping something, I always come here
to grab an envelope like there are the long envelopes, there are the short envelopes.
These are like the best thing about this drawer.
So I grab or I found all these little poly envelope holders, organizers, and they fit
perfectly in the drawer and I just categorize like I just came up with all categories that
I would need to ship something so there are stamps, there are checks to deposits – or
I’m sorry, address labels, checks to deposits, home record or home receipts, travel receipts,
receipts to register and gift receipts.
OK.
So the first thing we did here was we added this around the pipe organizer.
Basically, it’s an adjustable organizer that goes side to side and you have these
bars right here that you can move them higher or lower depending upon what you’re storing
and then it goes around the pipe.
I have all of my paper like backup paper like computer paper, colored paper, extra notebooks
and stuff inside of this hanging sweater bag organizer.
Down here is where I keep all of the snack foods, dinner foods, and beverages.
Basically, you want to keep all the stuff that’s difficult to contain in drawers which
makes it a lot easier.
So like all the snack foods.
They just get dumped inside this bin.
Everything has its own compartment.
You just come here.
You grab something.
You put it back.
There’s no like jamming it inside of a drawer.
There’s not stacking trying to get to the bottom one.
Everything has its own organizer.
And then I use binder clips to kind of clip them together and then I just label them with
what is what so like freezer bags, Saran Wrap foil, Saran Wrap wax paper, and then wax paper
down there.
But what I did here was I used these expandable drawer dividers to kind of divide and create
different sections here to kind of like I put them close together so none of the ties
will unravel.
There’s just enough space in between.
So we’re going to take a blue sticker just like that and we’re going to put it in the
back of the book just like that.
Now, if you want to put it on the interior of the book, you can do it also.
Or you could put it on the back of the book as well.
But just put it somewhere.
So when your child is going to put this book away, all they do is they just look for the
color and say blue, OK, blue goes in the blue bin.
So they just put the book right in there nice and easy.
So I found these stackable containers from Dollar Tree and like I couldn’t believe
I found them.
Like I went to Dollar Tree last week and they apparently just came in.
They’re brand new.
I bought all of them.
They come in three different colors, pink, blue, and green.
And they work great and they’re a dollar.
So down here is where I have all of my tank tops and t-shirts.
And what I do is I roll them so I could immediately see exactly what I’m looking or right when
I open the drawer.
So if I open the drawer and I’m like, “OK, I’m looking for my yellow tube top.”
Then I just look in the yellow section and I see it right away.
I have used these clear door pockets.
I just put them on the door.
They just hang with these hooks right here.
Nothing is drilled inside the door.
And I’ve categorized all of my office supplies.
So I have paper clips, binder clips, thumb tacks, safety pins, all my markers, more markers,
some of my other small office supplies like rubber bands.
There’s a calculator, ruler, and stuff.
And then I used photo labels to label each of the sections so I know where everything
goes and where to put everything back.
And then over here on this wall, I have a – this is a bag organizer from IKEA.
It was a $1.99 and I got it recently.
I showed you guys this in my small budget organization video.
And you’re supposed to put plastic bags inside like these bags but I use it for cleaning
rags because those needed a home.
And now, they’re just super simple to grab.
I can just grab one whenever I needed and then just toss it back when I’m done after
washing it.
Right here, I just have trash bag that just hangs for like lint and then stuff that’s
inside pockets.
So I’ll just take it out and put it into the trash.
OK.
So as you can see, organizing doesn’t have to be that difficult.
It can actually be fun and easy.
And the best part about it is how you feel after you set up systems, after you start
getting organized.
You just feel so much more productive.
You feel efficient.
You feel like you have minimal stress on a daily basis.
So if you feel like you’re ready to begin taking the steps to start living a more organized
life, you can check out my free organizing video series on my website, three things to
do tonight to feel more organized tomorrow when you wake up.
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Thanks for watching and I’ll see you soon.
Bye!