Get Organized: 51 Ways to Get Organized Now, Part 2

In the previous blog, I shared the first half of my 51 easy and quick ways to get organized and feel more balanced today. (If you missed the last issue of Organizing Essentials, you can read the whole article here.) Here are the remainder of the 51 tips- happy organizing and Happy New Year!

Declutter Your Space
31. Purge your sock drawer – toss any that have holes, are worn out, faded or have no match.

32. Gather post-it notes and scraps of paper with names, addresses and phone numbers on them and record them in a central address book.

33. Go through your DVD or CD collection. Organize by donating or tossing outdated ones, uploading music to your iPod and destroying old software ones.

34. Tackle receipt clutter. Take 15 minutes and search out pesky unwanted receipts throughout the house, car and your pocketbook. Toss the ones you don’t need, file the good ones.

35. Clean out your wallet – toss out receipts, extra change, expired coupons and ID cards, etc.

36. Go through your kitchen spices. Throw out expired ones and make a list of what you need to replenish your store.

37. Clean and organize the surface of your office desk. Tackle the drawers if you have the time.

38. Tackle the medicine cabinet. Throw out old, expired items. Make a note for what you need to restock.

39. Restock or purchase your home’s first aid kit.

40. Make your bed first thing in the morning to start the day off right.

41. Create a pet zone. Keeping Fifi’s crate, leashes and collars, food dishes and toys all together frees up space and helps keep mess to a minimum.

42. Recycle an old paper towel holder to organize girl’s headbands and elastic hair accessories.

43. Hang a fish net from the ceiling to store stuffed animals, dolls, or action figures.

Conscious Organizing
44. Situate a charity box in your home where items to be donated can be stored.

45. Dedicate a day to “being nice.” You’ll find that emotional clutter gets cleared away quickly by a positive attitude and “pay-it-forward” actions.

46. Make an appointment for yourself that you’ve been putting off: Hair, dentist, manicure, massage, dermatologist, etc. Take care of yourself and you’ll take better care of your life.

47. Estate planning. Review your preparations and update where needed. Tackle one task you’ve been putting off for this.

48. Gather all unused wire hangers and take them to the dry cleaners to recycle.

Sneaky Organizing
49. Before the kids go to bed, have a 10-minute race to see who can pick up the most stuff.

50. Hide a quarter in a stack of clean clothes to be put into drawers and tell the kids whoever finds it gets to keep it.

51. Install a basketball hoop over a laundry basket for slam-dunking dirty clothes.

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