Think beyond the space you are organizing

Organizing can be tricky. And sometimes seems to be virtually impossible. You look around at your overstuffed shelves and bursting closets and say "I don't like this, it just doesn't work". But to think about the task of actually going through these items and attempting to get organized just gives you a headache. You look at it all again and say "It's fine" and close the door.

One thing to think about the next time you want to get organized is to see if you can use another space in your home to deal with he lack of space in another room.

For instance, you might not be able to use the shelves in your office efficiently without first getting rid of some of the things that have lived there for years. But where are you going to put them? Maybe they are important and you can't part with them. Its apparent the new plastic boxes are not going to fix the problem or any other organizing tool. Sometimes we just cant organize the space we work in until we move some things around to another room. You need to find space elsewhere in your home.

Go around your home or office and search for unoccupied space. Look in cabinets, closets and drawers. You may have 3 junk drawers full of items that could be put away elsewhere or thrown out. Or a cabinet stuffed with plastic grocery bags. Remove those items to make room for office supplies or a project that you have been working on that just keeps getting knocked around and just never had a home. Nobody ever said you couldn't store Non-kitchen items in an kitchen cabinet or drawer. Use space wherever it is available and you will always know where to find it.