The Clutter Fairy Weekly #72

Back to the Basics: A Clutter Fairy Recap of Organizing Fundamentals

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Getting organized is simple, but it’s not easy. For your project to succeed, you need a realistic plan and a clear process. In episode #72 of The Clutter Fairy Weekly, Gayle Goddard, professional organizer and owner of The Clutter Fairy in Houston, Texas, revisits the basic steps in the decluttering process and how to apply them to your cluttered space.

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Weekly Tittle

The Weekly Tittle is an exercise designed to focus your attention on a specific space, aspect, or challenge of decluttering and organizing your home. We assign a new tittle in each webcast/podcast, then check on your progress the following week.

Practice the Fundamentals

This week’s assignment is about applying the basic organizing process we’ve outlined to a modest project or small area. Start by identifying a space in your home on which you’d like to practice the steps. The focus of the exercise is to experience the process, so no project is too small to consider: a single desk drawer, a bathroom counter, one shelf in the linen closet, or one section of a kitchen cabinet. Then:

  • Pull everything out of the space in question.
  • Sort items with like items to get a complete inventory.
  • Make keep/toss decisions to reduce the volume.
  • Determine what systems you’ll need to corral the keepers.
  • Put the items you’re keeping back into the system you’ve designed.

For the full discussion of this week’s tittle, watch the Weekly Tittle segment on YouTube.

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