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You are not beyond help, and it is not too late to fix what clearly ain’t working.
Here are 10 ways or reorganize and simplify.
Then it’s just maintenance, which is more a lifestyle."
The first part is the toughest.
Put organization on the schedule.Your job this year is to set yourself up for a neat and organized existence.
This means only keeping things you love and use, explains Berry.
So, if you’ve got clutter?
“Find everything a home,” Berry says.
“Organization is a way of life.
“Everything gets a home, determined on a few factors,” says Berry.
The key is logical order.
“And while you’re doing that, go through every single item systematically.
You should ask yourself just one question: ‘Do I feel good in this?'”
If it’s a yes, keep it; if it’s a no, donate or toss.
“Don’t keep items you don’t feel good in,” Berry says.
“You’ll never wear them, and they just take up space.”
“I like to hang everything,” she says.
If you see it, you’ll wear it.
And the worldneedsto see how fabulous that sparkly top looks on you some Saturday night.
“If you missed using any of the contents, keep.
If you definitely lived fine without it, get rid of it.”
Don’t buy multiple items that you won’t use right away.
“So many of us, and then you’re just inundated with ‘stuff.'”
Hold off, even if it means an extra trip to the store.
“You have to budget.
Most Americans don’t live on a budget,” says Berry.
“We live on a cash-based system.
Once it’s gone, it’s gone.
This keeps you from overspending money you might’t afford to lose.”
Then, put a certain amount away each month that you didn’t spend.
Open your mail, now.I know, I know.
You probably toss a ton of mail to the side and forget about it, right?
Nix all that paper lying around on tabletops and stuffed in drawers.
“When the mail comes in, tell yourself that you must open it,” says Berry.
“At least every other day, if not everyday.
Have a home for your paper bills, a basket or file where each one goes immediately.”
Berry also suggests keeping a calendar strictly for your bills, where you might mark down due dates.
“Then, have a system for paying these bills,” she says.
“Around 80 percent of the paper we keep, we don’t actually need.”
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