Sometimes you just feel like you are drowning in papers, even in the digital age. From bills to medical records, papers keep piling up and your storage capacity is greatly overextended until you lose complete overview of papers that are actually important and should always be at hand.
These common filing mistakes play a role in organizing your paper chaos and can be easily remedied by yourself or with the help of a professional organizer:
Underestimating necessary amount and filing categories:
Before you stuff all papers in a folder, take the time to sort all papers by category (bills, invoices, taxes). You will organize your filing and gauge how much total filing space you will require; going furniture shopping will make sense with this knowledge.
Every new creation your child expresses her artistic side with, bears both the promise of the next Jackson Pollock and at the same time a storage problem. You want to keep every one of them not only because you love them, but also because you show your child that you are proud and believe the artwork is very special. But your child will understand and often agree that it is okay to part with some of the work as long as you involve your child in the decision making process.
For kids, it’s all fun and games until it is time to clean up. You have spent enough time negotiating the “clean your room” treaty, but still – after each play date, the toys, crayons, books and stuffed animals look like survivors in a war zone. You find yourself hopping on one foot after stepping on another piece of shrapnel, errr I mean toy, on your way to the bathroom at night. Keeping kids toys organized may seem like a never-ending task, but it doesn’t have to be. Toys can be easily categorized and bundled together, board games, soft toys, hard toys, arts and crafts, and so on.
Laundry is one of those never-ending chores. Once you have washed it all, neatly folded, sometimes pressed then placed it all in your closet and drawers, the fun starts all over again. But you can lessen the pain by organizing your laundry and your laundry room.
