Are You Considering Whole-Home Organization?

You have an off-site storage unit-Keeping a long-term storage unit for extra stuff can waste money. The cumulative storage cost might exceed the items’ values. Storage facilities are good temporary options to free up space at home while selling or distributing unneeded goods. But storage units are not a solution to owning more than can fit in your home. Shuffling stuff into storage delays the inevitable decision-making and work to sell or donate your excess. Proper decluttering removes things from your space permanently. Let go of the excess stuff and save yourself the future hassle and expense.

Putting laundry away is a chore-You have too much clothing if you struggle to put away the laundry. Keeping drawers and closets tidy when they are brimming full is a serious effort. If putting it away feels impossible, the laundry tends to accumulate. When getting out or putting away one shirt leads to refolding the entire pile, your clothing is creating more problems than it solves. When laundry seems like a Herculean effort, it is time to consider whole-home organization.

You lose or misplace items-Do you regularly misplace your smartphone, TV remote, keys, glasses, earbuds, wallet, hair ties, or chargers? You’re not alone. Create a place for everything and put everything in its place to save time and worry. If doing so is difficult, trim back and make room for the things you use daily. Keeping frequently used areas of the home clear makes life easier.

You replace lost items-A sign that you need to declutter is replacing items you have lost. Consider whole-home organization if you regularly repurchase items because the originals have disappeared into the clutter. Those lost items will likely turn up during the process.

You have duplicates or a hoard of backups-Maybe you moved in with your current partner and have two of almost everything. Or maybe you are a person who needs backup items just in case. Either way, stop devoting a portion of your finite space and time to the unnecessary. Fear is often at the root of just-in-case thinking. A common cognitive distortion that hinders the realization of our full potential is the fear of scarcity. The scarcity mindset comes from a common belief that we do not deserve abundance. The problem, for most of us, is not that we have too little; it is that we have too much, and that excess adds unnecessary stress to our lives.

Your middle name is ‘Storage Bins Galore’-Stackable storage bins are an okay solution for garage storage or utilizing the vertical space in a closet. Bins do not make accessing your items easy. Adding even more storage bins is the last thing to do when the remaining place to store the bins is in a living area. In this case, you are purchasing materials to organize and store items that need decluttering. Containers of any kind are clutter enablers. Our brains love to fill up empty spaces. Bins and baskets are temporary treatments for clutter, not a cure. They are never the cure. Stop organizing clutter. Start purging! 

And the number one sign that it is time for whole-home organization is having piles of belongings that make your home inaccessible or unusable. A dinner table that cannot serve a meal. An Amazon box cemetery for a guest room. A garage with no room for a car. All indicate that the time to invest in your home is now. Professional organizers are experts at conquering clutter once and for all.