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Organizing Your Clutter Get control of the clutter in your life with these organizational tips. From "Home Made Easy" episode DHME-129

Letting go of items is always a difficult task. Guest Jessica Sabat joins host Stephanie Lydecker and outlines the steps to take for organizing your clutter.

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Jessica shares the five C's of dealing with clutter.

Organizing Your Clutter

• There is a system from the New York National Association of Professional Organizers that can be a useful starting place. It is called the five "C's"—clear, categorize, choose, create and complete.

• Clear. Define the space you're working on and empty it out completely. Create a blank slate.

• Categorize. You can do this as you are clearing. Sort the items by type to get a better understanding of what you've got. You might have doubles or triples of the same item which aren't necessary.

• Choose. This is often the hardest part and the most rewarding. Decide which items you are going to keep, which get thrown out and which will be donated or sold.

• Create. Plan your storage solutions and systems.

• Complete. Complete the organizing process by putting it all in place with your most used items being the most accessible.

• Above all else, be decisive. Don't let your possession tell you what stays and what goes—it's your call. Remember that we own our possessions, they don't own us!

GUESTS :

Jessica Sabat
Professional Organizer
Website: www.optimumorganizing.com