10 Steps to Organize Anything

Stacey Platt works as a professional organizer. Her company DWELL WELL is based in New York and is an organizing and lifestyle management firm. Nearly a decade and a half of daily yoga practise informs her approach to organizing and living life.  She’s the author of What’s a Disorganized Person to Do? Here are  her recommendations for a “tool kit” and the 10 steps to get you to the blissful state of organization. Want to learn more? Listen to the interview.

ORGANIZERS TOOL KIT

1.) Label maker
2.) Bags and boxes
3.) Tape measure
4.) Permanent markers and labels
5.) Small notebook and pen
6.) Tote

10 STEPS TO ANYTHING

1.) Focus on the bigger picture
2.) Visualize your bigger picture
3.) Choose an area of focus
4.) Clear the space
5.) Sort into four piles (keep, toss, donate, fix)
6.) Revisit the keep pile
7.) Give everything a home
8.) Choose containers
9.) Maintain
10.) Tune and tweak as needed