Happy New Year and welcome to January – officially deemed Get Organized Month by the National Association of Professional Organizers. (NAPO) Someone must be listening because at The Container Store, I was probably tenth in the checkout line, with at least as many others waiting behind me. Everyone’s shopping carts and baskets were loaded with containers – boxes, bins, and baskets and many other organizing products. Certainly it is a good thing that people want to take the time to get organized. But it helps to remember that getting organized is NOT about buying fancy containers, bins and baskets – it is about making decisions about your possessions – what stays and what goes – and creating systems that work for you and the way you live and work. The process is a bit different for each individual, but the result can be the same – peace of mind and more time to do the things you love. So, use Get Organized Month as your motivation and start making those long put off decisions about your ‘stuff’- you’ll be glad you did.
