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My favorite organizational tip: Don’t put it down, put it away.

My organizational tip is to let my husband organize – and then I stick to it! Ha ha! Seriously, though, I’m great at organizing our files in alphebetical order and such…but the rest of the house is him.

A favorite organizational tip is to take pictures of things and donate or sell rather than store and clutter.

Sorting through the mail as soon as it comes in and recycling the junk.

Don’t keep all the papers the kids bring home from school. If it is a keepsake, scan it and toss the paper.

My favorite organizational tip is to sort the pantry by shelves. One has bread items like bread, tortillas, etc. Another has cans but also sorted by expiration date since I try to buy in bulk, another has snacks like chips, cookies, crackers, fruit rollups. ANother has breakfast items like cereal, nestle choc mix, oatmeal, grits, etc. One has necessities like pasta, rice, boxed sides, etc. One has drinks such as canned drinks, tea, etc. And one of the shelves is MINE that my family knows not to touch! haha!

Use tiny bits of time to organize a drawer, your purse, one shelf.

Assign a place for everything you have, even for the smallest things. It becomes so easy to organize if we know where each thing needs to go.

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My favorite tip is to reuse what you already have to organize instead of buying more stuff. Baskets can be used for storing lots of little items, cereal boxes can turn into magazine holders, etc.

I recently printed out a freezer inventory sheet, cleaned out my basement freezer, wrote down everything that I have inside, and stuck the sheet to the freezer door. It makes it so much easier to know exactly what (and how much) I have!

My tip is to put everything away right when you get home – otherwise it sits around for a few days, or even weeks!

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I print out our weekly calendar from my icalendar on my Mac. Then I add our meals to that and display it for all to see. Everyone is then in the loop!

I stay organized by filing things immediately and only keep the essentials.

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My house has been a big mess of disorganization however, I am going room by room to put things in their proper places. The pantry is set up now by box items, bagged items, canned items all put together and the labels facing the front. Also organizing important papers and could certainly use this safe to store and keep these items safe.

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I organize food in the pantry accroding to expiration date so I can make sure the oldest food item is used first.

I keep a file folder on hand to organize bills and papers so they don’t pile up

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One of my favorite organization tips is to make your grocery list separated by store, then listing the items for which you have a coupon so you don’t forget them.

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My tip is don’t just throw your mail in a pile on the table or wherever becaus before you know it you will have a mountain.

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I lay everything out for my kids and myself the night before even better if weather is consistant will lay out clothes for the whole week!

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My organizing tip is to keep up with things and put them away instead of leaving it for later. And I keep a lot of lists!

organization tip: file whole coupon inserts by date so you’ll have to access to every coupon when you need it without having to clip them all.

I found that the only thing that works for me is to scan or copy/paste so I have electronic copies of stuff (they’re so much easier to file in electronic folders than papers!) and then I put all the important papers on a pile…figure I can dig if I ever need something from there lol!

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My favorite organizational tip is to plan ahead whenever possible. Take meal planning for example – when dinners for the week are planned in advance I feel much more organized getting home at night and facing the dinner, bath, bed time rush.