Welcome back to our current organizing campaign, in which I’m addressing the most common, simplest organizational issues my clients come across. I’ll offer 2 solutions to every problem–1 strategy, and 1 product. So whether you’re looking for a do-it-yourself approach or an easy ready-made fix, my intention is to offer you a simple solution to a common problem in your space.
Common Problem #7: Items in Transition
We call have Things That Have To Get Done. Returns, exchanges, donations, repairs, gifts to give, etc. These items have a tendency to collect in inconvenient places or disappear into dark corners and out of our awareness. Make it easy on yourself to take action on these items with a Transition Station.
Strategy:
1. Gather all items in transition. Collect anything that needs to be acted on: clothes to mend or send to the dry cleaner, purchases to return, donations to be dropped off, gifts to mail, a borrowed item to return to a friend.
2. Designate a Transition Station preferably near the door, and somewhere where you’ll be forced to encounter it often. This is not a dumping ground–it’s a landing place until you can take appropriate action on each item.
3. Take action! What sounds reasonable and doable–once item a day until your station is empty? Or perhaps you’re more of a rip-the-band-aid-off-person and prefer to commit to taking care of all items in one fell swoop the next free weekend afternoon you have?
Product:
Try this Hanging Sweater Organizer to compartmentalize your transition items as I have.
Encountering an especially uncooperative Transition Station? Shoot me an email and I’m happy to help!
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