Household Organization

THE PROCESS MIGHT RESULT IN MORE MESS BEFORE IT GETS BETTER. ONCE I FINALLY CONSOLIDATED ALL OF THE SCHOOL SUPPLIES I COULD SEE HOW MUCH EXTRA $ WE WERE SPENDING EVERY FALL BY NOT REUSING WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE!

DO YOU KEEP ITEMS BECAUSE THEY HAVE A SENTIMENTAL VALUE? MY EYES WERE OPENED WHEN I REALIZED HOW MANY SHOES I HAD. AND, GUESS WHAT, MOST OF THEM NO LONGER FIT BECAUSE MY FOOT FLATTENED WITH THE LAST BABY… SO TOO WIDE AND UNCOMFORTABLE TO WEAR ANYMORE!! BUT THEY WERE SO BEAUTIFUL AND HAD MEMORIES ATTACHED TO THEM. REMEMBER, THIS IS KEY, YOUR MEMORIES LIVE IN YOUR HEAD… NOT IN YOUR “STUFF.” RE-ORDERED MY BRAIN TO THINK OF THE SHOES LIKE A STAPLE WARDROBE… I ONLY NEED ONE OF EACH TYPE IN THE COLORS I WEAR REGULARLY. I DON’T NEED 6 PAIRS OF BLACK ANKLE BOOTS! THIS GOES ALONG WITH THE ONE IN, ONE OUT METHOD. IF YOU ARE TRYING TO SAVE MONEY, AND YOU FIND SHOES YOU HAVE TO HAVE, WHICH CAN YOU PART WITH?