Organizing clutter is as easy as 1-2-3. (wink, wink) Every time someone tells me, “Oh that is easy” I have learned that usually that is just not the truth. It might be easy for them but that doesn’t mean it is for me. I never tell people organizing clutter is easy, it is a process and by having systems in place it becomes “easy” over time. The nature of the thing hasn’t changed; it is us that has changed by learning how to do the task and by practicing. You know the saying, practice makes perfect.

Here are 5 organizing tips on organizing clutter:

•Keep things that are useful to you and that you like. Get rid of stuff you don’t like and never use.
•Have a place for everything. If you don’t know where something goes, take a minute and figure out where it is going to live. Don’t just set it down.
•If you have magazines you don’t read, stop the subscription. Throw out magazines over 3 months old. Tear out information you want to keep and file it. (Click here for a good system on organizing clutter for your papers).
•Keep only clothes you can wear, don’t wait to lose weight to wear them, if you must keep them move them out of your closet so you have more room for the ones you do wear.
•In your e-mail make folders by subject rather than just having a bunch of files, it will be faster for you to find what you are looking for.

What is your most successful organizing tip for organizing clutter?