What's the typical time frame for organizing a 'space'?

What's the typical time frame for organizing a 'space'?

Mary Astadourian (Professional Organizer) gives expert video advice on: Why is it so hard to get organized?; How do I know if I am disorganized?; What are the different styles of organization? and more...

Time frames shift based on how bad is the space. If we're talking about a closet that's just crammed full of stuff, and just emptying it out is going to take a half a day, then, you know, it is going to take awhile. But generally, unless it's a really big space, I would say you have to give yourself a day. That gives you some time too, to be able to walk away sometimes, which I think is important and come back to it, because sometimes we're so overwhelmed by just everything we've just discovered that's been sitting in this space that we need to walk away from it for an hour or so and just sort of clear our head and then come back to it with some fresh eyes.