What's your best organizational tip?

What's your best organizational tip?

Mary Astadourian (Professional Organizer) gives expert video advice on: How do I start getting organized?; How should I choose my first organizational project?; How do I know what to keep and what to throw away? and more...

Don't get locked into when you're looking at containers and bins and tools for organizing. Don't get locked into what they are supposedly for. You can use things for all different purposes and because something is meant to be for holding, you know, CDs, it doesn't mean that that's all it's meant for. You can use it in any room of the house for anything and I think that that's an important thing to keep in mind because there are lots of things that I'll look at and I'll think ‘wait a minute, that works, really great in a bathroom' but it turns out that it's really meant for something like an office. That doesn't mean anything. So be open to that and know that you can use things for whatever they work for. You know, it's whatever works for you so just keep that in mind.