There is no singular, correct way I can give you to organize anything, whether it's your stuff, your space or your time.
 
Wait a minute isn't that what an organizer does?
 
Remember when your parents told you not to do something? Or you told your children? Many of us ignored the advice. We had to learn it on our own because we learn by doing and experiencing it ourselves.

And boy did we learn and remember the lesson when we figured it out ourselves.
 
We need to know ourselves well enough to have a good sense of which organizing systems will work and which will not. Sometimes it takes working with an Organizer Coach(R), to give you time to figure it out.

We need organizing systems to remember where our keys are, what to do today, how to be on-time, and how to keep our clothes closets from spilling over. We use them all day long.
 
 
My Step-by-Step Advice with Client Examples

You have the answers inside you.

Here are some pointers to get you thinking.

Some client examples follow each point. No real names are used and some details are changed but the story illustrates the point in a practical way.
 
Embrace:
 
Embrace your own living, breathing definition of "organized enough."
Only you know what it feels like to feel organized. (Read Ali's story.)
 
Notice what currently feels organized in your life.
How did it get to that point? Transfer skills and ideas to your new challenge. (Read Donna's story.)
 
Believe that you can get this done...
...even if you need to try something very new. The organizing challenge you face is overwhelming sometimes.   (Read Julie's story.)
 
 
And let go of:
 
The word "should."
As in, "My home should look like my sister's." Or "I should be able to organize my time more effectively."
 
Thinking "I can't do this," whatever your organizing challenge is.
 
Comparisons to other people's organization, to TV shows, and to organizing articles.

I encourage you to read the three client examples above, so you have an example of how this advice can work for you practically.