And you don’t have to throw everything away to accomplish the task. “Organizing is about designing a system that makes you more efficient in whatever you are trying to do,” she says. “As long as it allows you to find things, by all means, put all 20 belts on the closet door!” Analyze: “Each of you should identify the objects in the space you are always looking for,” she says. “It has to work for everybody for the system not to fall apart.” Strategize: Collectively figure out what the space will look like when it’s complete. Imagine the organizational genius of a kindergarten classroom, where similar items are grouped together into activity zones (for sporting equipment, for example). Organize: Everyone can help sort and group the items, help purge, and box items up for donations before implementing the shared strategy.
