The first step is to do an intelligent purge and
then reorganize in a way that makes sense for your
life and living situation. Containers and bins can
certainly help, but if the reorganization does not
make intuitive sense to you you'll find yourself back
in the same situation shortly after. Implementing
systems that will be easy to keep up is what long
lasting results are built on.
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Less mess = less stress.