Friday, August 10, 2012

The Organizing Olympics, Day 14: Dresser Drawer Diving


Day 14 Dresser Drawer Diving  
This event is an individual or a team sport depending upon whose dresser drawers you are taking on in your competition.   


The rules of this Diving Event are as follows:

Keep “like” items together
Donate any items that you have not used in the past year
Determine how many of each item you need?  Jeans, T-shirts, Socks?
Does it fit?
Will you wear it this year?

Set your timer for 15 minutes and begin removing items from the dresser drawers.   Use the bed as your sorting zone.  Work one drawer at a time and sort into categories as you go.  Once everything has been sorted into categories, follow the rules above and make decisions.

If this is your dresser, try on anything you are not sure about but keep focused on the task. 

If it is your child’s room, have them try on clothes as you go.  

Anything that does not fit, put directly into a donate bag.

Take a break if needed and then set your timer for another 15 minutes.

Here is a link to a great folding video on YouTube.   It will help you maximize the space in your drawers and allow you to see everything that is in the drawer in one quick glance



Remember to use your timer to ensure you take a break and to keep yourself focused and moving.


You cross the finish line when the donate bag and been put in the trunk and get your medal when it is dropped off at Salvation Army or Goodwill.

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