The Best of 2023 Organizing Posts

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Here are The Organizing Boutique's best of 2023 organization tips.

These are our most popular blog posts from 2023, and we hope you enjoy them as much as everyone else has. Happy organizing!

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Best of 2023 Organization Tips

1. 12 Ways To Donate Used Magazines Instead Of Recycling Them (my top page 7 years in a row, not just the best of 2023!)

You see them lurking in the corner...a pile of perfectly good magazines in great shape but never opened. You think to yourself that you'll get to them this weekend, but then the weekend comes and goes. The magazines are still there, but the only thing that has changed is the added layer of dust that has accumulated on them. Ugh!

You decide that you're not going to get to them since new ones just came in, and who knows when you'll even get to those. It's time to let the old ones go, but throwing them in the recycling bin just seems wrong! I got ya. Here are 12 ways to give your magazines new life without recycling them, and I threw in a personal story as well.

2. How To Organize Passwords So You Can Avoid The Whole "Forgot Password?" Process (among the top organization tips since 2017!)

Are you constantly having trouble logging in to stuff online? Do you always have to use the "Forgot Password?" feature? Sick of doing all of that? Everything is online these days, so staying digitally organized is important. We each now have tons of usernames and passwords, and keeping them in order and being able to retrieve them can be a challenge. These tips will help with password storage and maintaining organization in this digital part of our lives.

3. Makeup Drawer Organizer Ideas

I have organized my fair share of makeup drawers for clients as well as myself. It's a wonderful feeling to open your bathroom drawer and be able to easily find your makeup every morning. Happiness and efficiency all in one, what a way to start your day! Here you'll see makeup drawer organizer ideas for my own shallow makeup drawer in addition to a client's deep, skinny drawer.

4. Greeting Card Storage, Organizing & Upcycling Ideas

Like with anything else, having your greeting cards in order is convenient, saves time and money... and just rocks. Outlined here is the process as well as the products to organize cards and other stationary items, so use the following tips to get started.

5. New Uses For Old Things

Always a popular post, so I'm not surprised that it made the best of 2023. Creating or finding new uses for old things is a valuable organizing fundamental. The elemental thought process behind this principle is to simplify, simplify, simplify, simplify, simplify, simplify, simplify (and save some loot). Discovering new uses for old things is a great way to get creative, save time and most importantly money. Using these tips you can turn trash to treasure by upcycling old items.

6. What To Store Where In Your Car + 10 Things A Pro Organizer Keeps In Her Car (in the top 2020, 2021 and 2022 organization tips as well as the best of 2023!)

Car organization is essential, especially for those always on the go. Whether you are constantly carting youngsters around, hopping from one business meeting to the next, or habitually taking road trips, an organized vehicle will contribute to improved efficiency and punctuality, to say the very least. The following tips on how to get organized in your car and my car organizer product suggestions will help you get started.

7. Pill Container, Medicine Reminder & Other Great Tips For Organizing Vitamins & Supplements

Take multiple pills a day? Multiple times per day?! Maybe you need a pill container or pill organizer. By having everything separated out, it saves the time it would have taken to open and close several bottles. It also frees up kitchen counter space if that's where you keep the vitamin and supplement bottles. Lastly, a pill organizer is great for travel and makes taking your vitamins easy when you're on the go. These tips will get you started.

8. Home Office Ideas - Organize Your Office No Matter Where It Is!

I think the best way to emphasize the importance of office organization is the following quote: "Now I really want to sit down and get some work done!" I can't tell you how many times I have heard this, word for word, from an ecstatic client after organizing their office. It's so funny. The ease of locating things excites them (as it does everyone) and getting work done doesn't seem like such an insurmountable task. These simple and helpful home office ideas will help you organize your office, no matter where it is!

9. How To Organize Your Cardigans So They Don't Stretch Out (among the top tips 10 years in a row, not just the best of 2023!)

If your cardigans are getting too wrinkled, stretched out, and/or taking up too much drawer space, then this solution is for you. Here you'll find the step-by-step process for organizing your cardigans and photos of how I FILE my cardigans in open canvas storage bins. Happy organizing!

10. How To Organize Your Photos (a best of 2023 as well as 2022 and 2021!)

One of the questions I hear the most is how to organize photos. It's not as black and white as getting other areas of your life in order [see what I did there? :)]. Pictures are memories that don't expire, and your photo collection is always growing. Thus, this is one of the rare cases in which you will bring in a lot more than you get rid of. It's time to get creative! Here you'll find tips that will help with organizing digital photos and how to organize photos that are printed as well as product suggestions.