Organize Your Life!

Organize Your Life!

So lately I have really been getting into organization. I have become obsessed with organizing everything in my life for the new year and I have to say I am really noticing a difference in how much it is helping me. Being a full time college student and working two jobs is a lot of work, so I thought to share my tips and tricks with you all in how I keep my life in order.

1. Lets start with the purse

Your purse should not be a jumbled up mess, everything should have a place. Bucket bags are a bad idea because it is just another place for you to deposit your unnecessary junk. An ideal bag would be a bag with a few pockets like this Kate Spade Tote. What I like about this bag is that it has three pockets. Two are zipped and one that act likes a bucket bag. I have a similar bag and find that the best way to organize this bag is to place items that you are not always looking for in the middle open section and use the two zipped sections for the more important sections. I use the left zipped section for placing my most used wallet. (yes! I split my wallets into two, one has my credit cards, license, passport card, and the other wallet is for gift cards, store cards, etc. *this one goes in the bucket bag section since I don't always use it*) I also keep my keys in this section so when I am in a hurry and don't want to take my whole bag I can quickly grab my wallet and keys with no hassle. In the second zipper I keep items that may not be important, but I find myself always digging into the bottom of my bag for (chapstick, small makeup bag, gum, sunglasses, agenda). The open section is where I keep "junk" (my second wallet, granola bar, notepad, tissues). Things that I many need but not every time I go into my bag.

2. Get an Agenda

I know this is probably overstated but agendas really help you organize the events in your life. My favorite one is the Lilly Pulitzer Large Agenda. This has daily pages where I record my goals and objectives of each day that I need to complete as well as monthly pages where I record upcoming events and projects that are due. I also use sticky note as "flags" on my daily pages where I will record additional important information that comes up!

3. Organize your Desktop

Most people don't take the time to unclutter their desktop. This is what mine looks like now. (Yes. My background is Vineyard Vines!) Its practically empty! Best way to organize your desktop is to create 5-10 folders centered around your life (mine are Transfer, Important, Fashion, Inspiration, Work and Semester 4). Each of these folders are a piece of my life and inside a folder I have subfolders where I organize each document by its relevance. This might now seem worth the 20 minutes to clean organize everything, but  I can honestly say it is. I can find anything I need within a few seconds compared to before where it took me a minute or two. Also DONT KEEP UNNECESSARY FILES! It just clutters your computer, if you haven't opened it within the last year ask yourself if you actually need it or not. 

4. Get a Filing Cabinet

This is basically your junk bin but it will be organized! I recommend the Ikea Helmer which is only $40 and does the job well. This is basically where all the junk of my room is stored. There are six drawers and each has a purpose. I used to have a drawer for computer manuals, warranty cards and excess cords and electronics, but now they all have their own space. Here is how I organize it!

Drawer 1- Remotes, iPod, extra iPhone cases, iPad

Drawer 2- electronic cords (chargers, headphones, HDMI cords, etc)

Drawer 3- electronic manuals, warranties 

Drawer 4- Packaging, boxes (incase something breaks and I have to send it back)

Drawer 5- Extra Pens, Pencils, Paperclips, Highlighters, Post-it notes

Drawer 6- Extra computer paper and notebooks

Thats it! This is what I have just completed within the new year. I hope to become more organized as the year goes on and will keep you all updated if anything changes!

Hope this Helped!

Stay Classy xoxo