The Five Most Common

Organizing Mistakes

Gayle Goddard

Professional organizer and

owner of The Clutter Fairy in

Houston, Texas.

www.clutterfairyhouston.com

713-816-9505

This presentation is available for

download on our web site:

clutterfairyhouston.com/five-common

Buying organizing

products is NOT the first

step to getting organized.

First, sort all

your stuff to

make

keep/toss

decisions.

Then, buy only the

organizing products

that you actually need.

We plan based on how

long we’re willing to

work, not how long the

project requires.

Be realistic about the

time the project will

take to complete.

The longer you’ve been

neglecting the mess,

the more time you'll

need to fix it.

As you handle each item,

it’s easy to get bogged

down trying to decide

what to keep.

First, sort all the

contents of your

space into categories

without deciding

what to keep.

Now you can make good

keep/toss decisions

about each category.

“It was a gift!”

“I’m going

to fix it.”

“Really.

I mean that.”

“It cost me a lot

of money!”

Refusing to make

a decision is only

postponing your pain.

Don’t let one difficult

decision halt your

progress.

Success in making easy

decisions will empower you

to make the harder ones.

Time for your questions!

This presentation is available

for download on our web site:

clutterfairyhouston.com/five-common

Thank you for joining us!

For more information or

to contact Gayle, visit our

web site:

clutterfairyhouston.com