11 Reasons to Organize Your Closet

I’ve been spending the week putting the finishing touches on my brand new workshop Organize Your Closet – A Quick and Simple Online Workshop. So, today, I thought it would be fun to share eleven reasons why organizing your closet is a rewarding endeavor, plus give you a bit of info about this workshop and the benefits of taking it. Sound fun? Let’s go.

Reason 1: The weather is changing and you want to buy some new clothes. And honestly, who could blame you. There is a strong association between the back-to-school time of year and buying new clothes. At least there is for me. But, you’ll save yourself time and money if you organize your closet first and shop second. You’ll know what you have from prior years that still works for you, and you’ll know what you need to spruce up your wardrobe for this year.

Reason 2: An organized closet saves you time. With an organized closet there’s no more hunting for that other black shoe, or getting 80% of an outfit on only to realize the missing piece is missing a button (or still in the laundry.) When your closet is organized, it’s simple to know what you have because you can see it all and reach it. This means getting dressed in the morning is a quick and simple endeavor. 

Reason 3: An organized closet gets your day started on the right foot. And who couldn’t use a little less stress first thing in the day?

Reason 4: You’ve been meaning to call a closet company to get a custom closet installed. If you want to upgrade your closet system, it makes so much sense to organize your closet first, as counter intuitive as that might sound. When you call in the closet company and your closet is already organized—filled with the clothes, shoes, boots, and other accessories that you really, truly wear—your newly designed closet will work great for you. Why design in forty-eight inches of dress-length hanging space if you only really wear two of the dresses hanging in your closet? Just think…all that space could have been used to organize and store your shoe collection.

Reason 5: Your closet is small so it’s hard to keep it organized. If your closet is on the small side, it is important to regularly go through your things and evaluate what you have and what you need. This helps keep clutter at bay, but also, once you go through the organizing process, you can purchase space stretching storage solutions with confidence, helping you make the most of your available storage space.

Reason 6:  Your closet is big…and you know it’s filled with things you don’t really wear. While a big closet feels like the answer to all your closet organizing dilemmas, a big closet can become a clutter magnet. Did you know the average person only wears 20% of the clothes hanging in their closet? That 80% hanging there (or jumbled on the floor) is not being worn, it’s just cluttering up your closet and your mind. Clearing closet clutter frees up time and space, and when your closet is organized you’ll actually feel like you have more clothes…even if you really have fewer.
This happens to me every single time I organize my closet…and yet it always surprises me. How could it be that I just carted six bags of clothes to Goodwill and now feel as if I have more clothes than I did before organizing my closet? Here’s why…what’s hanging in your closet after you organize it are just those things you wear and love…and now you can see them and reach them just when you need them. It’s a truly great thing. 

Reason 7:  An organized closet feels good! Have you ever done this? You reorganize your closet and then give yourself excuses (for days, if not weeks) to just open the door and stare inside, taking in all it’s orderly glory? If you have…then you know first hand how great an organized closet feels. And if you haven’t…then oh wow…now is the time my friend! You have to experience this simple pleasure first hand. 

Reason 8: Organize Your Closet—my brand new online workshop—begins next Tuesday. So if you’re in need of an extra nudge to organize your closet, consider yourself nudged! This two lesson three week workshop makes it simple to organize your closet, determine what items to keep and what to let go of, and figure out what storage solutions will solve your closet organizing dilemmas—if you need any at all. Best of all, you’ll share your closet organizing journey with an online community of students who are organizing their closets, too, right along side of you, sharing their photos, closet organizing challenges, and generating ideas for you and your closet. (Oh, and I’ll be there to help, too.)  

Reason 9: An organized closet will save you money. An organized closet helps prevent “mistake-wear”—things you purchase that turn out to be big mistakes (and therefore just hang out in your closet reminding you of this past mistake!) If you prevent just one mistake-wear purchase this season, Organize Your Closet will pay for itself. The content in this workshop help you figure out not only what you need to keep, but also where to spend your money to make your wardrobe work for you. It will help you identify the holes in your wardrobe, so you spend your clothing budget wisely (and avoid mistake-wear.)

Reason 10: Organize Your Closet is being offered at a special introductory price. Or in other words, I totally blew it when setting the price for this workshop. For just $20 you’ll get two lessons (over forty pages of instructional content) plus a twelve page handout all about closet storage solutions and how to select the right ones for your closet organizing dilemmas. Plus, you get five worksheets and forms that take the guess-work out of organizing your closet. Plus, you get three weeks of online access to a professional organizer helping you every step of the way. (Yes, I’ll be out in the classroom forum throughout the workshop answering your closet organizing questions.) 

My goal with this workshop wasn’t just to tell you how to organize your closet, but to teach you the thought processes behind all the decisions that go into creating an organized closet. How do you decide what to keep and what to let go of? How do you figure out what storage solutions will stretch the space in your closet? These questions and more are answered in the workshop.

Reason 11: You can get started today! The online classroom for Organize Your Closet opened yesterday. This workshop includes a pre-class assignment which is now available. So…you can take the first steps toward an organized closet today!

Comments

[Julie]

No time to read. Will come back later. Cute graphic!!!!! ~J @juliebavi

[Lowbudget]

I am already signed up and ready to take on the challenge. My closet has been out of control all summer. Honestly I am not sure how I was able to get anything out to wear to work daily! OH MY!

[Andrea]

I've been looking for those little round tags that are in your photo. Where do you get them from??

[Julie]

Aby,
Had time to read.... yay! Great reasons made a great article. Well done!! Thanks for sharing. We constantly purge our closet due to #6. The closet is a huge black hole! We have to keep up with the things that go in and never get out. @juliebavi ~J

[Joy@Frugal Menu Mamas]

These are great tips. My closet could use a face lift! Thanks for the inspiration!

[Aby]

I purchased the round, white tags at an Office Supply store…most likely Office Max. They come with a white string attached. (I cut the string off and use ribbon instead.)

Aby

[closet]

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[Christine Simiriglia]

Great motivation... especially with the season change. I have small closets and so, twice a year, I do a complete closet clean-up/clothes switch-a-roo. I wrote a short article with the "how-to's" that you can fine here: http://www.organize-more-stress-less.com/closet-organizing.html. Thanks again for the encouragement.

[Sarah Shaw]

Great tips!!!

[denver closet]

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[arizona closet design]

This happens to me every single time I organize my closet…and yet it always surprises me. How could it be that I just carted six bags of clothes to Goodwill and now feel as if I have more clothes than I did before organizing my closet? Here’s why…what’s hanging in your closet after you organize it are just those things you wear and love…and now you can see them and reach them just when you need them. It’s a truly great thing.

[Mie Jensen]

Some people have a hard time when choosing clothes that should be the thrown away. Their reason might be that those clothes can be recycled and can be worn in the future. Maybe they'll just need effective tips in organizing their clothes.