{Day 19: Lisa} A (Semi Non Sarcastic) List of Ways to Get More Organized

1. Stop buying stuff you don’t have room for.
2. Get rid of stuff you don’t have room for.
3. Remove the foam stuffing from your couch cushions and replace with yarn or off season clothing.
4. Scan all your papers into your computer and recycle the hard copies (unless you’re Helen Magnus).
5. Adhere all your film prints on your walls with tape or sticky stuff (who needs wallpaper)
6. Add shelves to any unused walls.
7. Color code everything.
8. Arrange things by shapes.
9. Arrange things by size.
10. Pretend there’s a miniature alien/abnormal/animal in *insert room of choice* clean it until the missing creature is located.
11. Label everything.  Label makers, chalkboard paint and sharpies are fun.
12. Stick things in boxes, bins, jars by different categories depending on which shelf/room they’re located on/in.
13. Organize your books by dewey decimal number.
14. Find Robin Dunne, give him a broom and ask him to direct a film in your house.
15. Dump everything on the floor/counter/chair and then put it all back.
16. Throw a party (your house will magically organize itself while you’re looking for that cake pan you haven’t used since last year).
17. Convert your consciousness to binary.  Everything’s more organized on a computer.
18. Have me come over and deprive me of all sources of entertainment.  I’ll be cleaning out your fridge in a day or two.
19. Find yourself a huge project with an non-negotiable deadline like a thesis. Watch as you turn into a cleaning/organizing machine.