Welcome to the Organized 365 Podcast. My name is Lisa Woodruff and I'm a professional

organizer and blogger in Cincinnati, Ohio. I want to help you get your home

organized and help you organize life stages and unexpected events.

So sit back, relax, and let's get organized.

All right, let's talk about attics, basements, sheds, storage rooms,

storage lockers that you buy that are outside of your house, you know, those places that you can rent

storage space. Two people have suggested that I should talk about this and actually I've been

talking about this a lot on podcast and it's something

that has been weighing on me as well. I'll read what they've said. Talk about the

junk found in storage basement's garage. I'm at that awkward stage where I've been

through the challenge once, fixed most of the disaster areas, set up basic systems,

but I still have too much stuff.

Luckily I have a basement to put that stuff into but...

And then another person says,

I'm thinking that if all that stuff is sitting in the basement for so long

then you're not making money anyways. So instead of waiting for the long distance day

when you sell it, you might as well donate it and enjoy the feeling of a less cluttered

basement right away.

I agree, but I know it is easier to say than it is to do. And lately I just have this urge to have nothing in my storage room.

I'll tell you my very first organizational challenge for myself in January 2012,

when I couldn't find anything in my kitchen was to start

organizing my storage room. I know it makes no sense right? But I always start in the

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