Welcome to Aliza's Closet!

I for one find it tough when it’s hard to spell something you love to do. For example, someone who loves playing Tennis but for whatever reason their mind has a mental block and every time they go to IM a friend to swing the old racket around it ends up coming out “tenis.” That’s frustrating. For me, it’s organizing. I find myself typing the word a lot and every time there is an “a” where it shouldn’t be, or an “I” where an “a” should be. Maybe I should come up with a different word to use instead. Like sorting, or arranging. Ordering is definitely easier to spell. But that sounds so harsh.

But I digress. The purpose of this blog is not to find new words to replace organize, but rather to pay tribute to everything that the word stands for. We all find ourselves in the midst of various messes. A closet full of shoes thrown haphazardly on the floor. A dresser drawer that refuses to shut, and now that you think of it, hasn’t been closed in five years, since you first bought the darn thing. Then there is the dreaded medicine cabinet, which is over stocked with things like your allergy medicine from 1972, along with half a bottle of sticky cough syrup, plus a handful of some loose painkillers that you keep on hand, “Just in case.”

This blog is going to tackle each of these projects one by one until we figure out how to clear the clutter for good! 

To begin, I am going to say the cardinal rule of organization, adapted to suit those of us who like to hang on to things just a little bit longer, and that is: If you haven’t used something, worn it, touched it, or even looked at it in 18 months, CHUCK IT. The only exception to this rule, and I mean ONLY is if it is of sentimental value. And that denim jacket that you wore on your first date fifteen years ago with a girl whose name you don’t remember does not count as sentimental. What you wore to your 8^th grade graduation could.

And by “chuck” I don’t necessarily mean throw away. This is a great opportunity for doing one of those good deeds you keep saying you want to do. Donate it. Places are always looking for lightly used clothes, such as the Salvation Army, synagogues and churches, or even a thrift shop. Not only will you feel great about helping those in need, your closet just got a little bit bigger to make room for those new jeans you’ve been eyeing.