Help! I'm So Disorganised!!

I have searched and searched and searched for tips on how to be organised because I know that I HAVE to be this academic year. I have way too much on my plate for me not to be organised. Here are a few tips that I have compiled that I think will work for me. The post acts as a reminder for me also as to what I can do if I feel like I'm falling off the barrel.

1. Separate bras and undies with drawer dividers. Home and lifestyle editor Wendy Manwarren uses velvet dividers ($8 for six; organize.com) to sort her lingerie into sections according to type (bras, undies, and camisoles) and function (everyday garments stay up front; strapless bras are tucked in the back).

2. Once or twice a year, host a shop-my-castoffs party. Turn on the tunes, open a bottle of wine, and let friends take what they like — from purses and baubles to frocks and shoes.

3. Get a clutter buddy. "You're a better editor with someone else's stuff," says stylist Christine Cameron, of mystylepill.com, who regularly helps one friend clean out her closet. "I insist she let go of that when-I-lose-five-pounds skirt, and she reminds me that a girl doesn't need 10 pairs of black pants."

4. Dangle necklaces and baubles from pushpins on fabric-covered bulletin boards, as REDBOOK editor-in-chief Stacy Morrison did here. She hung boards on a wall between two windows and now can always find the perfect accessory. (When the curtains are in place, the treasures are out of sight.)

5. Paint-Can Cubbies

Don't let your desktop disappear under piles of paperwork. Inexpensive, unused cans can be purchased at paint stores; lined up on a shelf and anchored in place with Velcro, they become organizing cubbyholes with a modern flair. Assign cans as storage spaces for bills, catalogs, and personal mail, or one for each member of the family. Label the shelf beneath to make sorting easy.

Tools and Materials

Paint cans, without handles
Self-adhesive Velcro strips
Scissors
Labels

Paint Can Cubbies How-To

Line up as many cans as will fit on the shelf. Working from one end of the row, attach them one by one: Cut Velcro strips slightly shorter than the length of the cans. Peel backing from one side and apply strip to a can; remove backing from other side and affix to shelf in desired spot. Center and adhere labels to front edge of shelf beneath cans.

6. Categorize your clothes by purpose, such as work, casual, and formal.

Those are just a few to get you creative and clutter free. Try them out and let me know what works for you, or suggest things that you do that keeps your life clutter free and organised to the T :)