I am in the middle of a push to get organized. You wouldn’t know by looking at my desk at work. It looks pretty much like it always does.

What’s different is at home. Furniture had to be moved to clean some carpets at the same time I was reading a book on closet makeovers. After discovering a chest of drawers was broken, all of the contents ended up on the floor. They’re still there.

I’m hoping the excitement about sorting and purging and organizing that I got from that book will stick with me long enough to get those piles sorted and neatly put somewhere.

I dream of living a clutter-free life. I know it’s probably not possible, but that’s the ideal I’m looking at and working toward.

Is it that I’m too sentimental toward useless old stuff? Is it that I lack the knowhow to set up useful storage systems? Or do I just make choices every day to spend my life doing other things like cooking, reading or exercising, instead of putting things away.

I’m giving myself time. Hopefully by mid-winter, I’ll be able to find things in the clothes closet, the garage AND the kitchen cabinets. Wish me luck. I’ll need it. I welcome your advice if you’re an organizing pro.