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82 | NAILS MAGAZINE | 2016-2017 THE BIG BOOK HOW TO DO EVERYTHING BETTER GUIDE: ... EVEN BETTER >>> 3. Realize space is a commodity. "The price of anything is the amount of space you exchange for it," Barba tells her clients. The need to hold on to something with perceived value is the number-one clutter culprit. Barba says this is one of the advantages of taking inventory every six months. "Over time, things lose their luster," she says. Barba recognizes that most people will make small changes and some progress, but will naturally slip back into the same routine over time. If you find yourself slipping back into clutter chaos, don't be too hard on yourself. Instead, spend your time doing what you do well and hire someone to help you with the other stuff: "If you're not wired for it, hire for it." same item. You'll also find junk: things are unusable, outdated, dried up, or just plain ugly. Purge them. 2. Put "like with like." Grab all your stuff from the four corners of your world and organize not only by item (files with files, buffers with buffers), but by function — products you use to prep and finish the nail, items you use to apply enhancements, natural nail specialty items, nail art products, paper supplies, etc. Determine if you need to contain smaller items, and if you do, what size container you need to store them all together in an organized way. How you organize them is a matter of preference. Some people prefer baskets, some like lids and covers. One likes labels on the outside, another wants to see the product and opts for clear containers. "That's not what's important," says Barba. "The important thing is to find a container that is the correct size so that all of the similar items can be stored in one location. We run into trouble when the container is too small, which requires the extra to be stored in a second location." sure it is getting tended to regularly and that you don't have any wilted, dead, or overgrown plants. How to Get More Organized "There's no magic pill to get organized; you just have to do the work," says Sara Barba, founder of XOXOrganizing, based in Orange County, Calif. "It's basically choosing to make a decision now instead of later." Barba says we're always buying new things. If we don't have the space available, we place it anywhere we can find and tell ourselves we'll get to it when we have time. But the truth is, we don't really have room for it — because we don't ever thin out the stuff we already own. Before long, our spaces are packed and cluttered. Barba suggests these three actions to get organized: 1. Take inventory. Barba tells her clients to go through their spaces every six months. Choose one drawer or cabinet at a time and selectively go through to see what's there. You'll likely have more supplies than you realized, often scattered around in different places. This exercise could save you money, because people often find they have doubles and triples of the FEEL If you're not wired for it, hire for it.