Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to express-organize your shoes.
We want clarity, freedom, and order. Now let’s create them!
Day 11: Organize Your Shoes
Step 1: Get a large bag. Quickly scanning your footwear, throw into the bag any shoes or boots that:
- Are tatty, broken, or in poor condition
- Are tragically out of style
- Are ill-fitting or uncomfortable
- Don’t go with your clothes, taste, or lifestyle.
Step 2: Do a second scan for anything that needs repair. If you know you’ll never get around to the repair, then pop these items straight into your bag. Otherwise, put them aside for later attention.
Step 3: Put your bag by the door or take it straight out to the car. (Really good stuff should go to charity, but let the rest go into the trash.)
Step 4: Do a quick tidy of your remaining shoes and boots.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
- Look over the outfits in your closet. Would particular items of footwear help you get more out of your wardrobe? For example, for girls:
– Do you have several evening outfits but no good evening shoes?
– Could you get more looks from your jeans if had boots to tuck your jeans into?
– Would platform heels allow you to dress up existing outfits?
– Would ballet flats allow you to dress down existing outfits?
For guys:
– Would some black or brown lace-up shoes look better for work?
– Sorry guys – I’m out.
- Add the shoes you need to your clothes shopping list.
As if you needed an excuse to go shoe shopping!
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
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See you tomorrow!
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Luckily, was not born w/shoe gene …
and now I wear an AFO (ankle foot thing) so had
to get skateboard shoes to fit over it! Have 2 or 3 pairs … and move brace around.
Will go back today and finish/keep working on some of last week’s tasks! Love the inspiration!
Caitlin
another day bites the dust! done & done! woohoo!
Done, not to many shoes to sort through, and list or no, if there’s no money you don’t shop = done. (0=
kind of did this last weekend, when we were putting winter things away and taking out spring/summer clothing. I did get rid of three pairs this morning though (of mine) and 5 pairs of my kids shoes.
Did this over the weekend.
Done, done and done.
done — great idea.
all done1
thanks for the break!
Done! That was quick and easy (and I have a lot of shoes).
This wasn’t as easy as I thought. Done.
I have two places for my shoes: In my closet in a shoe holder that hangs from the clothing rod and a spinning rack that I share with my husband. I also have a shoe rack inside my front foor so that the kids can put their shoes there instead of tracking mud, rain, etc. through the house. The rule is to take off your shoes in the foyer, then you can enter the house. The same is true for my husband and me. We take off our shoes and bring them to the bedroom.
I put a pair of 3 pairs heels in a box with, 3 pairs of flats in the same color schema that way I can grab them both on my way out the door, switch if my feet hurt and then return them to there proper place when come home. I put the sneakers on a hanging rack in pairs.
All done.
Finished, and it’s looking good!
Done yay!
Like some of the other respondents, I am not much of a “shoe girl.” So this was an easy one to complete!
Ah, where did some of these shoes come from???? OK, got rid of the losers. Thanks!
I only have 2 pairs of sports shoes, 1 sandals, 1 nice everyday shoes, and 1 high heels. That’s all I need.
But I will send my winter boots to the shoe repair shop to replace the Velcro that is worn out: 13$ for the pair!
Tip: I use gel shoe inserts in most of my shoes. It makes a world of difference, especially if the shoes were cheap…
Done:( I packed up soooo many nice pairs of shoes to take to goodwill….im gonna miss them. But……I did find a LOT of extra room under my bed!
Completed–I had a lot of old flip flops–thrown out. Other than that, most of my shoes are in boxes, neatly organized.