Welcome to the 30-Day Organize-athon!
In today’s 5 minutes we’re going to organize your purse, tote, man-bag, briefcase, satchel, book-bag, or whatever generally accompanies you when you’re out and about. I’m just gonna call it a bag for now. 
Think clarity, freedom and order…
Day 22: Organize Your Bag
Step 1: Empty everything out of your bag.
Step 2: Neatly put back into your bag only those items you need, such as your:
- Wallet
- Keys
- Cell phone
- Small make-up purse (ideally you’ll just have some basics – a neutral lipstick or lip balm, mascara, mirror, small bottle of fragrance)
- Small tissue pack
- Small, light umbrella (I walk a lot so I always keep one in my bag)
- Sunglasses
- Tampons
- Hand cream
- Mints
- Pen and notebook.
Step 3: Be sure to toss out all the handbag clutter, including:
- Floating tissues
- Unneeded receipts
- Ancient mints and gum
- Loose coins
- Random pens
- Paper scraps
- Accumulated hair accessories
- Indecipherable notes
- Icky make-up.
And you’re done!
Got an Extra 5 Minutes?
Declutter one of these:
- Declutter your wallet of old receipts, decrepit photos, loyalty cards for places you rarely visit (your wallet real estate is precious!), business cards, random papers, credit or store cards you don’t need (destroy with care), and any other random crap.
- Declutter your keyring of keys you don’t need. If you’ve forgotten what keys are for, put them on a separate ‘mystery’ keyring for later investigation. If you’re always fumbling for keys, arrange them in order of use – eg, car, garage, mailbox, top lock, bottom lock.
- Declutter your make-up purse of excess cosmetics, as well anything prehistoric, old-fashioned or funky smelling.
How liberating does that feel!
The 30-Day Organize-athon Mantra
Move fast. Don’t overthink. Let it go!
Got a Question?
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See you tomorrow!
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I don’t like a cluttered purse where I can’t find things so I do this one regularly but it was time to do it again. All done and it is back in order.
Easy! Done!!
This one was easy… Done!
Easy peasy and DONE!
I got rid of my big purse so I’m down to the basics. Done!
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Done.
Changed bags from winter to summer – all done 🙂
Done!!! Super easy!! Thanks
Did this last night before I went out. Done
do this weekly
Done
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I hadn’t even gotten todays task yet and I sat in my car and did this before going into the grocery store this morning 🙂
Oh I need a new purse. But feels great to clean it out
Just been to strawberrynet and found a compact (LOL) mineral powder and brush by L’Oreal YAY!!! Thought I would share lol.
Done- I switched to a wristlet a few weeks ago (lightening up for the summer), so I just had some old receipts to toss.
Done-can’t believe how long it has been, since I last cleaned it out!