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Hooks are a handy way to utilize wall space, especially if you live in a small home or apartment. There are a lot of items that stay perfectly organized on hooks, including backpacks and hats. Plus, hooks are inexpensive and easy to install.

Maximize the storage capacity and organization of your drawers with drawer dividers. One drawer divider instantly creates separate categories for the space, so everything has its place. You're typically also able to fit more items because the dividers make it easier to stack things vertically.

Keepsakes are memories that should be enjoyed and shared, not cluttered in an old box in the attic. An effective way to keep meaningful greeting cards organized, preserved, and part of your life is to frame them. This keeps them out of storage and visible every day for you to remember that special person and message. You can also create a keepsake binder for easy access to your special messages.

Wallets often become their own form of junk drawer. Receipts, crumpled money, old coupons, and credit cards get lodged into our wallets only to have us fumbling at the checkout counter. So keep your cash in order from largest to smallest bill amount, and make sure all the bills are flat and unbent. Take out your receipts every day when you get home, and organize your credit cards in order of how frequently you use them.

ROYGBIV is many professional organizers' favorite term. The acronym stands for all the colors in the rainbow (red, orange, yellow, green, blue, indigo, and violet) and it can help you to organize clothes in your closet by color and make them visually appealing. You also can color coordinate your books, craft supplies, and any other category of items that has multiple colors.

You might find yourself saying "I will do it later" when it comes to organization. This can create mental cutter, which can lead to stress. To alleviate this, keep a specific box where you can put small items you need to sort, put away, or otherwise deal with later. Then, before you go to bed each night, organize these items so everything is in its place for the next day.