Quick and Easy Ways To Organize Your Home

• I motivate myself to keep things organized and weed files by remembering how bad it feels when piles get out of hand and how good it feels after I sort things out. I like to think of the de-cluttering process as meditation.
• Tips from Oprah's guru, Peter Walsh:
Fill two trash bags each day. One with items to give away and one with stuff to throw away.
Don't get "distracted with a trip down memory lane." Stay on task.
"Touch each item once, make a decision and move on."
Finish the job. After you sort things into three piles--keep, give, throw--put everything away before you end.