Fall Into Abundance!

My friend and colleague Sara Fisher makes a guest appearance here to share some organizing wisdom with my awesome readers.

In Atlanta, we've had an OVER abundance of rain lately! Trees down, flooded basements, leaky roofs. All of this abundant rain causes me to think about paper boxes. Paper boxes and rain…seems like a strange pair, but over the last several weeks as I have been creating abundance for my clients, more than one of them has lost a paper box to the rain.

If you're storing things in cardboard, NOW is the time to make the change to plastic containers. Especially, if shelving is not available to you. Storage containers on the floor should be made of plastic to prevent damage in case of flooding. In addition, bugs LOVE cardboard boxes, which is another reason to make plastic the container to use for storage! And of course don't forget labels!

So now as the leaves begin to change, it's a great time to clear out for a change too. A change to tame stacks of papers, finish summer projects that didn't get done, or liberate closets bulging with clothes. Wishing you the richness of the FALL season, hoping you can FALL into abundance and simple spaces!

~Sara

Comments

[dtj]

There are two other aspects of plastic storage boxes that need to be pointed out. First, you can get clear plastic boxes, which obviously aids in determining the content at a glance. Secondly, plastic totes are usually considerably more structurally sound and stand up to being stacked better.

You need not convert everything from cardboard to plastic in one swipe. Convert the lower tier of boxes first so the upper cardboard boxes are protected from all but the most catastrophic floods. Secondly, prioritize the contents of the boxes and convert the most important and irreplaceable stuff first.

Another aspect to consider is that flooding need not be from rain. A pipe bursting or someone leaving a faucet running can have the same effect. With that in mind, have the top tier of totes have solid lids, rather than the attached split lids thingies. That's prevent water coming in from the top.