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“Some things fall into place. Other things just fall.”
That’s the message from a Safelite windshield repair TV ad. In the ad, a man tries to hang a bicycle from the ceiling of his garage – with the car in the garage.
Naturally, he fails, and the bike falls onto the car, cracking or breaking the windshield.
First, if you want to hang a bicycle from the garage ceiling, you don’t do it with the car IN the garage.
Second, if space is that tight, it might be less hazardous to hang the bike on the garage wall, rather than from the ceiling.
Third, how much work do you, or your kids, want to do to get access to the bike? Do you really want a 6-year-old climbing on a ladder to get his or her bike down, so he or she can ride it?
And, since the 6-year-old can’t drive, someone will have to move the car to give the child access to the bike.
The ad focuses on how easily windshields can be repaired or replaced If they crack or break.
But, it also has a message about how to, or how not to, solve space problems.
If space in your garage is tight, and you need to store both a bike and car in it, there are obviously ways to do it so both are accessible.
This also illustrates another issue: some people having so much stuff that they can’t fit both their car(s) and stuff in the garage.
Businesses have cropped up to help people organize closets, garages etc. Some people have so little imagination that they can’t figure out how to organize household space.
At the same time, home staging companies have cropped up because some people have difficulty imagining how an empty house would look with their furniture in it. So, the stager removes ALL personal items the seller has in the house and puts in some usually neutral furniture to help people decide whether a house will work for them.
The lessons from these examples might be: 1) If you have too much stuff for the space you occupy, get rid of some stuff. Figure out what you use or wear most. If you have duplicates of tools, clothes etc., get rid of the duplicate items. If there are things that just hang in your closet or garage that you can never see yourself using or wearing (again), get rid of those things.
The people that can help you organize things are usually masters of de-cluttering.
But, you shouldn’t need their services if you can weed through your stuff effectively.
Certainly, there are some things you may not use or wear often, but you need to keep them for the occasions that you need them.
Instead of paying someone to organize your stuff, have a yard or estate sale. There are those who specialize in running those sales who may be worth paying to get rid of your unneeded things.
Once you have your stuff under control, your life will get more in control.
That’s when things start falling into place, instead of just falling.
Peter