We Have a Shoe Problem!

We have a shoe problem in my house. Let’s just say there are MANY more pairs owned than worn.

I’ll bet that sounds familiar to a lot of you.

But the real problem is not owning them – it’s storing them!

Some of you may be counted among those lucky people who have custom closets with space specifically allocated for shoes…but, sadly, many of us aren’t. So, what do we do with the growing number of pairs?

Right now, in my house, since we are settling into a new living situation there are shoes at the front and back doors, shoes in both closets and shoes in bins.

Of course, as an organizer, I bought racks to store the shoes neatly in the closets…but as of now they stand empty.

I’ve been struggling because I know some of the shoes will be given away (once we have time to really sort through them), but in the meantime what should we do?

I struggle at least once a week looking at them all!

Do we:

1.      Take all the shoes out of the bins and put them on the racks? If we do that, I’m afraid we will see them as taken care of and it will take even longer to sort through and donate.

2.      Leave them in the bins and stare at them guiltily until we sort them and put away only what we will use

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What would you do?

It’s funny, we all know the shoes in those bins could probably ALL be donated. If they’ve been sitting there for months, they haven’t been worn and they haven’t been missed. RIGHT?

See…organizer or not, the psychology is still the same. It’s just hard to let go of things.