Habits to Stay Organized

Organization is something that is coveted by many, but achieved by few. At North Shore Mini Storage, organization is our game. We have some habits of organized people that you should be looking to pickup for yourself if your organization skills are lacking.

7 Organization Habits

1. Clean Before You Leave

This is the golden rule of being organized, clean the space before you leave. Any room you are in should be as spotless as the last time you entered it. Just by picking up after yourself each time, you will see huge increases in how clean and organized you can be. Always be looking to clean as you go as well.

2. Everything Has a Home

Everything inside your home should have a space. If it doesn’t then it should be thrown away or stored away. A great way is to label the various storage places inside your home, so there is no question as to what goes where. Make sure that everyone in your home is on the same page as well. This will also help to make finding things easier, no more “lost” keys right before you need to leave for work.

3. Use What You Have

Keep a running list of the things that you have in your home. Never buy more of something that you have already. This will help to drastically reduce clutter in your home. Keeping track of items can be a simple as downloading an app on your phone.

4. Organize Right Away

Never “leave things for later”. Whenever you bring an item into your home, make sure that it has a place to go. This will reduce clutter, anxiety and increase the organization in your home dramatically.

5. No “Junk Drawers”

Every home has one, but they are a bad idea. Junk drawers turn into junk closets and then junk rooms. If you have a junk drawer, toss the stuff out!

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Mike Olsen

18:58 16 Oct 19

This is inexpensive storage that operates 100% as advertised - they do not offer 24/7 access and do not charge 24/7 access pricing. They are incredibly responsive to requests to unlock doors and provide access. It is not fancy but if you need a clean, dry place to store your stuff, you can't beat these guys. Don't expect bells and/or whistles but you also won't be paying for them.

Dave Shirlaw

01:54 10 Jun 19

Have to phone to have buildings unlocked. Annoying.

megan chow

23:06 21 May 19

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01:04 25 Sep 18

Prices are 1/2 the price of other storage units but it shuts down (locked gates) from 10 am - 6 pm except if you have the enormous ground level outside facing units. Those hours are impossible. The technology getting items up to the second story is an actual forklift thats made stationary. You balance your items up the forklift (and you raise the wooden pallet up yourself) Then you must walk up stairs and hope their is a dolly available to wind precariously around tiny turning hallways. Budget carpentry and ancient carpet in the units. The trolleys sound and feel like their from 1980's and are either coached to disobey or they keep their own counsel. They say its secure but I had a neighbor pick something up and they weren't even asked for permission. I explicitly stated only I was to have access. They said they do not let it happen. The locks are your own, but the flip closure is attached by 3/4 wood screws easily and possibly quite quietly could be opened and emptied with no one batting an eye. A kid could detach it with anything. They have "24 hour security" which means a guy lives on site. Does he/she have CCTV access? Probably not, nor would you want that job. Are there motion sensors? Not likely as sometimes the lights won't turn on and finding a switch in the straggly wandering corridors is impossible. They do not offer insurance. You have to sign forms saying all the things you will and won't do, but they are not liable if anything happens: theft, fire, water, vandals, pests etcSo despite all those complaints, its still 4/5 only because of the prices.