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[quote=Anonymous]Tons of good advice already. I wanted to add that sometimes it’s helpful to switch between strategies. I have two main ones - pull all like items from everywhere and deal with it, and 100% sort on a space.

Pull all like items can be:
-all dirty dishes to kitchen and wash them
-all magazines, newspapers, mail, empty boxes gathered and put out for paper recycling 
-gather all books/CDs/videotapes that you are done with and donate to friends of the library 
-gather all the kids toys from everywhere to sort out- keep, donate, trash

100% sort on a space could be small or big task
Process is to 100% empty it. Clean it. Then sort items into keep-belongs there, keep-belongs elsewhere, not sure, trash, donate.
Not sure can go back in space if appropriate (book, toy) or in box.
-one bookshelf
-toy bin
-drawer
-under cabinet 
-closet 
-corner of room

As you work, if you keep finding similar items, it can be more efficient to find as much as you can of the same thing, sort it out, and then handle storing/donating/trashing all at once.

If you find that one space is closer to done than others, sometimes stopping and finishing it is more efficient and then helps with other areas.
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