Store things wisely

same time. Spring comes and fits and starts. In my part of the world, it takes a while before we're sure that we won't be wearing our coats anymore, but there is a point of no return, and yet inevitably June will come and there will still be coats and

hats and gloves taking up space in the mudroom. I will also admit that sometimes I have not noticed that I'm not really wearing my sweaters anymore, and I don't do anything about that fact, and then they've wound up in pretty bad can by the time I pull them back out of a drawer in October. So it might help to just be a bit more intentional about this.

Choose a day when you are mostly sure the cold weather is done, to move your cold weather things away from valuable real estate, and then figure out exactly how you are going to store them. I'm a big fan of plastic bins with locking lids for clean items they keep spills and critters away, Or perhaps you use garment bags or sweater boxes. Think about where these things can go. Many people have a closet where they put out of

seasoned stuff. Hopefully you have some shelves in there where you can put things that you don't really need to access all that frequently. But if your closets are all in high demand, maybe you could slide some bins under your bed and use that space too as much as possible. You also want to put stuff away, clean, check your coat pockets, wash everything, or maybe even send your sweaters to the cleaners and have them pack them up. They

will be all fresh in the fall. Now. Of course, it can be a fair amount of work to wash things and have a special container for them, so this seasonal shift can also nudge you to do some purging. Did you ever wear that sweater this winter? If not, you probably don't really like it. Did you wear that second coat or did the first one really just do the job? Maybe you can donate the second one to someone who could use it. You can also go through and figure out if any mittens are missing matches, if

you're not going to find those matches. The mittens aren't going to be of much use. Best to let them go. We don't have a whole lot of natural opportunities to go through our stuff unless we're moving, and most people don't move all that often, Thank goodness of us, do experience at least some change in the seasons. So use the occasion to think about your stuff and store what you wish to keep. Wisely, it will all emerge in much better condition if you do. In the meantime, this

is Laura. Thanks for listening, and here's to making the most of our time. Thanks for listening to Before Breakfast. If you've got questions, ideas, or feedback, you can reach me at Laura at Laura vandercam dot com. Before Breakfast is a production of iHeartMedia. For more podcasts from iHeartMedia, please visit the iHeartRadio app, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you listen to your favorite shows.