Get Organized

Let’s face it – some people are super organized and some are not! That’s ok – it’s great to be different, celebrate it!

One thing that you should be organized in though, regardless of your level of proficiency, is your food storage and preparedness. How on earth do you expect to remember how many of each can of vegetable you have. How do you think you could possibly remember how much flour or rice or anything else you have stocked away. Lovingly smushed under beds, in closets or any other random place you may have utilized to keep your stock. I have these awesome little cubbies at the ceiling in four rooms of my house! Such a waste of space until I realized what a treasure trove it was!

There is no right or wrong way to organize and keep track of what you have. The only wrong thing to do is to NOT keep track of it all. Make a plan! Without a plan you are as ship adrift in stormy seas.

Some quick tips:

First, keep all like items together (as much as possible). This will ensure that you can take a quick glance and get a good idea of what you have.

Second, keep a record of what you have. It can be as detailed as you would like and you don’t even have to create them yourself. There are people who have all ready done the hard work for you, you just have to fill it in. A great example is Are We Crazy Or What, another blogger that offers her food storage binder for FREE when you sign up for her emails. (I’ve got it and it’s pretty extensive and worth it in my opinion)

Lastly, have an idea of how you will rotate through your storage. Let’s face it. Food doesn’t last forever and the best buy dates come quickly. Don’t waste good money by having to throw out food you didn’t rotate through. Get organized with these awesome rotation shelves or ones like them. I use these and LOVE them.

You don’t have to be perfect at food storage to start. You don’t have to have the perfect home either. You can have a storage in small places you just have to be creative and think outside the box! This month I’ve focused on food and quite frankly it’s the easiest place and arguably the most important place to start.

Hard times come to us all. We can either let them drag us through the mud leaving us fighting for air or we can have a life raft. I prefer the life raft. You can do food storage. It’s easy – you just have to start!