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Garages keep accumulating junk, where it is then forgotten. When you are cleaning your garage, the only thing preventing you from being effective is the want to keep everything. Here are some tips to sort your items.
Put related stuff in piles using a method of your choice. Once you have everything in piles that are related to how you think, go through them and see what you need and what you don't. Then you can have a garage sale of the stuff you don't want.
Sorting will not be effective if you just place items around randomly. Use a way to sort them, like either what the item is used for, or how long you have had the item. This can help tremendously, as you can easily separate heirlooms from items you use everyday, for example.
Boxes are really helpful when you are sorting through your items. They can hold many things, and also can be holders of all your junk that you don't want any more. If you are keeping boxes of items, include them in your sorting method mentioned earlier. When you are placing these boxes back, put them back first, as they take up the most amount of space.
If you can remain neutral when sorting, you'll end up sorting much more effectively. This is because you'll figure out objectively if you really need something, or if something should be placed in a certain pile.