If you are living with one or more other people in your home, you may have experienced one of the following scenarios: It’s Wednesday evening. You’ve just finished dinner and are clearing the table when there’s a knock at the door. You answer and standing on the doorstep is the neighbor family you had planned to have for dessert—NEXT Wednesday.

I hope as we near the end of the year that you’ve enjoyed a year of organizing success! As we approach the holiday gift-giving season, I want to round out the year by sharing three gifts of organizing and offer some tips for a simpler, more organized holiday season.