Calling, I've been trying to get more organized for the last 40 years. I'm just a natural-born slob. I mean, I can look at the mess and see that it needs to be cleaned up, but then I plan to do it later, and it never happens.

There's a ton of material in books and out on the net about getting organized, but there's no getting around the fact that eventually you're going to have to DO SOMETHING.

As to the specific challenge of holding on to things with sentimental value, the short version of what I've learned pretty much boils down to (A) Actually holding on to the really really really special things, and (B) Taking pictures of the rest, putting the pictures in an album, and then getting rid of the things to a thrift shop.

Best wishes......