When you have ADD, it's almost certain that you have a messy closet. You probably have racks for your shoes, but they're laying in a pile in the middle of the floor. You might have too many clothes, though you only wear about half of them, and they're all bunched onto the hangers and wrinkled all the time. Or, you have ties all over the room, slung over this and that. Well... what if you could come up with an ADD-friendly plan to stop the clutter?

Your first step should be to get rid of the really old stuff. You may have socks with big holes in them that you keep meaning to throw away, but somehow, they keep landing on your feet. Once they're there, ADD isn't going to let you take them off. Get rid of them! Unless that's all you have, of course. If that's so, go and buy new socks right now. They're not expensive, and if you can only afford to go to the dollar store and buy 2 pair, you're better off than you were with the holey ones. Throw those bum socks away! Don't let ADD procrastination make your feet suffer.

The next step should be to go into the bowels of your closet and pick out things you haven't worn for 12 months. You may have a seasonal wardrobe, depending on where you live, but if you haven't worn something in a year, it's already missed a season and you aren't going to wear it anyway. You decided you hated it when you got it home and tried it in front of your own mirrors, but your ADD made you miss the deadline for taking it back to the store. So, get rid of it! Just because it still has a price tag on it, that doesn't mean you'll ever wear it. Put it into a big garbage bag, along with anything else you haven't worn in a year. Then, immediately put the bag into your car and drive to the local charity store. There are poor people who need these things, and you'll feel good knowing you helped out.

The third step is to get a big basket for your unimportant shoes. They might be sandals, flip-flops, flats, and tennis shoes. Just kick them right off your feet and into the basket when you've finished wearing them. How ADD-friendly is that? The other shoes that you want to take care of can be put onto a shoe rack, but if you find that they're ending up in the basket, too, just use the basket. Whatever works for you and your personal brand of ADD is what you should do.

Then, get some heavy plastic hangers. They're great for slinging things over. Ties can go across the bottom bar, as long as you don't put so many on each hanger that they slide off. You can put belts over the top part of the hanger, as well as bras, bathing suits, and purses. But you're not finished.

Go to the top of your closet and ferret out things you haven't used in 6 months. Even if you love that blanket, but haven't used it, what's it doing in your closet? It's just taking up space, so get rid of it. However, if it's something you love and it has sentimental value, then put it into an empty suitcase. There's no point in letting them sit without some use, too.

Though this system might seem as though it will take hours to complete, it probably won't be that long, if you do it in 5 minutes a day. This works perfectly for people with ADD because we can generally tolerate anything for five minutes time. After doing this as a regular routine, you'll see that your closet is soon cleared out and that you're able to keep in clean. ADD-friendly systems work very well, if you really use them.