Despite the best efforts of Marie Kondo, and the advice of countless professional organizers, decluttering seems to be one of those tasks we just can’t master. Witness the many techniques that promise an organized home in record time — each has a catchy name, as if success is born of TikTok-ready hashtags.

But still, we hope and we try. It helps to remember that no one solution can suit the needs, personalities and schedules of everyone. So while the Packing Party method made famous by The Minimalists may work for some people, others might win with the KonMari Method devised by Kondo. Or the 80/20 method. Or something else.

Which brings us to the One Tote, One Day method. As writer Lisa Milbrand recently outlined on the Real Simple website, it makes use of the tote bags that somehow alwa

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