. >> reporter: i enlisted the help of professional organizer amy dobson to teach us her expert secrets. >> if you haven't used it in six months to a year, get rid of it. >> reporter: amy says the first tip, don't overthink it. sort everything into a keep pile, donate or trash recycle pile. next, know what you use. >> turn your hangers around and that way you can see what you actually wear and what you don't wear. >> reporter: her third tip, design systems with the whole family in mind. one parent couldn't get her kids to put away their laundry. >> they just had a lot of bins. and they could get the clothes into the bins. they weren't folded, but it didn't matter because it wasn't in the living room anymore. >> reporter: amy says one of the is one person sets up the organization system and the rest of the family doesn't follow along. to avoid this, do it together. if you need more motivation research says by decluttering your kitchen, you could decrease how much you snacked by up to 44%. lana zak, abc news, des moines. >> so that's how you lose weight. >> i believe it. i read the book.

. >> i enlisted the help of amy dobson. amy says that the first tip is don't overthink it. sort everything in a keep pile, donate pile or trash heap recycle pile. >> turn is around and see what you swear or don't wear. >> and design tips with the whole family in mind. one parent couldn't get the kid to put away the laundry. >> they had a lot of bins, it wasn't in the living room anymore. >> one of the biggest pit fall is that they set up the organization and the family does not follow along. and if you need more motivation, they found that by decluttering your kitchen you can declutter how much you snack by 44%. >>> david is back with the accuweather forecast, tracking a bit of snow for your friday. >> a bit but not everyone. double scan live radar shows you we are dry and storm tracker getting ready for precipitation later tonight and as we take a look outside we have sky 6 hd looking live at the delaware river and a couple of boats in the right positions there. and they look to pass each other fine and tugboats with the barges and staying fairly cloudy the rest of today.

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reporter: i enlisted the help of professional organizer amy dobson to teach us her expert secrets. >> if you haven't used it in six months to a year, get rid of it. reporter: amy says the first tip, don't overrity it. sort everything into keep, donate or trash, recycle. next, know what you use. >> turn your hangers around and that way you can see what you wear and don't wear. reporter: design systems with the whole family in mind. to put away their laundry. >> they had a lot. bins and they could get the clothes into the bins, they weren't folded, but it didn't matter because it wasn't in the living room any more. reporter: one of the biggest pit falls she encounters is when one person sets up the organization system and the rest of the family doesn't follow along. so to avoid this, do it together. if you need more motivation, one research study found that by declutterring your kitchen you could also decrease how much you snacked by up to 44%. shelley: good advice. up next, law enforcement training businesses how to watch out for shoplifting. what you should do if you witness a crime i

. >> reporter: i enlisted the help of professional organizer amy dobson to teach us her expert secrets. >> if you haven't used it in six months to a year, get rid of it. >> reporter: amy says the first tip, don't overthink it. sort everything into a keep next, know what you use. >> turn your hangers around and that way you can see what you actually wear and what you don't wear. >> reporter: her third tip, design systems with the whole family in mind. one parent couldn't get her kids to put away their laundry. >> they just had a lot of bins. and they could get the clothes into the bins. they weren't folded, but it didn't matter because it wasn't in the living room anymore. >> reporter: amy says one of the biggest pitfalls she encounters is one person sets up the organization system and the rest of the family doesn't follow along. to avoid this, do it together. if you need more motivation research says by decluttering your kitchen, you could decrease how much you snacked by up to 44%. lana zak, abc news, des moines. >> so that's how you lose weight. >> i believe it. i read the book. i di

myself. don' t do anything for like three days and my house is a disaster. professional organizer amy dobson to teach us her expert t used it in six months to a year, get rid of it. don' t overthink it. donate, or trash recycle. lana: next -- know what you use. amy: turn your hangers around. that way you can see what you actually wear and what you don' t lana: her third tip -- design systems with the whole family in one parent couldn' to put away their laundry. >> they just had a lot of bins. in the bins they weren' but it didn' t matter because it wasn' t in the living room anymore. lana: amy says one of the biggest mistakes people make is when one person said that the of the family doesn' along. to avoid this, do it together. if you need more motivation, one research study found that by decluttering your kitchen, you could decrease how much you snacked by up to 44%. lana zak, abc news, des moines. josh: i know a lot of people that could benefit from some of those tips. maybe even me. maybe. be cold. in the low to midteens. temperatures fall this afternoon, but the wind picks up through the

. >> reporter: i enlisted the help of professional organizer amy dobson to teach us her expert secrets. >> if you haven't used it in six months to a year, get rid of it. >> the first tip, don't overthink it. sort everything into a keep pile. >> next, know what you use. wear. >> reporter: her third tip, design systems with the whole family in mind. one parent couldn't get her kids to put away laundry. >> they had a lot of binns and could get the close into the binns. they weren't folded but it didn't matter because it wasn't in the living room anymore. >> one of the biggest pitfalls is one when person sets up the system and the rest of the family doesn't follow along. together. if you need more motivation, by deinclude the youring your kitchen, you could decrease how much you snacked up to 44%. lana zak, abc news, des moines. >> so that's how you lose weight. >> i believe it. i read the book. i did a lot from the book. a girlfriend of mine noticed that. >> we have an actual photo of you in your closet. >> but my shoes don't count. shoes are always perfectly organized. >> look at you wit

lana: i enlisted the help of a professional organizer, amy dobson, to teach us her professional secret. amy: if you haven' t used to something in the last six months to a year, get rid of it.