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It doesn’t have to be this way.
Expert Miriam Ortiz y Pino likes to keep it simple when helping people organize their homes and spaces. (Courtesy of Miriam Ortiz Y Pino)
There are tricks and tips that can make the most out of available space while creating easy access. Things can be stored on the floor, the walls and even up above. There’s some prep work that needs to happen before any shuffling, moving and storing happens.
Local decluttering expert Danae Talerico, declutterwithdanae.com, said the first step for any organizing project is the purge. She said her rule of thumb is to get rid of anything that hasn’t been used in a year, excluding collectibles and sentimental items.
But there was also an increase in violent crime last year.
APD Interim Chief Harold Medina said initial speculation that the COVID-19 pandemic would lead to large drops in all categories of crime, particularly property crime, were misleading.
“If these individuals are committing such serious crime as auto theft and burglary I don’t think they’re going to follow the public health order and stay home,” he said, adding that in the end, the virus led to increases in some crimes but had “no impact at all” on others.
A chart shows the changes in crime statistics over the past three years. (Cathryn Cunningham/Albuquerque Journal)