Watch where the process stops
Does clean laundry stay in baskets because drawers are full? Do jackets land on a chair because their hangers are hard to reach? Are categories so precise that you hesitate about where an item belongs? Notice the repeated stopping point over several ordinary days. That observation is more informative than how the closet looks immediately after a major tidy.
Change one source of friction
Make the relevant category easier to access, reduce an overfilled section, or simplify the number of sorting decisions. Give used clothing and repair items legitimate destinations. Test the adjustment through another laundry cycle before adding new storage. If needs have changed, reallocate space rather than preserving an old layout out of habit. A useful system allows for ordinary hurry and variation; it should not require every household member to perform a careful sequence of extra steps just to return a shirt.
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