Iām an over-sharer and storage is my wheelhouse, soā¦.(ha, you should see my makeup organization!!!)
Iām very very new to being organized about it, and was never compliant until finding a system that works for my brain, but so far, this has made the difference for meā¦
In addition to my wake up rx pill that I keep in my nightstand (to remember to take it, I force myself to take it before I get out of bed), I only take things two other times a day otherwise I wonāt be as compliant. My hat is off to most of you who take things many times per day.
In a cabinet like yours, I have my shelves used for different purposes.
One shelf for general first aid, old medicines, or things I only need every blue moon
One shelf is for supplements I take early in the day. I line them up left to right, as if it was a shelf in a store, so each bottle is next to each other and visible. If I havenāt loaded them into my pouches, I can just go one by one and grab one from each bottle. Behind the front row are duplicate bottles or things I donāt take often or other junk (my shelves are roll outs, so loading things behind the front row works⦠but baskets etc like you already own can work well for this too, just label one basket for lunch time pills, etc)
Another shelf is the same as the supplement shelf but itās for my nighttime routine of fewer supplements and rxās. I try to take all my rxās together only at night because while I might forget to take my early day supplements, I take my nighttime rxās religiously.
My goal is to not open and close all those bottles, soā¦
I have found I get frustrated too easily if I have to dig into a pill organizer to pluck out my pills, all while not disturbing the unintended dose or accidentally dumping them on the floor :). So then, I was loading them into little mini ziplocks from amazon. That worked for years when I had a limited number of things I was taking. But, to up my game, I just bought the Dosey pill organizers, and so far I am in love (and yes, I admit I like how cute this all is
. I chose their little zip around case, and lots of their easy slide pouches with labels (see photo). They are bpa free which I feel better about and are generously sized for a million supplements. The zip lock slider is good for an ADD impatient person like myself, and I love that I can just dump them in my hand or easily grab the bag to take with me if not taking it then. (I put way too much thought into everything, if you canāt tell!). For travel, it will be nice to have this box with my two times per day stash inside, but also, I will have bags individually filled with other first aid⦠aspirin in one, for example⦠it will be nice not to have to dig though my mini bags inside a huge cosmetics bag to frustrate me (have I mentioned I get frustrated easily?).
In my fridge, I keep my omegas and probiotics (and yes, because they are in my fridge, Iām not very compliant)
On one shelf in my pantry, I keep a small amount of other supplements that are nice to have, but not important, and might be things I donāt intend on repurchasing etc, and Iāll just grab them on occasion in the kitchen when Iām thinking about it.
For most people space is an issue, and if that happens to be you, might I suggest two possibilities:
It looks like you have room to put in one more shelf between the two that are visible. But, because that requires āconstructionā, another way to do it is vertical storage. What comes to mind is a vertical lazy susan option, or stackable drawers (the drawers are nice because you can pull them out individually, as you can with your current baskets, and add on or configure in a very flexible way). Iāve included photos as examples.
(I did see a $1700 gadget that Iād own if I were a billionaire⦠you load all your pills into it and then the machine goes through and sorts them and dumps the various pills into a cup⦠a girl can dream ⦠if you all find a version for a couple hundred bucks, please share!!)