| No matter how often you take your car to the | | | | Maintain essential papers. The important papers |
| car wash, you are most likely missing the hidden | | | | that you need to keep in your car include the |
| mess within your vehicle. Take a look at the car | | | | vehicle registration and insurance information as |
| and ask yourself, where is the mess hiding? | | | | well any emergency contact information you |
| Hopefully you'll head straight to the glove | | | | might need. Emergency information can include |
| compartment. This space becomes the catchall | | | | your AAA and other roadside assistance |
| for everything from your wife's emergency | | | | information. Check the dates on the paperwork |
| makeup kit to the trash from last Monday's lunch. | | | | and keep the insurance card that is active and the |
| Empty all the contents. To get a handle on your | | | | registration for the present year. If you need to |
| cluttered glove compartment, start by removing | | | | keep old copies, then file them somewhere other |
| everything from the space. Pull everything out | | | | than in your vehicle. Place your now small stack of |
| and set it on the driver's seat. Wedge, yank and | | | | important papers into the clean glove |
| peel anything stuck in the compartment or stuck | | | | compartment. Include the vehicle manual and at |
| to the walls or bottom. You will have a large pile | | | | most, a few clean napkins for emergencies. |
| of stuff on the driver's seat of the car that you | | | | Keep it clean. After getting the clutter and mess |
| have to sort through before you can move on. | | | | out of your car, stop bringing it back in. Keep |
| Sort contents into three piles - trash, keep and | | | | your glove compartment clean and organized by |
| put away. Take the time to really look at | | | | only adding necessary items and making an |
| everything you have been keeping in that packed | | | | agreement with yourself to only put an item in if |
| glove compartment. The junk and trash should be | | | | you also take something else out. Glove |
| piled straight into a trashcan. Everything else | | | | compartments can become the trashiest tiny |
| needs to be split into two piles, the things that | | | | space in your vehicle. Stop this mess from getting |
| you need to keep in your glove compartment and | | | | worse by following these steps and cleaning out |
| those that belong somewhere else such as in the | | | | the glove compartment. |
| house. | | | | |