How should I go about organizing my kitchen?

First of all, let me stress that I’m not just asking about handy racks or cute DIY projects. I’m asking how specifically to know where to put things. I have no natural organizational skills at all. You can give me dozens of cute pot and pan organizers and things and my kitchen cabinets will still look like an earthquake happened inside.

Do you take everything out of every drawer so you can figure out how much space you need for everything? How do you know where the best place to put things so you’ll actually remember where you put it? How do you know where to place things so that they are easy to put back rather than a chore?

Basically, what thought process can you use to organize a kitchen so it makes sense?

One special request. I am fairly short. I can’t reach most high shelves in cabinets and any time my husband puts anything there, it disappears in my mind.