![]() I always advise people to set a timer- give yourself 20 minutes and see if you can get through an entire shelf or entire drawer, making decisions as you go along. You need to make a decision on every single item before moving onto the next. “Eliminate items” are sorted into piles of Sell, Donate, Recycle, or Trash. Perhaps it’s something that I need such as laundry detergent, but it doesn’t belong in the pantry, it belongs in the laundry room. “Keeper items” can either be stored in the area I am cleaning out (grouped with other items that are similar), or they can be relocated to another room. If the answer to any one of those question is “yes”, then I ask myself, “And do I have room to store it?” If I can answer “yes” again, then the item gets to stay, but if I answer “no” to any of those questions- then I need to get rid of the item. I pick up every single item that I come across, and I touch it, look at it, and I ask myself, “Do I love this? Do I want it? Do I need it?” To declutter I like to begin on the left-most corner of an area on the highest shelf, and work my way from top to bottom and left to right. Since there’s a door on the pantry, it became too easy to throw something in there, close the door and forget about it! But before long I couldn’t even find what I was looking for- so was time to do something about it. Recently it was my kitchen pantry that had become a catchall place to hold all kinds of things that I couldn’t decide whether or not we wanted to keep around. I like to pick an area that needs work- whatever area of the house that happens to be bothering me the most at the moment. So how does one go about the act of decluttering? #PRINTABLE DECLUTTER CHECKLIST HOW TO#You can start small with just learning how to declutter a junk drawer or a small cabinet in the kitchen, and before you know it- you are so pleased with having a neat, organized and open space that you just move onto the next drawer or the next closet!ĭecluttering builds momentum! How to Declutter! The act of decluttering and then enjoying a decluttered space can be addictive. If you are not using it and you are not keeping it around because you just absolutely adore it- then why in the world are you trying to the store it in your home? To me, the definition of clutter is “anything that you have in your home that you no longer love, want, or need“. And we all partake! ( Myself included!)Īs much happiness as purchasing new items brings your life, let me tell you- getting rid of some of the stuff that you own brings an equal amount of joy! So what exactly is “clutter”? Paperwork, clothing, collectibles, gadgets- it doesn't matter what it is- if you own more than you use, need, or love- you have too much of it! Knowing how to declutter is one of the most powerful tools you can use in your organizing arsenal, and it makes a monumental difference in running an organized home as well as clearing your mind!Īs a society, we all have too much stuff! There is even a huge business created around our need to own more stuff than we need self-storage units! The “perfect solution” for holding all of the things that won’t fit into your home.ĭoes this strike anyone else as completely crazy? And aside from the cost of storing items, there is a cost to maintain all of these belongings and to clean all of this stuff, not to mention the mental burden of having so many things that you can’t find places to put them and then you can’t find whatever else it is that you’re looking for. You just can't get organized if you are buried in stuff. ![]()
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