Decluttering

Here are 32 items that you should declutter straight away - you won’t even need to think about them

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If you’re struggling and need guidance on how to begin to declutter, here are some tips to help get you started:

●   Just do 10 minutes at a time. Set a timer and concentrate on a small area.  You can slowly build momentum with just ten minutes a day.

●   Give one item away each day. This would remove 365 items every single year from your home. If you increased this to 2 per day, you would have given away 730 items you no longer needed. Increase this number once it gets easier to let go.

●   Fill an entire bin bag. Get a bin bag and fill it as fast as you can with things you can easily dispose of.

●   Donate clothes you never wear. To identify them, simply hang all your clothes with hangers in the reverse direction. After wearing an item, face the hanger in the correct direction. Discard the clothes you never touched after a few months.

●   Take the 12-12-12 challenge. Locate 12 items to throw away, 12 to donate, and 12 to be returned to their proper home.

●   View your home as a first-time visitor. It’s easy to “forget” what your home looks like to a new visitor. Enter your home as if you’re visiting the home of a friend. Write down your first impression on how clean and organised the home is and make changes.

●   Take before and after photos of a small area. Choose one part of your home, like your kitchen counter, and take a photo of a small area. Quickly clear off all the items in the photo and take an after photo. Once you see how your home could look, it becomes easier to start decluttering more of your home.

●   Get help from a friend. Have a friend or family member go through your home and suggest a handful of big items to dispose of. If you defend the item and want to keep it, your friend has to agree with your reason. If they don’t agree, it’s time to get rid of it.

●   Use the Four-Box Method. Get four boxes and label them: rubbish, give away, keep, or re-locate. Enter any room in your home and place each item into one of the following boxes. Don’t skip a single item, no matter how insignificant you may think it is. This may take days, weeks, or months, but it will help you see how many items you really own, and you’ll know exactly what to do with each item.

No matter which decluttering tip you choose to get started – whether it be one of these ten or one of countless others – the goal is to take your first step in decluttering.  You’ll feel better for it straight away.

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