Quick Tips to Declutter More Effectively
- Keep an ongoing donation box easily accessible:.
- Instead of keeping things you don’t use or love, get rid of them as soon as you find them.
- Try decluttering as quickly and efficiently as you can for just 10 minutes a day.
- Schedule regular times to declutter and stick to them.
- Use the “one in, one out” rule: Whenever you buy or bring something new into your home, find one thing to get rid of in its place.
- Make sure you have a place to keep everything you’re choosing to keep.
- Get things out of your house as soon as possible.
- Track results. Take before and after pictures.
- Don’t organize until after you declutter.
- Use a “maybe box” for items you’re struggling to let go of.
- Use the 20/20 rule for items you’re keeping “just in case”: It eans if you can replace the item for less than $20 and in less than 20 minutes, don’t keep it “just in case”.
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