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| Identifying it is the first step - she writes about
Nine Quick Tips to Identify Clutter |
Here is a link that might be useful: Nine Quick Tips to Identify Clutter
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| There's a quick one-sentence way of determining if something is clutter: If my house was on fire, would I save this? |
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| Or this one: If I wer packing to leave my husband, what would I take? Probably only my dog, my jewelry,my camera, and some photo albums. He could have all the rest! |
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- Posted by trancegemini_wa (My Page) on Fri, Oct 15, 10 at 10:16
| I seem to use time as a motivator - If something has been sitting in the cupboard for a couple of years, then Im not really using it so Im not going to miss it. I'll give myself 3 or 4 days to go through catalogues, if I havent done it by then I just grab them and toss them and tell myself that I dont have time for catalogues right now or I'd have gone through them by now, and there will always be more catalogues. If cosmetics etc reach the expiry date, I tell myself that if I was using it often it wouldnt have a chance to expire so chances are I wont miss it. I find it easier to identify things as clutter when I think about how long it's just been sitting somewhere doing nothing, so it cant be that useful to me. Useful things I use, clutter justs sits |
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- Posted by thatcrazyplantlady (My Page) on Fri, Oct 15, 10 at 12:17
| That's a great checklist for average items. But when it comes to items with sentimental value, we often have trouble letting them go even if they don't fit our lives. When I began decluttering my house, I had lots of "sentimentalities". If it didn't fit my decor and wasn't useful to me, I asked myself, "Who do I know who would appreciate this?" And I began giving the items to the people I knew would want them. For items no one wanted, I'd snap a picture of the item and then sell it or Freecycle it. It's taken me years to declutter my house, and honestly I don't even remember what all I got rid of and I certainly don't miss a thing. |
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- Posted by cross_stitch (My Page) on Fri, Oct 15, 10 at 20:12
| From this list, #2 if my favorite: Would I replace it if it were broken or lost? I will try to keep this in mind as I go through cabinets, drawers and closets. And the GARAGE! |
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- Posted by les_bailey (My Page) on Sat, Oct 23, 10 at 20:47
| Lazygardens, great zenhabits blog! |
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