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You know the feeling.
It's a new year and you've set some goals for yourself. You're ready to get organized, lose weight, or do many other things. But then you look around at your house and realize that it's messy, and cluttered with items that are taking up space but don't serve much of a purpose in your life anymore. And suddenly those big goals don't feel quite so achievable anymore.
That's why we're here today: to help you declutter your home so that this New Year feels like an exciting fresh start instead of an overwhelming mess! So, let's get started!
Set Aside a Time to Declutter
The key to decluttering your home is to set aside a specific time each week to do it. This can be on the weekend or during your free time during the week, but it's important that you have dedicated hours where your only job is getting rid of all those things that you don't need anymore. Even if you only have two hours a week, that's enough time for some serious organization!
Categorize and Purge Your Items
In order to declutter, you must first organize all of your items into categories. This is important because it allows you to focus on one type of clutter at a time and helps you decide which things are truly important and which ones can go.
You can do this by grouping items into categories like clothes, furniture, books, and papers. Once you've sorted everything into categories, look at each category individually and decide if any of the items in it are ones that you don't need anymore. If so, set them aside for donation or trash removal.
Make 3 Piles - Trash, Donate, Keep
Once you've set aside some time for decluttering, it's important to make 3 piles.
Trash - Anything that is broken, worn out, or unusable should be thrown away. These are things that you can't fix or mend and they're taking up space in your home.
Donate - This pile is for items that are still in good condition but you no longer need. Instead of throwing these things away, donate them to charity! You'll feel better knowing that someone else will get used to something you don't need anymore.
Keep - The final pile is for things that are useful but might not be used often enough to warrant keeping them around all the time.
The key to organizing your home is to only keep the things that are useful and you actually use. If it doesn't fit into one of those categories, throw it away or donate it!
Or better yet, turn your clutter into cash! If you have a lot of clutter and don't know what to do with it, there's a simple solution: sell! You can get rid of all that extra junk you don't need by selling it online on websites like Craigslist or eBay. There are even apps available that let you sell things through your phone.