In a previous post, I shared 6 essential decluttering tips everyone can benefit from. Those tips are guaranteed to save you time and make your decisions easier when decluttering. But they might not be enough if you have a strong attachment to your belongings. So here is another series of decluttering tips for those who really struggle to let go – well, who doesn’t really?!
Decluttering is probably the most daunting part of the organising process. Many people, for various reasons, whether sentimental, aspirational, financial, environmental, find it difficult to let go. But decluttering is an essential part of the organising process. If you keep accumulating, your home will eventually turn into a storage unit rather than a living space. You’ll be spending time and energy taking care of stuff that has outlived its purpose. And it’ll affect your stress level. Here are 6 essential decluttering tips to help you declutter and keep only what you need, use and love. And fit into your closets…
Many of you are spending more time at home because of COVID-19 and are considering making use of this time to declutter your home so you can bring some well-needed serenity into your home and life. Here is why it might not be such a good idea to declutter your physical spaces right now.
Marie Kondo has been accused by many all over the world to increase the landfill problem by encouraging people to dump their stuff. And understandably so as each episode of her Netflix series features a large number of garbage bags being thrown away as a measure of success of her KonMari method. But decluttering, if done the eco-friendly way, is a wonderful opportunity not only to save space, money and time but also to reduce our carbon footprint. This is how.
Clutter is much more than the physical clutter than we see – in fact, physical clutter is just the tip of the iceberg. The thing is, clutter, visible or not, takes a toll on our lives. Whether we realise it or not, it makes us waste time and money, but it also affects our well-being. Let’s look at the 5 most common types of clutter and what you can do to deal with them.
Most of us are aware of the feelings of overwhelm and embarrassment caused by clutter, feelings that are in themselves a huge weight to carry. But interestingly we don’t often measure the weight we carry associated to the feelings of GUILT and RESENTMENT until we start letting go of our clutter. Here are some of the examples that I’ve witnessed over the years as a professional organiser.
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