Declutter your home when you’re busy, overwhelmed, or have small children. This method will get you some quick wins to strengthen your decluttering muscles. It’s important to see progress quickly. The best part is it’s fun and only takes fifteen minutes daily.
Declutter Step 1
Make a playlist that lasts fifteen minutes. It should motivate you to move around the house and declutter. When the playlist ends, you stop decluttering like musical chairs.
Declutter Step 2
Buy small-medium-sized trash bags with handles and labels. Alternatively, get trash bags in different colors. The bags are for trash and items going to the second-hand store, recycling, hand-me-downs, and things that need relocating within the home. The bags shouldn’t be see-through if you have young children who are likely to see what is inside and wish to take items out.
Declutter Step 3
Lable the trash bags if you’re likely to mix them up or buy different colors. Please don’t do what my uncle and aunt did and mistake second-hand items in trash bags for trash! My aunt filled three giant trash bags with gently used clothing, and my uncle took them to the curb. A trash truck picked it up before his wife realized the mistake! If you’re likely to mess up, use labels or buy different colored trash bags.
Declutter Step 4
Put on your music and walk around the house holding all the bags while you pick up items to relocate and things you no longer need: trash, hand-me-down, donations, things to take to storage, etc.
Declutter Step 5
When the music ends, immediately take everything to where it belongs. Hand-me-downs go to a designated box, trash to the trash bin, items that need to be relocated to their place, donations go in the car’s trunk, etc.
Declutter Step 6
Pat yourself on the back and reward yourself with a coffee or tea and a few minutes on the couch.
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