5 Steps To Declutter Your Home For Good

Put the brakes on adding more stuff to your home. Make a conscious effort to stop buying any more things, except for essentials, for a month. So no more impulse purchases and window shopping till you get rid of clutter from your home.
You could also create rules to keep yourself in check. For example: Every time you buy a new dress, you will get rid of one that you don’t wear anymore.

It’s simple. Clutter is stuff, things and objects that makes your home untidy and chaotic. Look around and you may see last year’s magazines in your living room, expired pills in your medicine cabinet, clothes that don’t fit you in your closet and camping gear that you would probably never use. Ask yourself: Do you really need all these things to take up valuable space in your home?

Buy some plastic storage boxes and start collecting the stuff you identified as clutter. Be absolutely ruthless about what goes in the boxes. Resist the temptation to take anything out. Once you have filled up the boxes keep them out of sight in an area designated as the “Clutter Zone”. This is where you start with Step 4.

They say one man’s garbage is another man’s (or woman’s) treasure! Use online listings to sell stuff that is in good condition. Or you could open your heart and donate to charities of your choice. Of course, some things are destined to the rubbish bin, especially those that are linked to bad memories or bad times. Do this and we guarantee you will feel free and light like never before!

It is easy to get emotionally attached to things and build a tendency to hoard. You have to be ruthless with yourself if you want to avoid a cluttered home. Ask yourself - have I worn this in a year? do I really need a 7th eyeshadow palette? is this keepsake I received at an event adding any value to my space?

If you are absolutely honest with yourself - you will get into the habit of decluttering on an everyday basis.