Unless you have a magic wand to wave & say “clutter begone” or have staff to tidy your house, you need to be clever about stuff
We all aspire to a decluttered lifestyle & organised home, but do we all understand the discipline & “disciplines” required to achieve it?
To get you in the right mindset, below are my Top 10 Decluttering Commandments that I use to maintain an organised home:
- Everything in your home should have a place & be returned to its place after use
- Storage areas should be used effectively (for stuff you use on a regular basis)
- Donate or give what you no longer need or use on a regular basis (& action asap to avoid re-sorting)
- Something in, something out, i.e. when something new comes into your home, something old or not longer used must go out
- Say farewell – we aren’t meant to keep everything forever – some stuff is for certain stages in our lives
- 85% of your wardrobe should be clothes & shoes you wear on a regular basis – let go of any clothes or shoes that you don’t love to wear
- Use your gorgeous stuff, don’t leave it languishing at the back of your cupboards
- The more stuff you have the more time it will take to organise it, so avoid impulse buying (saves you time & money)
- Don’t let your home become a storage facility for other people’s stuff
Put yourself first, not your stuff
Mary, the allsorter