September 23rd Is
National Declutter Day:
How To Tackle The Clutter In Your Home, Room By Room
By Tracy McCubbin,
Founder, dClutterfly
Everyone is talking about decluttering. In fact, decluttering is so important it now
has it’s own day: September 23rd is
National DeClutter Day. Why
declutter? The answer is easy: Decluttering saves you time and saves you money.
It also improves your health and happiness.
Being cluttered eats up a lot of time: Time looking for your keys,
looking for the mail to pay the bills or trying to find an outfit to wear to
work that day.
And think about the real cost of clutter. How about all the clothes in your closet with
the tags still on them? Or the pantry
items you buy again and again cause you can’t find the mustard you bought the
last time you went to the store? And
let’s talk what you are paying for off site storage spaces: $100 a month? $150
a month? It’s no wonder everyone is talking about decluttering!
Ahead of National DeClutter Day on September 23rd, there’s no
better time to share some of my favorite tips to tackle the clutter room by
room, and in turn, living a happier and healthier life:
1. Kitchen
a. Tackle
Tupperware (or all food storage). Pull
it all out and make sure every top has a bottom and every bottom has top.
If not … Out.
b. Spices. Contrary
to what my grandmother believed … spices do not last forever. They eventually lose their flavor. Ground spices 3-4 years and leafy spices 1-2
years. And here’s a quick tip … write
the year the spice was purchased on the lid.
2. Living Room
a. Take a look
around the room and see what items have homes they can be returned to. Sometimes a quick returning of things to
their proper homes will declutter a room in a very short time.
b. Magazines. First item to make a room feel
cluttered. Last thing to be reread. Be
honest about the time and interest you have and put magazines in the recycle
bin.
3. Bathroom
a. Sart with under
the bathroom sink. That’s the first
place to become a clutter catch all.
Cleaning products you longer use.
Out. Bath toys the kids have
outgrown? Out.
b. How about
sunscreen? It’s designed to last for 3
years but if it’s older than that, it loses it’s efficiency.
4. Bedroom
a. Let’s declutter
those nightstands. Nothing gets the day
off to a bad start than waking to a pile of clutter. How many of those books stacked up there are
you going to actually gonna read?
b. We wear 20% of
our clothes 80% of the time. So let’s
get real about all the clothes spilling out of our closet. Doesn’t fit?
Out. Regret buying it and will
never wear it? Out!
5. Garage
a. Only 25% of American’s
can park their cars in their garages.
Garages are the biggest offenders of clutter. Let’s start with sports equipment. Broken, worn out, no one plays that sport any
more? Out.
b. Boxes of old
paperwork? Check with your tax advisor
about what you really need to keep and shred the rest! If it’s a lot more than
your little home shredder can held, consider calling a mobile shred company.
Good luck!
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