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Did you recently catch the decluttering bug? Are you fed up with all or stuff and ready to radically clear your space? The posts below include tons of decluttering ideas and home organization hacks that will help you declutter your home in no time.
Whether you’re looking to start a minimalist living journey or simply to do a closet clean out to refresh your wardrobe, this is the best place to start!
How to Declutter Clothes: 10 Questions to Purge Your Closet
Because of the popularity of fast fashion, just about all of us have way too many clothes. And yet, a closet clean out can be one of the most emotionally taxing projects you can take on.
It’s incredibly hard to decide which clothes to keep and which to purge. And it’s easy to fall into the trap of keeping things you don’t need or want.
These 10 simple questions will help you cut through the nonsense. Read these before you start your closet clean out and think about them as you examine each piece in your wardrobe.
Trust me, your “donate” pile will end up much larger than your “keep” pile. And you can do it without all guilt and negative feelings.
One Mindset Shift that Will Turn You into a Minimalist
If you’ve ever tried to declutter your home, you know that objects can carry immense sentimental value. So many thoughts can get in the way of clearing clutter:
What if I need this in the future?
But it was a gift!
It’s in perfectly good condition…
This simple mindset shift will help you get past all those anxieties. It will completely change the way you think about stuff.
If you’re looking for minimalist inspiration, this is an excellent place to start.
How to Declutter for Good: 10 Bad Reasons You Hold onto Junk
Decluttering inspiration can be a fantastic motivator to start clearing clutter. I love scrolling through Pinterest for decluttering ideas and inspiration to get me excited to clear my space.
But before you launch into your next project to refresh your home, it’s important to think about the why.
How did you end up with too much stuff in the first place?
If you don’t reflect on that, your home will just fill up with clutter again over time.
Review these 10 super-common (but bad) reasons we all tend to hoard junk in our homes. Once you recognize them, you’ll be able to catch yourself in the act and change your behavior – for good.
Super Simple 30-Day Declutter Challenge to Kickstart Your New Year
When you don’t know where to start, one of the easiest ways to begin is to follow a guided, step-by-step 30-day plan to declutter your home.
If it’s near the new year as you’re reading this, and you’ve been telling yourself, “I’m going to get my life together this year,” this is an ideal way to start strong and set the tone the rest of the year.
But no matter the time of year, if you’re just looking for minimalism inspiration or to kick-start a decluttering project, this is a fantastic place it start.
This 30-day declutter challenge guides you through daily decluttering ideas that take no more than 20 minutes per day. You’ll start the month with easy wins, move on to slightly “harder” categories, and end by actually clearing the clutter out of your home – through selling, donating, or recycling.
Within just 30 days, your home will be transformed. And you’d be surprised by how much that can transform your entire life.
How to Declutter Your Home Based on Your Myers Briggs Type
I write about personality typology on this blog because I think self-awareness is vital to intentional living.
Have you ever followed some popular decluttering ideas or tried viral home organization hacks and found that they didn’t work for you at all?
It’s not because you’re “bad” at decluttering or housekeeping. It’s because different personality types need different advice. What works for one type of person will not necessarily be effective for you.
If you don’t know your Myers Briggs (MBTI) type, this post includes links to take quiz or review the 16 types for your best fit.
And once you know your type, you can read the decluttering ideas in the post that are tailored to your unique personality.
How to Make Money from Your Clutter: Where to Sell Online After You Declutter
Cleaning hacks that help you purge tons of stuff you don’t learn are incredibly valuable. But – what do you do after the purge?
For many of us, the answer is: keep boxes labeled “discard” in our closets or garages until we can figure out what the heck to do with them.
That’s where these next few posts come in.
If you’re following the decluttering tips above, many of the items you clear out will be in perfectly good condition. You won’t want to just throw them away. But what’s the alternative?
This post breaks down 5 platforms I’ve used to sell my clutter online and make money while I clean my home. It includes pros, cons, advice for sellers, and recommendations for what to sell where.
Not only will you benefit from clearing your space, but you can also actually make a profit!
How to Donate Your Clutter: 6 Ideas for Getting Rid of Clutter Fast
Here’s an image many of us will find familiar: several garbage bags labeled “Goodwill” sitting in the trunk of your car for months on end.
Many of us get motivated by decluttering inspiration and clear or closets and other spaces. We create piles of “give away” items. And then…we’re not really sure what to do with them.
It’s incredibly frustrating, because you can’t truly declutter your home if your “give away” piles are still sitting and waiting to be dealt with.
Most of us know a few options in our areas to donate clothes. But what about other items? Household appliances, electronics, books, linens? It feels wasteful to throw them away, but does anyone actually want them?
The answer is yes! For items in good condition, there are quite a few options for donations. This post explains precisely where to take various items you’ve decluttered.
Instead of dumping things in a landfill, you can take some quick extra steps to ensure that others can benefit from your decluttering project.
And the key is that you can do this fast. No garbage bags sitting in your trunk or your garage for years!
How to Recycle Clothes and Other Clutter
Some items you declutter are simply not in good enough condition to sell or to donate. I strongly recommend that you not send poor-quality items to donation centers, as it wastes volunteers’ time and will end up in a landfill anyway.
But one of the hardest hurdles to get over when decluttering is the guilt about throwing things away. Who wants to contribute to landfills or floating islands of trash in the oceans?
There is an alternative: a lot of your clutter can be recycled these days.
This post explains exactly where to take various items you’ve purged from your home to ensure they’re sustainably recycled, including:
- Clothes
- Denim
- Shoes
- Electronics
- Household items
This will help eliminate the guilt associated with decluttering. With just a bit of extra effort, you can unburden yourself of all your clutter without contributing to waste and environmental harm.
What Do You Think?
Have you successfully decluttered your home? Which decluttering tips and household hacks worked best for you? I’d love to hear from you in the comments!
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