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Clutter can easily take over your home and make it feel as if you are leading a disorganized life. Although many people would like to learn how to transition into a clutter free lifestyle, they are unsure of where to begin! Here are ten ways that you can stop accumulating clutter in your home and be on your way to organized living space – without the clutter.
1. Stop buying things that you already have. If you are making an upgrade, first get rid of the item that you have at home. Donate it to an organization, friends or family members of sell it – but don’t bring another one of the same items into the home.
2. Lay your belongings out to see what you have. Are you purchasing more and more of the same items? Many people are guilty of this as they get stuck in a rut, or store the item away, forgetting they even have it. Take an inventory of your belongings – this can reduce clutter.
3. Decide how many of your belongings that you would like to purge from the home to create an organized environment. Thirty percent can make a difference in freeing you from a clutter free lifestyle.
4. Ensure that everything that has its place. When everything has a place within the home it can stop the obsession with clutter and help to reduce the clutter which is accumulated.
5. Label, label and label. Labeling is an important part of keeping organized. Consider labeling the shelves in the storage room to drive home the point that everything has its place when it comes to clutter.
6. Remove a trash bag from the home of goods that can be donated each week until you are satisfied with the progress that has been made in the attempt to declutter your lifestyle.
7. Stop clutter where it begins, at the door. Stopping clutter here can reduce the chances that these items such as mail and other things that seem to make their way into the home and take over surfaces within the home.
8. Make use of a recycling bin for junk mail and all other paper items that can clutter the home so easily, this way, you can get rid of the recycling before you even look at the mail and therefore ease the process of recycling at the same time by saving time.
9. Clean out drawers and make use of organizers that can be placed directly into the drawers. Drawers are one of the biggest culprits for clutter and should be watched carefully, as we seem to put everything and anything in these hiding places.
10. Make a pact to reduce the clutter within your lifestyle. This can assist you in sticking to your guns and reducing the clutter through all means necessary!
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