- Declutter for 15 minutes every day.
- Don’t allow things into the house in the first place.
- Donate stuff you’re decluttering.
- Create a Joe’s Goals chart with decluttering on it.
- Start at the corner by the door and move your way around the room.
- Whenever you’re boiling the kettle for tea, tidy up the kitchen.
- Use the “one in, two out” rule.
- Make your storage space smaller.
- Clothing rule.
- The One-Year Box.
- Declutter one room.
- Keep a list in your planner labeled “Don’t Need It – Don’t Want It.”
- Internalize that your value is not in your “stuff”.
- Have someone else (who you trust!) help you go through things.
- Gift everything.
Read the full article from ZenHabits.
I do appreciate where this is coming from and who it’s intended for, but there needs to be another different list for creative, inspirational types. I like to see art around me, unintentional combos of colour, form and texture and I have a lot of creative interests. The zen of my way is to be surprised. Just sayin’. Thank you for your article.