![]() ![]() Put on shoes, wear yoga pants, put on a sweatshirt if you're working in a cold space, etc. Just as you wear workout clothes to the gym, dress for the part of cleaning your space. Or, put on your favorite playlist and jam out to music while you de-clutter! Make it fun! Dress the Partĭon't try to declutter in your PJs, put on clothes that will help you get in the mindset of cleaning. Save your favorite audiobook that you can ONLY listen to when you're decluttering. Tip: If you're lacking motivation, give yourself some kind of a reward during the time you're decluttering. You'll want to set aside 20 minutes every day during the first two weeks to spend in your space just decluttering. The trick to this whole organizing and decluttering thing actually working is to keep to short incriments of time. But for now, these items aren't keeping you from decluttering. This isn't the final home for these items, you'll come back around to them in week 4 when you're organizing. Put labels on the outside of each box that tells you exactly what's in each box. These are the boxes you'll use for things that don't yet have a home. Keep these boxes out for the full two weeks you're decluttering. There are a few tips to help keep you on track with this step as the decluttering stage is where most people can get sidetracked.Ī day or two before you're going to start decluttering, grab a few boxes, equal in size to the amount of clutter your space has and set them off to the side in that room. How to Declutter a Space Organizing Boxesĭuring the first two weeks of each month you'll be decluttering your spaces. You know the saying, “a place for everything and everything in its place”. ![]() This is when you get to go find all the bins and baskets and organizers that are going to help you KEEP this particular room organized. Now that you have a decluttered AND clean space, this is the fun week. Instead, everyone is excited to get out of the house and into the fresh air. The reason behind this is that in June the weather is starting to warm up, it's really nice to be outside, but it's not sweltering yet where working in the heat would be miserable. So assign each room to a different month to keep your focus and motivation strong.įor example, every year Tracy's family schedules decluttering the garage for the month of June. Taking bite-sized pieces is much less daunting than thinking about your whole house. The brilliant thing about Tracy's plan is that you assign each room to a different month throughout the year. We always have the best of intentions to put things away “later”… but later never comes and before we know it, instead of having a couple of things to put away, we have 40, and the task is now overwhelming. If you could build ONE habit this year that would change your life, or at least the life of the clutter in your home, it would be to put each item away when you're done with it. You may also want to check out a previous interview I did with Tracy on the 12 Steps to organizing your homestead as well as my natural homemade cleaners and spring cleaning tips! Build One New Habit – JUST ONE! But the goal is to get your house decluttered, cleaned and organized so you can learn the daily habits to KEEP it clean.įrom there on out it's a downhill coast to just keep it up! It's going to take work, and it may not all be fun. Be sure to grab her free printable worksheet to use in your home!īe forewarned, decluttering your home for the very first time is an uphill climb. Wouldn't it feel wonderful to live in a home that's neat and tidy all-year-round? Read on for tips and tricks to decluttering your home, room by room and month by month, for a fully organized home in no more than 20 minutes a day.Īs fellow former “clutter-addicts”, Tracy Lynn and I are sitting down to discuss the best way to declutter your home, month by month, and to KEEP IT CLEAN from here on out.
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