The Art of Decluttering

What if the real cost of clutter isn’t the money you spend on it, or even the space it takes up, but the time it steals from you?

After a scammer tried to use Amy’s debit card, she realised that although they didn’t manage to steal any money, they did steal two hours of her time dealing with the bank. That experience got her thinking about the many ways clutter does exactly the same thing.

Your stuff takes time to buy, bring home, find a place for, clean, store, organise and eventually get rid of. It can turn your evenings and weekends into a never-ending list of things you should be doing instead of relaxing, connecting with your family, being creative or simply enjoying your time.

Clutter can also steal the moments you actually want to remember. A toy bought at the aquarium gift shop can become what your child remembers instead of the incredible fish they saw. Christmas can become about presents rather than stories, connection and time together. Holidays can become about getting the perfect photo or buying souvenirs instead of being present for the experience.

You can earn money back, but you can’t earn yesterday back.

So what would change if you started seeing clutter as a thief of your time? Maybe you don’t need another thing to remember the occasion. Maybe you just need to experience it, tell the story and make the memory.

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Decluttering isn’t always about whether something is useful. Sometimes the hardest decisions are tied to your heart, your memories and your sense of identity.

As you work through your belongings, ask yourself whether you’re keeping something because you genuinely want it, or because you feel guilty about letting it go. You can love someone without keeping the gift they gave you, and you can honour a memory without keeping every physical reminder of it.

Consider whether a photo, a story or a single representative item could preserve the memory while allowing you to let go of the quantity. You can also ask what you’re actually afraid will happen if you get rid of something, and whether that fear is a good enough reason to keep it.

Then look at what your possessions say about who you are. Are you keeping things because they represent who you used to be, or because of who you hope to become? Old hobbies, clothes that no longer fit, teaching resources from a previous career and things bought for an imagined future can all take up space in your home.

You can also ask whether you would choose to own something if you were seeing it for the first time today, whether anyone would actually want it after you die, and perhaps the most exciting question of all: what are you making room for by getting rid of this?

Sometimes decluttering isn’t about losing something. It’s about creating space for the life you want now.

Dive into our 3 week mini series about 33 Decluttering Questions
Week one is about your home
Week two is about your mindset
Week three is about your heart

Use the questions when you're decluttering as a tool for decision making!
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When you’re decluttering, it’s easy to get stuck on the things you might need, the money you’ve already spent, or the regret attached to a purchase. But your decisions become much clearer when you start looking at the reality of your life today.

In week two of the 33 Decluttering Questions, you’ll explore two categories that can make letting go particularly difficult: the future, and money and regret.

You’ll consider whether you have a realistic plan to use something in the future, or whether you’re keeping it for a hypothetical version of your life. You’ll also ask whether an item could easily be borrowed, rented or replaced if you ever did need it.

Sometimes the thing keeping you stuck is what you’re waiting for: downsizing, the kids moving out, or even getting permission from someone who can no longer give it to you. You’ll also look at what you could gain by letting something go, whether that’s physical space, easier routines or the opportunity to use a room differently.

Then there’s the money. You’ll unpack the very common tendency to keep something simply because you spent a lot of money on it, or because letting it go means admitting you regret the purchase.

The money is already spent. What matters now is the decision you make based on the reality in front of you.

These questions can help you move away from fear, guilt and hypothetical futures, and towards more intentional decisions about what belongs in your home today.

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Over the next 3 weeks we're doing a mini series going through 33 questions you can ask yourself to help you decide what to keep and what to declutter.

Week one is about your home
Week two is about your mindset
Week three is about your heart

Use the questions when you're decluttering as a tool for decision making!
Download the 33 Questions

You may also like to listen to these episodes:
33 Questions: Priority and Usefulness
Neat vs Tidy
Reducing Volume

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Join the Get Organized HQ Conference - tickets are FREE

Over the next 3 weeks we're doing a mini series going through 33 questions you can ask yourself to help you decide what to keep and what to declutter.

Week one is about your home
Week two is about your mindset
Week three is about your heart

Use the questions when you're decluttering as a tool for decision making!

Download the 33 Questions

You may also like to listen to these episodes:
Neat vs Tidy
Reducing Volume

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https://youtu.be/Slp37Og7J_0

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Keeping your home clean isn't just about cleaning. It starts much earlier than that.

If you've ever felt frustrated because no matter how much you clean, your home never seems to stay that way, it might be because you're trying to start at the wrong end of the roadmap.

Instead of focusing on cleaning first, work your way through the roadmap that make cleaning easier. Start by understanding your why. Knowing why you want a calmer, cleaner home gives you the motivation to begin. From there, declutter by letting go of what you no longer need. Once you have less to manage, you can categorise similar items, create organised homes for everything, and make tidying a simple matter of putting things back where they belong.

When your home is organised, tidying becomes quicker. When it's tidy, cleaning suddenly takes a fraction of the time and effort.

Rather than trying to overhaul your entire home at once, choose one small space, like your bathroom or wardrobe, and work through each step. Build the right foundation before moving on to another area.

Remember the roadmap:
Know your why → Get motivated → Declutter → Categorise → Organise → Tidy → Clean

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When you follow the steps in that order, maintaining your home becomes far more achievable, and you'll spend less time managing your stuff and more time enjoying your home.

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