Alright. I need to admit something. I am slightly OCD. Nothing makes me happier than when things are in their rightful place and the house is organised. Sometimes, I cannot go places until I know that I have left things in an organised matter. I am not scared of snakes, sharks, or crocodiles. I am scared of clutter. Nothing gives me a stress attack more than when I look around and see a massive mess. The good news is that it does not have to be that way. Things can be decluttered with a bit of hard yakka. Therefore, it became my mission to declutter my house. So the first thing that I decided to do what get three large tubs. I made labels that said, “KEEP, THROW OR DONATE”. (See store if you need to purchase).
I lined them up in the lounge room. Then I decided what order of rooms that I wanted to declutter. This was important because each room decluttered has a flow on effect. For example: if I cleared the laundry then this meant more space for things that could be moved from the kitchen. Cleaning become secondary to decluttering. I could scrub later when the space was cleared.
Therefore, here was the order that I found the most successful:
I lined them up in the lounge room. Then I decided what order of rooms that I wanted to declutter. This was important because each room decluttered has a flow on effect. For example: if I cleared the laundry then this meant more space for things that could be moved from the kitchen. Cleaning become secondary to decluttering. I could scrub later when the space was cleared.
Therefore, here was the order that I found the most successful:
Then it started. I went from room to room checking each item. This was after all, a deep clean, not a surface clean. So I checked: keep, throw or donate. This was painstaking for some items. I tend to keep things in case I need it in the future. I had to force myself to be ruthless.
Golden rule: If I haven’t used it in two years and it wasn't valuable I either donated it or threw it. This rule helped me to be more ruthless and make the hard decisions. It was often harder to donate gifts. My mum got me candlestick holders as a gift ten years ago. I hung onto them for fear that I would be ungrateful if I donated it. When I asked her she laughed her head off and couldn't believe it. She said that she was surprised that I kept them. It was time consuming but at the end I felt like I had finished and completed something. I have started the new year organised and decluttered. Now that feels like I have achieved something big!
#twocreativeteachers #declutter #organised
Golden rule: If I haven’t used it in two years and it wasn't valuable I either donated it or threw it. This rule helped me to be more ruthless and make the hard decisions. It was often harder to donate gifts. My mum got me candlestick holders as a gift ten years ago. I hung onto them for fear that I would be ungrateful if I donated it. When I asked her she laughed her head off and couldn't believe it. She said that she was surprised that I kept them. It was time consuming but at the end I felt like I had finished and completed something. I have started the new year organised and decluttered. Now that feels like I have achieved something big!
#twocreativeteachers #declutter #organised
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