Take your decluttering to its simplest level: Should it stay or should it go?
A whole ton of clutter.
(After all, there isn’t a one-size-fits-all decluttering method that works for everyone!)
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We experimented with the two-box declutter methodafter previous forays with the15- minute cleanand theroom-by-room decluttering routine.
): One for things you’re keeping and one for things you’re willing to donate or discard.
As you’re making your way through the clutter, you pop each item into the appropriate box.
As for the items in the donate/discard box, you either get rid of them right away (bold!
), or if you’re unsure, set a deadline for determining their fate a month later.
(In fact, there may be a keep box within feet of me as I write this.)
It’s way too easy to just let them linger in your home.
That way, you might streamline the effortand get things back to their rightful spots even faster.
