How to live
A Clutter Free Life
The Simple Guide to a Clutter-Free Home
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you might find this hard to believe but
most of my life I've spent living in a
pretty cluttered home that was I guess
unless someone was going to be coming
over and then we would quick rush and
put everything away and tidy it up by
the time the doorbell rang but
everything changed in my life when I
discovered minimalism and I began owning
less and now for the most part I mean
there's still four people that live in
my home but for the most part our home
is clutter free and it is tidy every
room almost all of the time now I've
helped a lot of people declutter their
home over the last 10 years and I've
kind of broken the process down into
four steps four steps to a decluttered
home now these are pretty broad and
there are a lot of details in each of
them but I just want you to start
thinking through how would I start
living in a clutter free home the first
step is the one that most people don't
realize is so important the first step
is believe it is possible believe that
you can live in a clutter free home a
lot of people have lived in a cluttered
space for so long it's the home they
grew up in it's what their home has
always been and they seem to think that
that's just who they are or they seem to
think the project is too overwhelming
and they can never make it true
but you can you can do it you can live
in a clutter free home if that's what
you want so believe it's possible it's
not gonna happen overnight it's gonna
require step by step drawer by drawer
item by item but you can do it believe
that it's true and then start taking
that step the second key to living in a
clutter free home is remove the excess
begin removing those things from your
home that you don't need start asking
questions of every single item
do I need this do I use this why do I
have it what would I use if I didn't
have this now there are some things that
are easy to get rid of the junk in your
junk drawer or the clothes that you
don't wear the boxes of things you
haven't opened in 10 or 15 years and
there are some things that are more
difficult your book collection your
sentimental item collection your yarn
stash whatever it might be
and there are areas of the home that are
easier than others a living room or
bedroom might be easier than the kitchen
or the home office or the garage here's
the tip here's the key move through your
home starting in the easiest spaces
first don't go try to tackle the Attic
right off the bat get rid of the things
from your living room that you don't
need or your bedroom or a couple of your
closets build some momentum see some
progress and you'll get to those harder
places later so number one believe it's
possible
number two remove the excess number
three implement clutter free habits for
most of my life I skipped the second
step and I thought the key to a clutter
free home was just organizing my things
better and constantly tidying up stuff
but that becomes very overwhelming when
you own too many things but if you do
the second step well if you remove the
excess if you remove duplicate items you
will find clutter free habits much
easier to implement than you ever
thought possible things like cleaning up
the kitchen in the evening having an
evening routine returning daily use
items at the end of every day it's an
important step and it's required to live
in a clutter free home it just becomes
much easier than people think once we've
done a good job of removing the
yes and the fourth and final step is
this to having a clutter-free home we
need to slow the accumulation of stuff
we don't need at some point we need to
break the influence of consumerism we
need to realize that we don't need to
buy everything available at the store
just because it's on sale doesn't mean I
need to bring it home ask do I really
need this do I really want to care for
this do I have a spot for it do I have
something that already accomplishes this
in my life perhaps more importantly
begin to see that your money and your
life can be spent on greater pursuits
that the accumulation of physical
possessions is not the greatest thing
that you can do with your life and so we
begin to see how our money and time can
be used on more important things we
begin to accumulate less and less going
forward it's a different process is a
different conversation but it's an
important one you can even find videos
on this channel about how to overcome
the influence of consumerism again these
are broad thoughts these are broad steps
there are plenty of videos about how to
specifically do each of these things in
your life but if you want to live in a
clutter free home believe it's possible
remove the excess implement clutter free
habits and slow the accumulation of
possessions going forward you can do it
I've done it in my own life I've seen
countless others do it you can do it as
well
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