The New Year is a great time to declutter your home. It’s an ideal opportunity to get rid of things that no longer hold value or simply take up space.
Declutter Your Holiday Decor:
The end of the year is a perfect time to go through your holiday decorations. Take note of what you didn’t use this holiday season and consider parting with those items.
Styles and preferences naturally change over time, and the New Year is a great moment to let go of old decorations, broken ornaments, or items that have remained untouched in your holiday bins and boxes.
Toss Expired Items:
The end of the year is also a great time to dispose of expired items, from food and beverages to old beauty products.
Start by decluttering bathroom products to jump-start your purge. Then move on to the kitchen and pantry, discarding expired canned goods and tossing anything that can’t be kept.
Declutter Your Kitchen Drawers:
Take a look in your kitchen drawers and get rid of gadgets you don’t use or have duplicates of. Purge old kitchen tools that have been replaced by newer versions.
Sort Through Your Closet:
Go through your closets and evaluate outdated, worn-out clothing. Discard items that no longer fit or feel good to wear. A good rule of thumb is to get rid of one item for every new item you bring into your home, helping to maintain order as you accumulate new clothes throughout the year.
Downsizing Methods
The urge to hold on to things you don’t really need can be strong. Set up some decluttering ground rules to help manage the process.
Sort Your Items into Four Piles:
Start by sorting your belongings into four categories: keep, donate, throw away, and undecided. Once you’ve sorted the other piles, come back to the undecided category and make final decisions.
Decluttering Strategies: Professional organizers have developed several methods to help with decisions, especially when dealing with “maybe” items. Here are a few techniques to consider:
- The 20/20 Rule: Get rid of anything that would take less than 20 minutes and $20 to replace.
- The 80/20 Rule: Purge anything you use less than 80% of the time.
- The Drawer Rotation Method: Rotate your drawers or storage areas, ensuring you use everything in them regularly.
- The Reverse Hanger Method: For your closet, turn all your hangers in one direction. After each use, turn the hanger the opposite way. At the end of the season, donate anything still facing the original direction.
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