How To Clear Your Clutter

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How do you know you’ve got clutter?

If you gather things and keep them because you think you might need them at a later stage, you may well have a lot of clutter to clear.

Look at these questions below and answer yes or no:

• Do you have shoes that don’t fit?
• Do you have clothes that are out of date and fit you when you were a different size?
• Do you have gadgets that you never use and don’t even know how to use?
• Do you have newspapers waiting to be read one day?
• Do you have a drawer filled with used plastic/paper shopping bags?
• Do you have more than 5 take away menus in your drawer?
• Do you keep things like perfumes, make up, scarves that someone gave you?
• Do you have old sheets and towels that have holes in them?
• Do you have things that are in your food cupboard or fridge that are past their ‘sell by’ dates?
• Do you have old phone numbers on your phone and in your address book that have long been out of date?
• Do you hold on to bank and credit card statements older than 6 months?

If you answered yes to any of these questions, I’m sure there are areas in your life that need to be de-cluttered.

The process is a tough one, if you don’t see the clutter for yourself. It’s easier to ask a family member or close friend to help you start the de-cluttering process, but you need to be prepared to let things go.

Start with a room at a time and set a date and time that it will have been cleared of clutter. It’s amazing the changes in your life that will happen, because you are creating a space for something else to fill, something new, something exciting! You can sell the things, or give them away to a charity or just simply look up your nearest recycling centre and they will gladly help you to lighten up your load.