De-clutter 101

Having a neat tidy house is very important. Yet we are in a culture that loves to collect things. If we look at each drawer and shelf in our houses we will be amazed because more often than not we are just keeping things for the sake of it. Usually the anatomy of any drawer or shelf will go like this:

- We have things that we haven't used for years yet we think maybe we will need it after we throw it so we keep it

- Or things that are not working but we tend to convince ourselves that it can be fixed and hence be useful so we keep that too

- Clothes that are outdated or got smaller thinking that maybe if we lose weight we can use it or maybe it is fashionable one more time although we never tend to look at the old clothes that are back in fashion but rather go buy new ones so again things kept with no potential use

- Pens that are no longer working simply because we don't take the effort to check them. These are only taking the space while they should be in the trash

- The list can go on but this is just an example of the top of mind things i have as of me writing this post.

Thumb rule is to keep things that you only use or things that you believe are beautifully outstanding. Other than that it is either trash or something that can be of better use if given to someone else.

Keeping your house de-cluttered has so many benefits like

1- It helps you feel more relaxed (This is a true psychological benefit)
2- It makes organizing everything much easier
3- It helps cleaning because when things are organized they have less tendency to collect dust
4- It saves time as you know where is everything located
5- It helps the poor since you can make them happier with things that for them is a necessity
6- It can even help the environment if we are in a more recycling savvy cultures

I will be posting something very soon about simple steps of how to de-clutter your house <3 Organizing things is my passion so I hope you will find the post useful.