It can sometimes be shocking to look closely at something for the first time in years and realize how little it has to offer. #clutter #marchoftrash
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It’s when you actually remove clutter from a room that you see the room take on a different look. Then everything left behind looms a little larger. This helps to explain how it is that you find more clutter in the same place. #clutter #marchoftrash
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Clutter clearing ultimately can’t be avoided. If you never do it, that just means you decided to leave it for someone else to do after your death. #clutter #marchoftrash #karma
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The efficient answer for some categories is to keep all you have because it will all break down eventually through normal use. Socks and screwdrivers might be examples of this. #clutterclearing #marchoftrash
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You can find clutter by focusing on the clutter itself or on the empty space around it. #clutter #marchoftrash
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If you’re going back and forth about a particular thing you own, try this. Imagine the ideal owner for the item, the person who would make the biggest difference by using it. How closely do you resemble that ideal owner? #marchoftrash #clutterclearing
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Clutter still pulls at your energy even if you never look at it and have forgotten it is there. You just have to take a little of it away to feel the difference. #clutterclearing #energy #marchoftrash
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Is it a warmer day? Open the windows and deal with some of the dusty spaces. #marchoftrash #clutterclearing
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Are you ready for the tedious side of #clutterclearing? Try sorting through papers — or take a close look at drawers and closet shelves. #marchoftrash #clutter
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Some things expand your energy. Some things contract your energy. When you can feel this difference, picking out the clutter gets easier. #clutterclearing #marchoftrash
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That box in the attic that you’re afraid to open — yes, that one! — there’s a good chance that it’s the one that you most need to open. Here’s the trick: take the box outside if you can. Have the big garbage bag ready just in case. #clutterclearing #marchoftrash
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How many things are you keeping with the well-meaning intention of repairing them? If that is more than the amount of repair work you really want and expect to do, start taking away repair projects that yield the lowest net value. #clutterclearing #repairs #marchoftrash
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If you look around your room and the clutter bothers you, the deeper lesson is that you deserve something better. Some of the things you own aren’t worthy of your attention. #clutter #selfworth #marchoftrash
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Sometimes you would be better off with a smaller version of the same thing. #clutter #marchoftrash
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How many things do you own not because you would ever use them, but more because someone said you should have them? #clutter #marchoftrash #commercialculture
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Check your rarely-used gadgets and devices. You’ll find that some still work and others don’t. #clutterclearing #marchoftrash
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Questions about paper recycling may not matter to you if you have a wood stove and it is heating season. It is financially and ecologically better to burn paper to heat the building it is in than to transport it elsewhere for the 50% chance of being recycled. #recycling #marchoftrash
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Look around for things contrary to the spirit of the room they are in — in the dining room that you couldn’t use while eating, or in the bedroom that could keep you awake at night. Should it be in a different room — or should you not have it at all? #clutter #marchoftrash
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Some days have you saying, “I am better than this!” When the specifics of the moment have died away, look at your clutter. You’ll be able to say the same thing about something that you find in there. #clutterclearing #emotion #clutter #marchoftrash
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#clutterclearing Don’t apply the time-since-last-use rule of thumb to essential resources. That includes everything from the floor mop to the fire extinguisher. If you need it, don’t even ask how often you use it. #marchoftrash
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Don’t be misled by neat, precise arrangements of oblong shapes on shelves. The books, movies, etc. are still clutter if you will not be using them again. #clutter #books #marchoftrash
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Do you know where your online gift lists are? Do they show items you have received already or no longer need? #digitalclutter #marchoftrash
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Often enough in clutter clearing, you find yourself holding an empty cardboard box. You took away everything that was in the box, and now the box is empty. Hold on to a few of those boxes. You’ll use them soon enough to store, organize, or give away a few of your other things. #marchoftrash
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Sometimes the weekend is the right time to look for big clutter, stuff so big that you have to ask how it fits through the door. #clutterclearing #marchoftrash
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Paper recycling is a wonderful thing — but it’s much safer to shred or burn papers that contain your sensitive personal information. #clutterclearing #marchoftrash #infosec #papers #paperrecycling
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Clutter in the refrigerator includes food that has gone bad — but remember also to look for condiments that you stopped using a year or two ago. #clutter #food #marchoftrash
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Yes, something that takes up more space than it is worth is clutter — but so is something that takes up more of your attention than it is worth. #marchoftrash #clutter
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Clutter clearing is the most basic strategy for simplifying your life. A simpler life means less stress. Less stress means better health, making better decisions, and living a better life. #marchoftrash #clutterclearing #stress #selfimprovement
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“Start anywhere” is the rule in clutter clearing. If the problem is too much stuff, then any stuff removed eases the situation. #clutter #clutterclearing #marchoftrash
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Clutter consists of things you won’t be using, that might take up space, get in your way, or distract you. Take these things away one by one and see how your life gets easier. #marchoftrash
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