Tuesday 27 February 2018

Steps To Overcome Extreme Cluttering

By Jessica Fox


Clutter is not classified as a significant reason that leads to stress. It is important to understand that clutter plays a role in how people feel about their homes and workplace. Cluttered spaces make you feel stressed or draw your attention away from your main agenda. It is difficult to find something in a pile of unwanted stuff around the house. This makes you feel tired and anxious, reasons you should avoid extreme cluttering. Below are few steps to overcome the negative effects of clutter.

It is your responsibility to ensure spaces are clean and neat. The process of removing clutter is not difficult if you follow these simple steps. First and foremost go through your entire home, decide what is useful and throw away what you consider unwanted in a sorting basket. Items such as old magazines, toys, clothes, and shoes should go in the sorting basket.

Drawers and closets tend to hold a lot of unused items. Remove everything in your wardrobe and drawers. Inspect your clothes thoroughly, you will come across clothes you have not worn for more than six months. Such clothes may be too small or make you feel uncomfortable. Place them in your sorting basket together with shoes you have outgrown. Clean the drawers or wardrobe and arrange the remaining garments and shoes neatly.

Clutter piles up quickly in areas that do not receive much attention. Some areas like bedrooms are always messy, especially, under the beds. Check under beds, remove everything you consider clutter and place it in a sorting bin. Clean the space and arrange what is left in the right place.

Once you are done with cleaning, invest some time in sorting items that are in the basket. You will require a large room filled with light. Sort one item at a time and decide why you need it. If you feel the task is too stressful to handle it on your own, call your best friend to help you out. Someone close to you will give honest opinion why you should keep or get rid of an item.

It is normal to have items you love and are willing to keep. Think about items you love and place them aside. The next aspect you should consider is how many times the item is utilized. Some items remind you of special people or events. Decide if they stand a chance to remain in the house based on your emotions.

It is easy to overcome extreme clutter without difficulty if you divide sorting piles into three categories. The first category should include things you use on a daily basis. Make use of a bowl to place car keys, pens, and other small items. Tools should be placed in a toolbox and shoe accessories in a small box. This makes the place tidy and helps you find something without much difficulty.

Go through clothes and shoes before keeping them in the garage. Garments worn at least once a month should be stored safely in cloth hangers or drawers inside, garage. Your final group contains items you have no intention of using. Subdivide such items into two groups. One entails items that are in good order. This should be given to the less fortunate. The second group contains items that are in bad shape and can be thrown or recycled.




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