The new year is always a great time to make a fresh start by decluttering various spaces in and around a home. In addition, if you are also looking to improve your mental health, boost your mood, and increase your productivity, then take time to declutter and organize. The end result may help relieve anxiety when you organize a living space that has been weighed down with clutter.
If you want to organize and declutter a space, but you never know how, then here are a few tips to get you started.
1. Select an area.
Start with one room, or one area in your home – for example, a home office or perhaps just the desk. Begin by having three containers, such as plastic bins, paper bags, etc. that you bring into that room. These containers will help you sort thru the space so you will want to identify each one as either “keep, donate” or trash.” Start by simply picking up one item on top, identify its value or purpose and then place it into one of the 3 containers. Keep in mind that your “keep” container may need to be eventually divided in half – a keep for items that should remain in that area and a keep for items that belong in a different space within the house.
Whether that item was a bill, your child’s artwork, or a piece of junk mail, just place it in the correct container and move onto the next item. Try not to spend a lot of time on each item, so that you can quickly sort through that area. If you are working on the office desk, clear off everything on top, then tackle the drawers one by one until it has been fully cleared, emptied, and sorted. If you are organizing the room, then tackle each pile or area one by one using the same three container system.
2. Tackle the containers.
Now that you have successfully sorted an area or room, you should have three large and possibly very full containers. Dispose of the items for the trash. Next, get a box or another bag and collect all of the items for donation. If this is a fairly small bag or box, then place it directly into the trunk of your car and mark your calendar for a date/ time when you will drop it off at a donation center. Be sure to take any photos of the items in the donation pile for tax purposes, if necessary. If you find there are a lot of trash or items for donation, then it might be easier to contact a “hauling service near me,” as a solution to remove clutter quickly and efficiently.
Lastly, move your attention to the Keep pile. Depending on what is in your keep pile, you may need to further sort those items. Remove and relocate items that do not belong in that space such as a child’s toy in the home office. If you have a stack of bills, determine if they are paid or unpaid, divide them by category of bill, and then either file them away or create a place where you can easily find them and pay them as needed. Follow thru with each item until that “keep” container is empty.
3. Create new routines.
The goal is to find new “homes” for each of those items. To organize items on shelves, use baskets, label makers or clear boxes. Use smaller organizers for inside drawers. Place like or similar things together such as all the batteries for your home, or all the extra unused notepads in one spot so you know where to find them when you need them. By creating a new “home” for like items or placing together items by the category they fall into, you can create a new routine to become more organized.
Repeat these steps for different rooms or spaces in your house that you want to organize and declutter. Use this system to tackle any area in your home.
Remember for larger items that will be thrown away, a hauling service near me, can help you clean out that space and find sanity. Easy Hauling Services provides junk removal, hauling services, and estate cleanout services throughout Maryland.
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