de-cluttering....LETTING GO!!!!

This should have been the first post. But here it goes.

Life won't ever be the same after you start "de-cluttering". It is soooooo beneficial, I'm gonna list some of the benefits here. WARNING: it is highly addictive...

Benefits of De-cluttering:
1. Exercise
2. Helps memory
3. You find stuff you didn't remember you bought

4. You organize your home and your life
5. Your mind is more aware, specially of surroundings and space
6. Your kids will have more space

7. You can now donate stuff
8. You can see under your bed and there's nothing!
9. You can invite guests to any part of you house and leave doors OPEN!!!!

10. You will find peace.
11. You realize you can do without so much STUFF
12. You become creative and find new uses for things!

13. You realize you have so much more time you don't even know how to fill that time LOL!

What is de-cluttering??

De-cluttering means you organize an area of your house or work space [or any space] and get rid of unuseful items, those items that sit in a place for such a long time as if they own the place.

Problem for everyone is getting rid of "stuff". We are so attached it is difficult to "LET GO!" We must remember we can't take anything with us when we die...so why do we keep it?

What I do usually is piles of where my items are gonna go.

1. Donation
2. Give to someone I love or someone who will find it useful
3. Put away in another room
4. Go to garage NOW!

So that's as simple as it gets.

Today I have de-cluttered a bit of the "guest room" if you can call it that. It's a multi-purpose room, my husband likes to read or sleep there sometimes but I like to keep it clean and empty so one can focus better and "think!"

So there you have it, please please de-clutter, open your closet and see everything hanged and beautifully organized and if you got too much stuff that it won't, start deciding which pile and where it should go.

AND if you can't find a place for things, and you can't get rid of it, put it away in the attic or garage and make sure you make note that it's there for future use. Don't keep things around the house that you haven't touched in a while, ,even decoration items, rotate them frequently, it'll feel like you bought something new! hehe


THE LESS, THE BETTER!
Even with kids toys, I find the less I put out , the more creative they get. I also rotate toys and check them for broken pieces and try to fix their stuff so they learn to appreciate simplicity and organization.
You don't need that much stuff.

Can you de-clutter people?

Ok before people ask me 'what do you mean', I really believe you can also de-clutter from people. All people are wonderful and beautiful but that doesn't guarantee they are "GOOD FOR YOU". Some friends may waste time on the phone or come over for hours and you can't get anything done. SO, you can de-clutter your life from these kinda people. It doesn't mean you don't like them....it means that it's good to see them once in a while NOT ALL THE TIME! Or if you can "refer them" to someone else....that would be ideal.

I can't give personal examples but I can say I have done that in the past and it has worked for me, no one got offended, they found that the person I referred them to was better company than me at the time and till today they are still great/close friends.

Anything is possible!

This is Ka Sundance's video, very awesome and useful, please watch if you got some time:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lh5OKkmkGzc