It’s easy to let go of things you’re tired of or that are no longer useful. But how do you declutter something you still love?
Is that a good idea? Is it even possible if you’re a sentimental person holding on to sentimental items?
mindset
Is she naturally organized or is it something else?
For those of us with chronic clutter (aka, the living room was clean yesterday, so why does it look like a hurricane hit by the following night?!), it can be hard to identify where all that stuff is coming from!
Trying to answer that question, I started watching my friend go about her day. (Yeah, this was pre-Covid. The good ol’ days.) She is one of those people whose sink is always empty, toys not in active play are put away – in other words, my polar opposite. Her home is always tidy, even when she’s exhausted from a long day.
Thank you to one of our Decluttering School coaches, Danie Smallwood, for this article!
How does she find the energy to wash the dishes as soon as dinner is over? How does she force herself to put away the blocks before pulling out markers and paper? Does she just think cleaning is fun? (She does not, as it happens.)
What to do about “donation” guilt
Do you have recycling or donation guilt?
Do you feel like you “should” do something with your clutter (sell it, donate it, find just the right person who needs it)?
How to become less attached to your things
The most obvious reason that decluttering is so darn hard is that we’re attached to our things.
Click through to watch the video below, I explain how you can detach or become less attached to those things… and in so doing decide if you want to let them go.