Let Go - Gain Control

Emotional attachments are so difficult to break. Everyone has mementos worth holding on to but what happens if your home is overrun by them? That is when it is time to discriminate.

Mementos can grow to be burdens, especially when they accumulate and begin to dominate certain areas of your home. Can you remember hauling around boxes when you moved from one place to another? That is when you begin to wonder what the value of is of some of your ‘stuff.’ Some of these have sentimental value – you may never have made use of them. Take advantage of the move and use this as an opportunity to detach yourself from these items. A suggestion would be to take some of the most valued items and take a photo of them and have the photos as your keepsakes. Another suggestion is to take one item, a sampling of the whole lot, and keep it and let go of the rest. If the rest can be put up at a garage sale, take it there. Perhaps a thrift store will accept it. Give it to charity.

Ultimately, decluttering is all about gaining that feeling of control. It is not about living in a pristine environment. Most of us will never be totally free of clutter. But perhaps we can change some of our habits – sorting mail into files, donating to charity and gaining the satisfaction in knowing that someone is actually getting good use of some of your items. Certainly a lot more use than it is when it sits uselessly in a box in the garage or basement. Give it a try. In the long run you will find that you can save time and you can save energy. You can save energy as you will spend less energy searching for things as you don’t know where they are in all the mess. Find out more from declutterfast.com. Click here: