“How Do I Declutter My Life…?”
11 Little-Known Tips ‘n Tricks
For Decluttering Your Life.
The First One’s Right Here…
If you’re looking to living a clutter-free life and a fully decluttered home, then the article below offers a lot of promise to you.
Before you can truly live a de-cluttered life, there’s one insight you really need to understand and “get” before anything else.
In fact, if you don’t know about this “secret,” you can go ahead and declutter and re-organize your home and life, but I bet that if do so without knowing what I’m about to share with you, then within 3 months, you’ll be back here, living the same cluttered life you do now.
How am I sure of this? Because it’s not really all the clutter and excessive stuff (and people) in your life that are cause all the clutter. The clutter and excess is a result, not a cause. That’s why so many people do a great job at decluttering their lives….temporarily, only to all-too-soon find themselves back in the rut of stuff, clutter, and excess that they thought they escaped from.
Don’t let that happen to you. Don’t fall for the declutter…clutter…declutter trap.
So, what is this secret? Is it to “just get rid of stuff”?
No, it’s not. If you try to “just” get rid of stuff and organize your life, home, and office space you’ll succeed for a time.
Just getting rid of stuff and “decluttering your life” is actually a very shallow illusion if you don’t first address the real cause of clutter in your life.
“Is the real cause of clutter in my life my compulsive tendency to buy stuff I don’t need?”
Now we’re getting there, but not quite. My question to you is, “Why the need to aquire more and more stuff?”
In fact, an even better question would be, “Why the need to hold on to more and more stuff that we know we don’t really need or want anymore?”
The secret is this, and I’ll try to explain it to encompass as many people as I can:
In a materialistic world, somehow we’ve been taught to associate our self-identity with what we have. It’s as though the more stuff we have, the more we are, which is obviously not true at all. Somehow, we feel less for getting rid of things we don’t need (aside from maybe recycling them, giving them away, donating them, or selling them).
Maybe it’s because we spent money on the stuff that now clutters up our lives, or know that someone else spent money and effort for that stuff to come into our possession. This is very understandable. I’ve purchased a lot of things that I’ve had to do away with. It feels like we’re like we’re “throwing money away” when we have to get rid of once-purchased possessions.
However this cause may be defined, I think we can agree that there’s something causing us to “hang on” to stuff that no longer servers us.
And it’s this tendency to hang on to stuff (and for some of us, to even hoard more) that can be very dangerous. You may not have thought that having so much clutter can be dangerous, and it may not be, in the physical sense.
But in terms of self-development and living with a clutter-free mind, it can be quite a hinderance and quite bothersome. That’s why you’re here.
Have you ever considered that having all that stuff that you’ve outgrown/outmatured is keeping you stuck in the past?
I mean, you wouldn’t give a 2-year-old the clothes he or she wore when she was 6 months old. Yet that’s what we do when we hang on to stuff we’ve outlived: we confine and imprison ourselves to our past through these outdated possessions that we identify ourselves with.
So, how do we resolve this problem, the problem of identifying ourselves with our belongings or how “much” we have?
It’s simple. It may not be easy, but it is simple: You just have to live the realization that you’re not in any way defined by what you own or how much “stuff” you have.
And that’s what a clutter-free life rewards you with…
In Just 10 Days, You Could Be Well On Your Way To Living The Clutter-Free Life…Both Internally and At Home…And The Way To De-cluttering Your Life And Home Starts Below…
I’d like to invite you to receive our 10-day e-mail series, titled NNN Secrets To Decluttering Your Life At/And Home. It’s free, and since there’s no obligation to continue, you can unsubscribe from our newsletter at any time by clicking the unsubscribe link at the bottom of any e-mail we send you.
Here’s a brief summary of what’s in store for you:
Day 1, Secret #1:
Uncovering The Universal Law of Clutter Attraction
Immediately after your confirm your subsription, this first secret will arrive in your inbox.
You probably don’t need me to tell you that clutter attracts more clutter. Here’s what you’ll learn today:
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What Feng Shui specialists say about clutter and what it really does to you and your home .
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The suggested link between decluttering your home and increased productivity….not at home, but at work!
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An interesting, work-related benefit one person experienced after they got rid of a clunky old storage cabinet.
Day 2, Secret #2:
Store Objects In The Most Efficient Locations
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Ironically, this lesson doesn’t really deal with getting rid of excess, but rather, gives a few illustrated tips to follow when you do decide to keep what’s actually important to you. This lesson really shows you what it’s like to store things efficiently.
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What do you do with several flower vases…? (The simplicity of this answer applies to everything you have.)
Day 3, Secret #3:
The De-Cluttering Magic of Just Doing It Now!
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You don’t have to de-clutter anything to actually begin living the clutter-free life—at least, not directly. This lesson shows you a simple daily habit you can do that will reduce the clutter in your life. In fact, you’re already somewhat doing it, you just have to be aware of this habit (you do this about twice a week). By understanding this habit, you can use it to stop hoarding useless stuff that you’ll “get to.”
Day 4, Secret #4:
The Hidden Fears of De-Clutterization
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Do you have clothes that are 2 sizes too small, or that are your ideal size, meaning that you’ve put on some weight? This can be a struggle for some. In this lesson, you’ll learn what to do about this.
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What to do with all those books you’ve never read, yet still enjoy the one you’ve wanted to read the most.
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Here’s one of the hardest things to do when it comes to decluttering your home and life: getting rid of posessions—not your possessions, but those of someone who’s passed on. This can be emotionally draining. This lesson shows you what to do if you’re in this situation.
Day 5, Secret #5:
5 Easy Steps To De-Cluttering A Bedroom
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Why bedrooms are such clutter magnets, and what to do about it.
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The often overlooked benefit of making a bed.
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How to reduce the clutter caused by books and magazines…without getting rid of them.
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Does your little girl not want you to get rid of her stuff? That’s okay…for now: here’s something you can do to at least tame the clutter in her room.
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Don’t have time to de-clutter the entire room? That’s fine—there’s one simple task you can do to give the room a vastly more organized look and appearance. (However, this doesn’t work if the room has way too many things all over the place.)
Day 6, Secret #6:
“Parting Is Such Sweet Sorrow”
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The last sentence of this lesson gives you a great way to determine if you need something, or should toss it. It really helps you to get past all of the excuses that arise when you’re considering whether to keep or toss something.
Day 7, Secret #7:
The 9-Minute Bin Secret
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How the simple use of a bin can help to eliminate 90% of the clutter in the room…in 5 minutes flat! (Here’s what you don’t do: you don’t run around the room “all over the place.” That’s why, when you follow this advice, you can get this done in 5 minutes instead of 15.)
Day 8, Secret #8:
The #1 Way To Put More Room In Your Living Room
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Of course, getting rid of the biggest occupiers of space is how you “put more room in your living room.” This lesson gives you a few options for what to do in your living room.
Day 9, Secret #9:
Starting In On Bathroom Clutter
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The dangers of having bathroom clutter. (And no, I don’t mean this in the most obvious or “hygenic” way. There’s something you may have in your washroom that itself is dangerous. Here’s a hint: it may be behind that mirror or closet! You may have seen it a number of times, and overlooked the fact that it’s now potentially dangerous.)
Day 10, Secret #10:
The 1 Step That Can Change Your Whole Life
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Yes, there is one step that can transform your mind and home into a spacious, clutter-free life. The great news is that once you get to this point in our e-mail series, this step will be very easy for you, and in fact, will feel so natural that it won’t feel like you’re taking a step. Instead, it’ll be the obvious outcome of applying everything you’ll learn from us over the next 10 days. We’ve saved the best for last.
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PS: In just days, your home and/or office space can look as neat and as tidy as Erin’s of ErinHuggins.com