Declutter Your Games in Your Living Room

In today’s fast-paced world, we are often bombarded with information, tasks, and activities that can clutter our minds and living spaces. One area that can quickly become disorganized and cluttered is our living room, especially when it comes to our collection of games. Whether you are an avid video gamer or enjoy board games with family and friends, organizing your games can help create a more serene and relaxing environment in your living room. In this blog post, I’ll cover some tips on how to declutter your games in your living room and optimize your space.

Welcome to my Year Long Thorough Declutter Series. We declutter 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week. Each day we do a daily task based on the room we are working on. Today, our task is to declutter your games in your living room.

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Currently we are working on decluttering the Living Room. The daily task for today, March 14, 2023, is to declutter your games in your living room. Remember, we are focusing on just the Living Room area, so don’t declutter your whole house. We will cover each room separately.

5 Steps to Declutter Your Games in Your Living Room

Sort and categorize your games

The first step in decluttering your games is to sort and categorize them. Start by taking all your games out of their storage containers and placing them in a central area. Then, sort them into different categories such as video games, board games, card games, etc. This will help you to see what you have and make it easier to decide which games you want to keep and which ones you can get rid of.

Get rid of duplicates or unused games

Once you have categorized your games, it’s time to declutter. Go through each category and identify any duplicate games or games that you no longer play. These can be sold, donated, or given away to friends or family members. This will free up space in your living room and allow you to focus on the games you enjoy playing.

Store games in a functional and organized way

Now that you have sorted and decluttered your games, it’s time to store them in a functional and organized way. Consider investing in storage solutions such as shelving units, storage bins, or cabinets that can be used to store your games. Make sure to label each storage container so that you can easily find the game you want to play.

Consider digital alternatives

Another way to declutter your games is to consider digital alternatives. Many popular board games and video games can be played online or through mobile apps, which can help reduce the number of physical games you have in your living room. You can also consider subscribing to game streaming services, such as PlayStation Now or Xbox Game Pass, which offer access to a large library of games without the need for physical copies.

Regularly review and declutter

Finally, it’s important to regularly review and declutter your game collection. This will help prevent your living room from becoming cluttered again in the future. Make it a habit to go through your games every few months and identify any duplicates or unused games that can be removed.

By following these tips, you can declutter your games in your living room and optimize your space. Not only will this help create a more organized and relaxing environment, but it will also make it easier for you to find the games you want to play. So, take some time to declutter your games and enjoy a more serene living room.

I personally have a bad habit of placing items that need to be donated in the laundry room behind the door. Out of sight, out of mind, right? Wrong. Delaying decisions means we still need to declutter.

Maybe you have a habit of delaying decisions, too. Let’s decide today where your decluttered items need to go. Do they need to be donated? Disposed of? Don’t delay that decision any longer. If they need to be donated, sort and put them in your vehicle. Then, make a note in your calendar to drop them off at your favorite charity.

As you are decluttering your items, I want you to try not to just move them to another room. You may be tempted to do that. However, resist the urge to keep everything. Decluttering means we actually part with these items. Otherwise, assign those items a permanent home where you can best utilize them.

Step By Step Decluttering guidelines for How to Declutter Your Games in Your Living Room

1.Only spend time on your specific daily task.

2.Do not get side-tracked or distracted.

3.Work within a time of day that you have the most energy and stamina. This is one of the most useful declutter motivation tips. Listen to your body and work at decluttering when you feel the most alert and energized.

4.Avoid thinking too long about whether to keep or discard an item. This is one specific way for How to Be Ruthless When Decluttering.

5.Avoid cleaning during your declutter. The goal is to purge the dead weight. Getting rid of the clutter is your priority. Cleaning can be accomplished later. Read on for more declutter motivation tips and my room specific deep clean checklist, though, as you will begin cleaning after your declutter.

How to Declutter Your Games in Your Living Room

Supplies Needed:

1. boxes -preferably ones you can donate (Avoid plastic storage bins because you may be tempted to just store the items and not part with them.)

2. sturdy trash bags

3. marker/pen to label boxes

Decluttering Tip: Avoid using storage bins to declutter. Storage bins tend to tell your brain to “store” the items for later. That is just delaying decisions. If you aren’t getting rid of items when you declutter, you are not truly decluttering. This is why I recommend a trash bag, also. A trash bag tells your brain to “trash” the item.

Obviously, recycle if you have that option. The boxes you use should be ones you are willing to part with, so I recommend sturdy cardboard boxes. As to donations, there are many charities that will come pick up your items for you at your home.

I use one in particular where you can book an appointment for pick-up online. This is so convenient, as it saves you the hassle of hauling stuff away yourself. Scheduling that pick-up also motivates you to declutter by a certain date.

How to Declutter Your Games in Your Living Room

1. Start by eliminating trash first- use a sturdy trash bag

2. Sort items by category if needed so you can see what you have

3.Get rid of items that don’t work or that work poorly, expired items, anything you don’t love, anything that you’ll never use again

4. Box up the donations and trash/recycle the rest

5.Select a charity to donate your items and schedule the pick-up if that is an option

How Do You Declutter Your Entire House (and get it deep clean?): Need to deep clean?

First, My How to Deep Clean Your Kitchen list can be found here.

Second, My How to Deep Clean Your Bathroom list can be found here.

Third, My How to Deep Clean Your Kids’ Rooms list can be found here.

Fourth, My How to Deep Clean Your Living Room list can be found here.

Fifth, My How to Deep Clean Your Bedroom list can be found here.

You can get your printable Daily Housekeeping Routine and Deep Cleaning Your House Schedule here. This 15 page printable kit is delivered digitally to your email for you to print and personalize. What Does a Deep Clean Include? It includes a daily schedule, calendar pages, and deep cleaning checklists for every room and area of your home. Check out the link above to see a sample page of what you’ll get in my printable set designed to help you create your personal Homemaking Checklist.

Also, you can get the complete digital printable copy of the Year Long Thorough Declutter Series Calendar and Checklists here. The printable digital download is delivered to your email. It includes 25 pages of printable calendar pages and checklists to help you declutter every room in your home. You can find that here.

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Step 1: Check out this post on the 1st step you should take to get organized. If you don’t have a calendar, you can grab my free weekly printable calendar page here. It is in my shopify store, but it is totally free, so you won’t be prompted to put in any payment information. It is a free download and will be delivered straight to your email.

Step 2: Create a daily Housekeeping Schedule. You can use this series to start to set up your own schedule. You can also use this simplified weekly schedule.If you often ask: What is the fastest way to clean a dirty house? Or, if you struggle to get organized and have tried and failed time and again, you can likely find out which of these 11 reasons cause you to fail to get organized.

Step 3: How do you remove clutter? How Do You Declutter Your Home?.…Sign up for the Declutter Series and get your entire home decluttered in just 30 minutes a day, 5 days a week.”Declutter Your Home” checklists are provided in each email.

Step 4: What is the fastest way to clean a dirty house? Use a timer and use the Deep Cleaning Checklists above. They will help you get your home sparkling after you’ve decluttered.

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