How to Crush your Declutter Goals

Decluttering is a transformative process that can breathe new life into your living space, boost your productivity, and reduce stress. However, the task of decluttering can sometimes feel overwhelming, making it essential to approach it with a well-defined plan. If you’re determined to crush your decluttering goals and create a more organized and harmonious environment, this blog post is your ultimate guide. In this step-by-step guide, we’ll walk you through effective strategies to tackle clutter head-on as we cover how to crush your declutter goals.

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 start decluttering your clutter in your guest room or kid’s room. If you prefer watching videos, check out my youtube channel here. Today, we’ll look at some tips to declutter broken furniture.

The best way to develop a new habit is by slowly and daily application. We will begin a new daily declutter habit starting with the 2nd bathroom. In the Year Long Thorough Declutter Series, we will declutter 30 minutes a day, five days a week on weekdays. Sign up to receive daily encouragement and motivation.

Plus, you’ll learn your specific daily task to work toward completing the goal of a Year Long Thorough Declutter where you will declutter every space and learn how to start to purge your house. Are you ready to finally get organized? If so, will you join us? Leave a comment below to subscribe.

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Currently we are working on decluttering the Guest Room or Kid’s Room. The daily task for today, July 27, 2023, is to begin to declutter broken furniture. Remember, we are focusing on just the guest room or kid’s room area, so don’t declutter your whole house. We will cover each room separately.

How to Crush Your Declutter Goals: A Step-by-Step Guide to Tackling Clutter Successfully

Set Clear and Specific Goals

The first step to achieving any goal is to set clear and specific objectives. Determine which areas of your home or workspace need decluttering, and break down the process into manageable tasks. Having precise goals will keep you focused and motivated throughout the decluttering journey.

Develop a Realistic Timeline

Create a realistic timeline for your decluttering project. Be mindful of your other commitments and schedule decluttering sessions accordingly. Remember that decluttering is a process, and it’s okay to take your time to ensure thorough and effective results.

Sort and Categorize

Before diving into decluttering, sort your belongings into categories. Create piles for items you want to keep, donate, sell, or discard. This categorization will provide clarity and make decision-making more straightforward during the decluttering process.

One Area at a Time

Focus on one area at a time to avoid feeling overwhelmed. Whether it’s a room, a closet, or a drawer, dedicating your attention to a single space will allow you to make significant progress without feeling mentally exhausted.

Use the “Four-Box Method”

Employ the “Four-Box Method” during decluttering sessions. Label boxes as “Keep,” “Donate/Sell,” “Trash,” and “Undecided.” This technique will streamline decision-making and prevent second-guessing.

Let Go of Unused or Unwanted Items

Be willing to let go of items that no longer serve a purpose or bring joy into your life. Decluttering is about creating space for what truly matters, both physically and emotionally.

Donate or Sell Unneeded Possessions

For items in good condition that you no longer need, consider donating them to charity or selling them online. Knowing your belongings will find new homes can make parting with them easier.

Organize and Maintain

Once you’ve decluttered, focus on organizing and maintaining the newly cleared space. Invest in suitable storage solutions and develop routines to prevent clutter from returning.

Celebrate Your Progress

Acknowledge and celebrate your decluttering achievements. Whether you’ve cleared a single closet or an entire room, each step forward is worth celebrating.

Crushing your declutter goals requires a well-thought-out plan and determination. Set clear and specific objectives, develop a realistic timeline, and sort and categorize your belongings. Take it one area at a time, using the “Four-Box Method” to make decisions efficiently. Be ready to let go of unneeded items, and consider donating or selling them. Organize and maintain your newly decluttered space, and most importantly, celebrate your progress along the way. With this step-by-step guide, you’re well on your way to achieving a clutter-free and organized environment that enhances your overall well-being and productivity.

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.

Advanced Strategies & Expert Tips for How to Crush Your Declutter Goals

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.

Advanced Strategies & Expert Tips for How to Crush Your Declutter Goals

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.

Steps & Expert Tips for How to Crush Your Declutter Goals

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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