A clutter-free home is not just an organized space; it fosters a sense of tranquility and enhances overall well-being. Embracing habits that promote clutter-free living can transform your living spaces into harmonious retreats, where you can relax and rejuvenate. In this blog post, we’ll explore essential habits for a clutter-free home, along with practical tips to help you maintain an organized and serene living environment.

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 Today, we’ll look at some tips to declutter outdated computer equipment.

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 my 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 The daily task for today, Aug. 4, 2023, is to begin to declutter outdated computer equipment. 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.

Habits for a Clutter-Free Home: Embrace Simplicity and Organized Living

1. Adopt a Minimalist Mindset:

Minimalist living is the foundation of a clutter-free home. Embrace the mindset of “less is more” and focus on keeping only what you truly need and love. Pare down belongings to their essentials and let go of items that no longer serve a purpose or bring joy.

2. Regular Decluttering:

Schedule regular decluttering sessions to keep clutter at bay. Set aside time every few months to assess your belongings and part ways with items you no longer use or need. Consider donating, selling, or recycling unwanted items. You can subscribe to my declutter series here.

3. Efficient Storage Solutions:

Invest in practical and space-saving storage solutions to maintain an organized home. Utilize bins, shelves, and drawer dividers to keep belongings neat and easily accessible. Designate specific areas for different categories of items to avoid clutter buildup.

4. One In, One Out Policy:

Adopt a “one in, one out” policy to prevent clutter from accumulating. For every new item you bring into your home, make an effort to remove a similar item. This habit helps maintain a balanced and clutter-free living space.

5. Mindful Purchasing:

Practice mindful consumption by making intentional and thoughtful purchasing decisions. Ask yourself if the item is genuinely necessary and adds value to your life before bringing it home.

6. Daily Tidying Up:

Incorporate a quick daily tidying routine to maintain a clutter-free environment. Spend a few minutes each day putting things back in their designated places and keeping surfaces clear of unnecessary items.

7. Digital Decluttering:

Extend decluttering to your digital life. Regularly delete old files, organize folders, and unsubscribe from email lists you no longer find valuable. Keeping your digital space organized reduces digital clutter-related stress.

8. Limit Paper Clutter:

Manage paper clutter by adopting paperless practices whenever possible. Opt for electronic bills, statements, and documents. Establish a system for handling important paperwork and shredding or recycling unnecessary documents promptly.

9. Cultivate Sustainable Habits:

Incorporate sustainable practices into your daily life. Embrace eco-friendly habits like using reusable shopping bags, repurposing items, and responsibly recycling or upcycling materials.

What are some tips for maintaining a clutter-free home once you’ve decluttered?

Maintaining a clutter-free home requires ongoing effort and commitment to certain habits. Here are some tips to help you keep your home organized and clutter-free:

1. Daily tidying routine:
   • Spend a few minutes each day tidying up. Pick up items and put them back in their designated places. This prevents small messes from accumulating into larger ones.
2. One in, one out rule:
   • For every new item you bring into your home, consider removing an old one. This helps prevent the accumulation of unnecessary items.
3. Designate specific spaces:
   • Assign specific places for frequently used items. This makes it easier to put things away and find them later. Labeling shelves and containers can also help.
4. Regular decluttering sessions:
   • Schedule regular decluttering sessions to reassess your possessions. Donate or discard items you no longer need or use. This prevents clutter from building up over time.
5. Avoid impulsive purchases:
   • Before buying something new, consider if you really need it. Impulse purchases can contribute to clutter, so take a moment to think about whether the item serves a purpose in your home.
6. Digital decluttering:
   • Extend the decluttering effort to your digital life. Organize files, delete unnecessary emails, and regularly clean up your digital spaces to maintain a clutter-free environment on your devices.
7. Create a designated drop zone:
   • Designate an area near the entrance of your home as a drop zone for keys, mail, and other items you bring in. Having a designated space for these items can prevent them from spreading throughout the house.
8. Use storage solutions:
   • Invest in storage solutions that fit your needs, such as bins, baskets, shelves, and drawer organizers. Proper storage makes it easier to keep things in order.
9. Involve the entire household:
   • Make decluttering a family effort. Encourage everyone to participate in maintaining a clutter-free home. Assign responsibilities and teach children the importance of tidying up after themselves.
10. Mindful consumption:
    • Be mindful of what you bring into your home. Consider the long-term value and purpose of each item before acquiring it. This mindset can help prevent unnecessary purchases and subsequent clutter.
11. Seasonal cleanings:
    • Conduct deeper cleaning sessions at least once or twice a year. This can involve more thorough decluttering, deep cleaning, and organizing to ensure your home stays clutter-free.

By incorporating these habits into your daily routine and mindset, you’ll be better equipped to maintain a clutter-free and organized living space over the long term.

Achieving and maintaining a clutter-free home requires consistent effort and mindful habits. By adopting a minimalist mindset, decluttering regularly, investing in efficient storage solutions, and practicing mindful purchasing, you can create a serene and organized living environment. Daily tidying, digital decluttering, and limiting paper clutter are additional steps to keep your home clutter-free and stress-free. Embrace sustainable practices to reduce waste and contribute to a greener, clutter-free lifestyle. Embrace these habits and experience the joy and peace that come with a clutter-free home.

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.

Habits For a Clutter-Free Home & Expert Tips for Decluttering

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 & Develop Habits For a Clutter-Free Home

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 Decluttering and Creating Habits For a Clutter-Free Home

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 a Kitchen list can be found here.

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

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

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

Fifth, My How to Deep Clean a 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 declutter the home checklists 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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