Sunday, September 20, 2015
Clutter free or declutter rules
declutter chart
http://www.trulia.com/blog/take-or-toss-follow-this-flow-chart-for-decluttering-tips-moving-bliss/
Ten rules of decluttering
http://www.jeffcampbell.com/Rules-Clutter/1.cfm
Rule 1: When in doubt, throw it out.
Rule 2: Use it or lose it.
Rule 3: Efficiency counts, so store things accordingly.
Rule 4: Handle something once.
Rule 5: Recycle it.
Rule 6: Pick a number and stick with it.
Rule 7: Use a file cabinet.
Rule 8: Do Something.
Rule 9: A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Rule 10: Items displayed in the house have to pass a test.
Rule 11: Don't do things "later."
Rule 12: Label things.
Rule 13: Call in a professional.
Perhaps you've seen the classic movie Cheaper by the Dozen. The head of the household in this movie was an efficiency expert. (Remember them? Businesses used to hire them all the time. They still do, but they call them management engineers or industrial engineers now.) This particular efficiency expert devoted his life to the study of such things. He found, for example, that it was considerably faster to button his shirt starting at the top and buttoning downward compared to starting at the bottom and buttoning upward. This little gem of knowledge in itself may not reduce clutter, but efficiency boils down to a maximum of output with a minimum of input, and it's a concept that's crucial to managing clutter.
Rule 7: Use a file cabinet.
We feel as strongly about this as Hoover felt about a chicken in every pot. Every contemporary home needs a file cabinet—not just those with a home office or those belonging to your superorganized friends. Even if you don't have a desk—or instead of one if you don't have room—invest in a file cabinet. You can always use the dining room table as a temporary desk, but nothing else is a substitute for a file cabinet.
list of 10 creative ways to declutter your home:
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/creative-ways-to-declutter/
if I haven’t used it in the last fifteen minutes, I probably don’t need it.
http://www.jimmuncy.com/dealing-with-clutter/
Don’t Throw out Grandmother, Just Her Dress. We attach so much meaning to stuff. We have grandmother’s wedding dress hanging in the closet. We can’t throw it away because it was her wedding dress. It is as if we are throwing her out. Remember, you are throwing away a dress not a person. If you keep it, it will just take up space. Then, when you die, your kids will toss it out anyway. Save them the trouble. I bet your grandmother will look down from heaven some day and wonder why you are keeping that dress.
Avoid the “May Need” Trap.There is a huge trick our mind plays on us that keeps us buried in stuff. We won’t throw things away because we may need them some day. We hold on to receipts, old bills, letters, etc. because we may need them. They pile up. Then if we actually do need one of them, we can’t find it because of all the other “may need” stuff we have to sort through. For a little help here, check out the video Fighting Clutter with a Drawer.
Store Things at the Store. If there is something that you may need someday, go ahead and get rid of it. Store it at the “store.” Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon.com are “stores.” They will “store” stuff just like the things we throw away. If you ever do need something, just go to the store, pay a retrieval fee and you have a brand new item just like the one you threw away. Think of the “store” as where you “store” all the stuff you may need some day.
Be a Blessing to Others. We often don’t want to throw things away because we feel guilty. We feel like we are being wasteful. So take your good stuff to Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or some other charitable thrift store. Then you won’t be wasteful. You will be benevolent. If we let things turn into junk before we unload them on the thrift stores, how benevolent are we? Not much.
http://www.trulia.com/blog/take-or-toss-follow-this-flow-chart-for-decluttering-tips-moving-bliss/
Ten rules of decluttering
http://www.jeffcampbell.com/Rules-Clutter/1.cfm
Rule 1: When in doubt, throw it out.
Rule 2: Use it or lose it.
Rule 3: Efficiency counts, so store things accordingly.
Rule 4: Handle something once.
Rule 5: Recycle it.
Rule 6: Pick a number and stick with it.
Rule 7: Use a file cabinet.
Rule 8: Do Something.
Rule 9: A place for everything, and everything in its place.
Rule 10: Items displayed in the house have to pass a test.
Rule 11: Don't do things "later."
Rule 12: Label things.
Rule 13: Call in a professional.
Perhaps you've seen the classic movie Cheaper by the Dozen. The head of the household in this movie was an efficiency expert. (Remember them? Businesses used to hire them all the time. They still do, but they call them management engineers or industrial engineers now.) This particular efficiency expert devoted his life to the study of such things. He found, for example, that it was considerably faster to button his shirt starting at the top and buttoning downward compared to starting at the bottom and buttoning upward. This little gem of knowledge in itself may not reduce clutter, but efficiency boils down to a maximum of output with a minimum of input, and it's a concept that's crucial to managing clutter.
Rule 7: Use a file cabinet.
We feel as strongly about this as Hoover felt about a chicken in every pot. Every contemporary home needs a file cabinet—not just those with a home office or those belonging to your superorganized friends. Even if you don't have a desk—or instead of one if you don't have room—invest in a file cabinet. You can always use the dining room table as a temporary desk, but nothing else is a substitute for a file cabinet.
list of 10 creative ways to declutter your home:
http://www.becomingminimalist.com/creative-ways-to-declutter/
if I haven’t used it in the last fifteen minutes, I probably don’t need it.
http://www.jimmuncy.com/dealing-with-clutter/
Don’t Throw out Grandmother, Just Her Dress. We attach so much meaning to stuff. We have grandmother’s wedding dress hanging in the closet. We can’t throw it away because it was her wedding dress. It is as if we are throwing her out. Remember, you are throwing away a dress not a person. If you keep it, it will just take up space. Then, when you die, your kids will toss it out anyway. Save them the trouble. I bet your grandmother will look down from heaven some day and wonder why you are keeping that dress.
Avoid the “May Need” Trap.There is a huge trick our mind plays on us that keeps us buried in stuff. We won’t throw things away because we may need them some day. We hold on to receipts, old bills, letters, etc. because we may need them. They pile up. Then if we actually do need one of them, we can’t find it because of all the other “may need” stuff we have to sort through. For a little help here, check out the video Fighting Clutter with a Drawer.
Store Things at the Store. If there is something that you may need someday, go ahead and get rid of it. Store it at the “store.” Wal-Mart, Target, Amazon.com are “stores.” They will “store” stuff just like the things we throw away. If you ever do need something, just go to the store, pay a retrieval fee and you have a brand new item just like the one you threw away. Think of the “store” as where you “store” all the stuff you may need some day.
Be a Blessing to Others. We often don’t want to throw things away because we feel guilty. We feel like we are being wasteful. So take your good stuff to Goodwill, the Salvation Army, or some other charitable thrift store. Then you won’t be wasteful. You will be benevolent. If we let things turn into junk before we unload them on the thrift stores, how benevolent are we? Not much.
Labels: clutter, management
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