Reader Diane so kindly emailed me and shared her tips on how she has been challenging herself to declutter, to be ready when the time comes to downsize her home. I love her system, it makes the daunting task of decluttering fun!
“I am a 64-year-old woman, long retired, which means I have lots of time on my hands to clean and organise, I do love The Organised Housewife so very much. I love her tips. I have a book I write the daily tasks in each day, and I get them done, but this year I have gone a step further, I have my own book I write in.”
“I have each room in the house and parts of the basement written on tags. I keep these tags in a small bowl then:
- Make cleaning easier: Each month I pick out tags for each day of the month, go to the room and see what I can do extra to clean the room, I call it my 15-30 minute challenge. Plus I also do Kat’s daily task. Makes things a whole lot easier.
- Make decluttering easier: I also pick the room tag once a week, and I have another little bowl with numbers in from 1-5. When I pick those, that means it is in that room and that number that I have to get rid of things. So for instance if I pick the bedroom, and I pick the number 3. I go to that room and throw out or donate 3 items.
This system makes cleaning and downsizing a whole lot easier for me.
My friends ask what happens when I have gotten rid of all that I have to…..well I am not sure as that has not happened yet. The things to get rid of can be small, so not to feel your getting rid of your whole life. So I said this works for me.
I know a lot of young Mum’s read your tips Kat, but for us older gals, who are thinking of downsizing at some point in the future, I found this a good way. Not too overwhelming. Works great, so thank you for all your wonderful tips, love each and everything.”
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