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As we are well into the New Year, we look forward to sharing our love with a Valentine celebration! What is needed to make it special? Lots of heart shaped goodies! If you look into the d'cluttersales store, you will find heart shaped things to wear, serve food on and decorate with.
Because we are commited to d'cluttering, we decided to offer a weekly d'cluttering tip in 2007 to help you free up some space and streamline your life.
D'cluttering Tip January 2, 2007: The first suggestion is to commit to do some amount of d'cluttering each week! you decide how much time you can spend at it - a couple hours, an afternoon? Remember every bit helps.
Then, a great place to start is to evaluate your holiday decorations before you put them away. What are you keeping just because it was given to you but you really don't like or are ready to give away or sell? I just did this yesterday as I watched some football and it felt really good. It's okay to eliminate what you once really liked but no longer do. And, someone else will love it! Good luck.
D'cluttering Tip January 9, 2007: Since we are at the beginning of a year, this is a good time to d'clutter your financial records. Why wait until April when you do your taxes? Go through all your files and sort last year's paper records: filing what need to keep, setting aside for later the info you need to do your taxes, keeping the receipts you need to save and setting up the cleaned out files for 2007 records. This can be an easy task to do while watching your favorite movie!
D'cluttering Tip January 16, 2007: I suggest this week as you d'clutter, just tackle one small area - clean out the one closet or junk drawer that creates the biggest headache for you.
If you choose to d'clutter a closet: take everything out, immediately sorting into piles (KEEP pile, DONATE or SELL pile, STORE ELSEWHERE pile, THROW AWAY pile). Go through and seriously evaluate whether you have used it in the last year, and if you really need to keep it. One trick is to have a friend who is willing to be honest with you look at the KEEP & STORE ELSEWHERE piles. If she laughs when you show her something, it generally means you aren't tossing enough! Before you put things back in, look at the empty space and see what organizational helps you need - often people can go higher. If it's a tall closet, consider adding another shelf above the one that's there. You may want to get boxes to label what will go in them (mittens, hats, etc) or a name of the person who will put stuff in it. Then as you neatly put things back into the closet, make sure there is adequate room for what you are putting back in. If not, only put in what neatly fits and put the rest elsewhere or rethink adding to the THROW AWAY pile.
If you choose to d'clutter a junk drawer, often you just need a THROW AWAY BAG. I sort a junk drawer differently, not taking everything out but starting by overall grabbing any bits of paper that I can toss. Then I get some small boxes that will fit into a drawer - perfect are a variety of jewelry boxes because they are flat and you can use several. Then I 'sort as I go' grabbing coins to put in one box, paperclips in another, rubberbands, etc -I keep adding small or long boxes as I fill them, it creates room for more. One of my favorite things is to stow extension cords in empty toilet paper rolls! Everyone's drawer will be different as it depends on if this is the only one or if it is in the kitchen or just the office - extra keys, pens and pencils (remember to throw out the ones that are broken or do not have lead), stamps, buttons, etc.