Get Ready For The Holidays: Decluttering Tips!
Now is the time to apply the “one in, one out” rule!
Any time of year is a good time to declutter, but getting your home into some kind of order before the holidays can do a lot for your stress level once things get busy.
This doesn't have to be a big production. A little time, done intentionally, goes further than you'd think.
The Exercise
Mission: go through your home, room by room, and let go of what you don't need.
What you need: bags or boxes for donations, a trash bag, and a timer.
Schedule it: Between now and the holidays, put your organizing sessions directly on your calendar. Not "sometime this week," an actual time and day. That's the difference between a plan and a hope.
Action Steps:
Choose one room.
Set a timer for 30 minutes.
Find as many things as you can to donate or toss.
Repeat with as many rooms as you want.
Get the donated items out of the house as soon as you can.
Some rooms will need more than 30 minutes. Some won't need that long. The goal isn't a perfect system; it's to touch every room at least once.
A few things that help
Get your family involved; more hands mean more gets done.
Work when your energy is actually there, not when the calendar says you should.
Not sure about something, keep it for now. You can decide later.
Play music. The more it feels like something you're doing, not something being done to you, the easier it is to keep going.
Thank you for your time and attention.
-Nikki
