I also remembered that Joshua co-founded Simplify Magazine, and Issue 004 was all about decluttering and included insights and advice from professional organizers, life coaches, authors, and more. The decluttering stars seemed to align as soon as we decided we were going to declutter.ġ) I was already halfway through Joshua Becker’s eBook, Simplify: 7 Guiding Principles to Help Anyone Declutter their Home and Life (see Simplify book summary here). Sarah Anne Hayes, ĥ Ways I Started My Decluttering Homework After all, that’s where most people’s minimalism journey begins…It’s in the maintenance that I believe many people transition from simply decluttering to becoming a minimalist. For instance, I’ve decluttered my way closer to voluntary simplicity and minimalism, but my wife just wants one thorough decluttering to get rid of stuff and get more organized.ĭecluttering is an action, while minimalism is a lifestyle…Let’s start with decluttering. Nope! You can declutter and not be a minimalist. Isn’t Decluttering the same as Minimalism? No wonder we spend almost 700 hours each year cleaning and caring for our home, and more than 153 days of our lives searching for misplaced items. - Joshua Becker The average American house contains three hundred thousand items. The average size of the American home has nearly tripled in the past fifty years, and still one out of every eleven households rents off-site storage. Think of all the time we waste caring for and pursuing material possessions. I think this sums up the current reality effectively: I needed a real plan and help from the experts. And now, after probably 3-4 phases, I’m down to a pretty lean wardrobe.īut I knew this willy-nilly, phased approach wasn’t going to work with my wife. Decluttered a little clothing the first pass through everything. Regardless, I’ve spent the last 2-3 years decluttering my stuff (mostly clothing) and just did it in a phased approach. Previously, I had never studied decluttering or followed any books or guides. Fun fact: “declutter” and “decluttering” weren’t added to the Oxford English dictionary until June 2015. We both enjoy what we do (I find cleaning therapeutic), but we don’t care much for doing each other’s chores or to-dos. So, when she was *enthusiastically* on board with decluttering, I dropped everything for the next week to study the subject. I clean them up (organize the house, do the dishes, the vacuuming, etc).She makes the messes (does the DIY projects, home maintenance, cooks, etc).She said, “YES!” Now, you may not know much about my wife and me yet, but just know that the division of labor at our house is pretty clear based on our interests: She asked me what I wanted to do on those days, and I half-jokingly responded, “How about we declutter?” My wife decided to take a few days off work after the July 4th holiday. 12 Decluttering Tips, Methods & Approaches.5 Ways I Started My Decluttering Homework. Isn’t Decluttering the same as Minimalism?.One Thought on “Why” we should Declutter.
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