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How Decluttering Your Home Reduces Stress

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Clutter does more than just take up physical space in your home. It also weighs heavily on the mind, adding stress and anxiety to your life. Wherever possible, alleviating life’s stressors is a good way to maintain your health, so it’s important to make home organization a priority. Let’s further examine how decluttering your home reduces stress.

Clutter and Stress: What is the Connection?

House clutter refers to anything that’s not used, wanted, or needed but is kept inside or outside of the property. This “stuff” creates a chaotic living area and boosts stress because it hinders your ability to focus.

Furthermore, cleaning up clutter and making important decisions about what items to keep, donate, or toss can be an emotionally draining experience. The feelings and memories associated with certain things makes them hard to separate from, and just thinking about doing so can trigger anxiety.

Organizing takes time too that you might not feel like you have in an already busy day. And moving things out of the way to do tasks at home or to enjoy a hobby like knitting can be both annoying and inefficient.

There’s also the nagging sensation that you still have that decluttering task on your to-do list. You’re not alone if you find it’s already the evening, you’re tired, and you haven’t gotten to the organizing step.

The clutter goes against what you are looking for in a home. Your home should be a place to relax and take away the worries of the day, not to add to it. Taking back your sanctuary matters, so don’t put off the activity; instead, create a strategy to clear the clutter in the smoothest way possible.

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Gain Back Control

Rather than letting clutter get the best of you, take back control. But when you feel a strong attachment to physical items in the living space, the overwhelm can make taking any action difficult, if not impossible.

In this case, bring in a professional to help you get a handle on the clutter that is harming your emotional and mental well-being. Having someone more objective than you about the material items can guide you through the process.

An expert organizer helps you declutter in a gentle and supportive way, as well as suggesting options for where to store items for maximum functionality around the home. Simply having someone else hold up a shirt or figurine to ask you if it’s for the keep, donate or sell pile can be a great relief because touching something yourself can reinforce your emotional connection to it.

Letting Go of Clutter

Stress can accumulate along with clutter at home. It’s not only messy areas, but also the large number of physical items in plain sight and hidden away in closets that negatively impact your mood.

Thankfully, you don’t have to feel a tightness in your chest or a headache every time you open the front door and see disorder. Begin to enjoy your living environment again by eliminating the stress that comes with having too much stuff.

From taming clutter hot spots like drawers and countertops to space planning, we’re here to help you create a calm living environment that is functional for everyone in the household. Call us to start working with experienced and friendly organizers to restore order to your home. We’re here to help you!

How to Begin Decluttering When Feeling Overwhelmed

How to Begin Decluttering When Feeling Overwhelmed

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The clutter that accumulates in our homes can easily get out of hand leaving us to feel defeated,
distressed and overwhelmed. Clutter adds to our daily stressors and is an external expression
of our internal state of mind. When we are already struggling; becoming motivated to declutter is
a daunting task but it is one that will help you to feel calmer and more in control of your life.

Make decluttering easy on yourself with these easy steps.

Starting Small

Planning to declutter does not mean that it has to be done in one hour or one day. Set yourself
up for success by setting 15 minutes of decluttering activity. When the time is up, stop and
move on to another activity. 15 minutes of decluttering daily will give you the results you want How to Begin Decluttering When Feeling Overwhelmed
without feeling overwhelmed.

Plan

Make a plan; is there one room that needs really, really needs to be decluttered? Consider
starting there and the other spaces will follow. Block time in your calendar for this activity.

Enlist Support

Calling on a friend or family member for help is a great idea. They can help us stay on track,
they make the process much more fun. As friends and family have less sentimental attachment
to our stuff they can also help to provide perspective on whether or not an item really needs to
be kept, donated or tossed. A professional organizer is also worth considering as they have
many tips and tricks to make decluttering easier and efficient.

Distract Yourself

Not from the clutter but from the task. Listen to uplifting music, podcasts or audiobooks while
you work on the area you want to declutter. You may find that this is helpful and allows you to
accomplish so much more than you had originally intended.

Celebrate Success

Consider setting a date for a party or get together to celebrate your new decluttered space.
Not only does this give you something to look forward to it can also motivate you to stick to your
plan and accomplish the mission.

You will feel so much better when your home is a place of peace and comfort, a true escape
and safehaven from the chaotic world around all of us.

Remember, we here at ClutterBGone make it our mission to help alleviate the stresses that clutter can create. Call us for a consultation to see if hiring a professional organizer is right for you!

Spring Organizing Tips

Greet The Season With These Spring Organizing Tips

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All the best ways to greet spring with a decluttered home. Here are some Spring organizing tips!

Spring is finally here! Organizing your home is a great way to freshen up your living space to prepare for the beautiful weather ahead. Continue reading to discover some great Spring organizing tips for organizing your wardrobe, drawers, and communal spaces!

As the weather improves and flowers start to bloom it’s time to kick- start spring-cleaning. If you’re new to spring-cleaning or just want to change up your technique, check out our tips to revolutionize your clean this year! Continue reading to discover how to save space, time, and energy this spring.

Spring Organizing Tip 1: Say Goodbye To Winter!

Winter clothing usually takes up the most amount of space in dressers and closets. These items could anything from winter hats, scarves, jackets, thermals, socks, and boots. With the coming of spring, you can expect warmer weather so why keep all those bulky winter items in your valuable closet space?

Get all the winter goods that you don’t need for months ahead and place them in storage containers. You can keep these containers under the bed, attic, garage, or spare room. This will free up space and give you some room to start organizing! Keep in mind that this should be the first step in your spring-cleaning routine. It will make it a whole lot easier to start organizing and categorizing your space. There are still some chilly days ahead, so keep out any light spring gear to keep warm!

Spring Organizing Tip 2: Have a Garage Sale

Have you been obsessing over Marie Kondo’s brand new Netflix series? Well, its time to stop watching and start doing. It’s important to reduce the clutter of your home and only keep items that are important, useful, or make you happy. Spring-cleaning is the perfect opportunity to clear out junk, make some extra cash, and start off with a clean slate.

Organize a garage sale with your neighbors or take your things to local weekend markets. When spring rolls around you’ll be so glad that you cleared out so much space! By decluttering your home before you start to organize, you’ll make the job much easier on yourself.

Spring Organizing Tip 3: New Storage Units

Are you struggling to organize all your things? Do you feel like you never have space? Then it’s time to asses your current storage options and update your furniture. Many furniture stores offer innovative storage solutions that can revolutionize the way you organize. From hanging shoe racks to stylish document folders, check out what options there are that can help you to organize and style your home appropriately. Make sure you take advantage of vertical space and label every different section in your wardrobe. By giving a clear space for every item in your home you will

Spring Cleaning Tip - Have fun

Spring Cleaning Tip – Have fun

find it easier to keep organized all throughout the year.

Spring Organizing Tip 4: Make It Fun!

Re-organizing and clearing things out can get a little stressful. So reward yourself with making some interior decorating changes. You could create your own unique wall hanging or dye an old tablecloth a different color. Get into the DIY spirit and customize your home to suit your taste and personality. It will bring a distinctive edge and highlight all of your beautiful spring-cleaning efforts!

If you’re like us, you love checklists! You can download our Organizing Checklist here to help you along the way. And as always, if you need a little guidance or support, we’re just a call away. Happy Spring cleaning!