Declutter Your Way To A Happy Home
Posted in Your Home on 03. Feb, 2010
By Sherri Kruger, with Zen Family Habits
In the seemingly never ending quest to reduce clutter and simplify our lives it’s just hard to let go sometimes.
A few key questions and a clear vision of where you want to be can certainly help keep you going in the right direction.
As you evaluate and re-evaluate what to keep and what to part ways with ask yourself the following:
Do I use it?
Do I care about it?
When I see it does it make me feel happy?
It really does just boil down to these simple questions. If you don’t use something why are you hanging on to it? It’s taking up space and is just one more thing to clean, dust or move when company comes over. If you can’t bear the thought of throwing it away donate it to charity or give it to a relative who has mentioned liking it in the past. Sometimes it’s easier to get rid of something when you know it’s going to a good home.
If you are completely detached and indifferent towards a particular item there’s really no value in keeping it either. It takes up space and even if you aren’t short on space it’s nice sometimes to just have room for the sake of having room. A lighter, airier home can help you feel lighter and airier yourself.
Finally, the items that conjure up feelings of happiness, great memories and those that just make you smile … keep them.
Perhaps a subquestion to this would be: Are these “good” items on display or packed away in a box somewhere out of sight? Items that give you a sense of joy or happiness should hold a place of honor in your home. Any item worth keeping is likely worth displaying prominently in your home. Every time you walk into the room and you see that item, you’ll be met with feelings of warmth and of simply being home.
As we are now well into the new year take some time to look around your home and see if there is anything you could possibly do without. Start small, do a bit each day and before you know it your home, your sanctuary, will feel lighter and a whole lot more inviting.
Declutter Your Way To A Happy Home [Zen Family Habits]
[Editor's note: Thanks to Sherri Kruger for her post on decluttering your home. This is great motivation for me to go through my own home and remove the things we no longer have a need or a use for. It's so freeing to get rid of the things that simply taking up space!]
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