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 Do you have a room in your home that you've been meaning
to un-clutter for awhile? Make that dream a reality with
this simple system.
- Set a date. Look at your calendar and find a day and time
that you have nothing else planned, preferably the day
before garbage pick-up day. Make that day the day you're
going to un-clutter a particular room and dedicate at least
an hour for this task.
- Dress down. When the un-cluttering day arrives, put on
comfortable clothes that you're not concerned about messing
up. You're probably going to be spending a lot of time
sitting on the floor, bending down and stretching.
- Be prepared. Have a full box of extra large, heavy-duty
trash bags on hand. Use sticky notes or masking tape and
label four of those bags: Trash, Donate, Sell, Keep.
- One by one. Start picking up each item in the room, one
by one. Put that item in one of the bags. Note: Your 'Keep'
bag should be the least full. Do this until everything in
the room is in one of these bags--except for the very large
items, of course.
- Bring out the trash. Immediately put that trash bag
outside for the trash collectors, or at minimum put the
bag in your garage until trash day.
- Give to charity. Next, grab your 'Donation' bag and drive
it on over to your favorite charity. Or, call your favorite
charity and have them pick up the bag from you.
- Your trash may be someone's treasure. Determine the
method you're going to use to get rid of the items in your
'Sell' bag. If you're planning to use a consignment shop,
bring your items to that shop today. If you're going to sell
them at your next rummage sale, put the bag in an out-of-
the-way area of your basement, attic or garage. Set a
definite date for your next rummage sale, so these items
aren't sitting in this bag for years. If you plan to sell
on eBay, begin taking photos and writing descriptions for
each item. Then, get these items online and ready to be
sold.
- Find a place for your keepers. The final step of this
process is to find an appropriate home for the things you
are keeping. If they don't belong in this room, redirect
them to the appropriate room. If they do belong in this
room, display them, shelve them or enclose them in a storage
unit.
- Don't sweat it. If you can't un-clutter the entire room in
one day, that's fine. Just schedule another definite date
and time on your calendar and keep going until you're done.
- Reward yourself. Finally, when you are done, do
something nice for yourself. Great job!
by Maria Gracia - Get Organized Now!
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