Tips to Tackle Your Clutter in the New Year
It's a brand-new year and for many people, that means making a new year's resolution. Whether it's personal or professional, health-related or something else, a new year's resolution is a great way to better yourself, keep yourself accountable and achieve your goals. If you're looking to take on the clutter that has taken over your home, as many people do this time of the year, you're making a good choice at not only improving the comfort of your space, but also your well-being. Studies have shown that a cluttered home can cause unwanted stress and experts urge people to start taking their clutter seriously. Here are some of our top tips to tackle your clutter in the new year.
Take It Day By Day
It can be easy to get overwhelmed when trying to clear out the clutter in your home. After all, it took you years to accumulate all of this stuff, so where do you even begin? Experts recommend taking ten minutes each day to focus on decluttering your home. You can go about this a number of ways, such as focusing on a room in the home or starting small, like one drawer at a time. The important thing to keep in mind is to take the clutter and break it down into manageable pieces. Look at one thing at a time, instead of the entire pile as a whole. And if you feel like doing more than ten minutes each day, then go for it! Just remember to be consistent and you'll be sure to see results.
Create a Checklist
Being organized can really make a difference when cleaning up your space. It's helpful to make a plan for your clutter and create ways to handle it, assigning yourself tasks to complete each month. Type these tasks out on your computer or download a printable calendar that you can fill out with all the tasks you want to complete that month. There's just something about being able to make a physical check mark once a task is complete that emits a feeling of satisfaction.
Target the Problem Areas
Clutter tends to build up in certain areas of the home more so than others. That's why it's important to include these areas on your decluttering checklist. These areas include:
Kitchen pantry
Closets
Kitchen cabinets and drawers
Home office
Cleaning cabinet
Bathroom cabinets
Garage
Place these areas on your plan of action and create realistic goals for each space. By targeting one space at a time, you'll find that clearing your clutter isn't as tough as you once thought.
It's a new year and that means new possibilities! If you want to create a more livable space in your home, carving out time to clear your clutter will leave you feeling less stressed and more accomplished. Happy New Year, everyone! Here's to a wonderful year ahead.