![]() ![]() How can you make this process more fun? Might you listen to a podcast, listen to your favorite music, invite a friend to keep you company, set yourself challenges like "I'm going get this entire closet cleared out in 45 minutes!"ĥ. Best case scenario is that you don't need any special gizmos at all. Remember, it's harder to use these things than to buy them. It can be very fun to buy organizing items-they're so enticing! They make it seem like we could organize every aspect of our lives. And when you've eliminated everything that you don't need, use, or love, you probably don't need to "organize" much. Instead, use my favorite test with all your possessions: Ask " Do I need it? Use it? Love it?" If you don't need it, use, or love it, you should relinquish it. Often we buy stuff that allows us to jam more clutter into place. Resist the urge to "get organized" by buying set of containers, matching jars, hangers, files, binders, or other supplies. Gosh, we love to jam stuff onto our window sills! The benefit of clearing a window sill is that not only does it create more order, it even creates more light, because the window isn't blocked up.ģ. Fixing that area gave a disproportionate boost. A massive pile had accumulated there, and although the rest of the room was in good order, that mess made the whole room feel chaotic. For him, the biggest problem was the top of a long chest of drawers in his bedroom. As part of this aspect of my personality, I recently convinced my friend Michael to let me help him create more outer order in his apartment. On the Happier with Gretchen Rubin podcast, my sister Elizabeth sometimes calls me a "happiness bully" because if I see an opportunity for someone to become happier, I can get pretty insistent. For someone else, it's the kitchen counter for someone else, the front hallway. For me, it's the pile that accumulates in a corner of our bedroom. Most of us have many areas of clutter, but one particular area causes the most irritation. I think we should fix the biggest nuisance. Some experts argue that we should all start to clear clutter in a specific area, such as clothes. Often, once we start, it's easier to keep going-and even if you create outer order in just one area, that's a gain in any event. ![]() Tackle clothes, or papers, or books, or toys. If that's your issue, focus on just one area. Some people get overwhelmed if they imagine spring-cleaning their entire surroundings. In the United States, spring is here, and if you want to create outer order as part of the new season, consider these manageable steps: However, it's easy to feel the urge to do spring-cleaning, but it's a lot tougher actually to begin. How well nature has understood that, every year, she must change her leaves, her flowers, her fruit and her vegetables, and make manure out of the mementos of her year!” - Jules Renard, Journal “Oh! Old rubbish! Old letters, old clothes, old objects that one does not want to throw away. This impulse reminds me of a quotation I love, from Jules Renard: Everything outside my personal space feels so fresh, I want to re-create that feeling indoors. We often hear about "spring cleaning," and I have to say, I really understand why it's a tradition.įor me, when the days become longer, the temperature becomes warmer, and all of nature is being renewed, I get the urge to sweep through my home and office and get rid of the junk. ![]()
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