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Declutter Your Home

The Ridiculously Thorough Guide to Decluttering Your Home, Organizing Your Work Space and Living the Minimalist Lifestyle without Going Overboard

Mary Connor

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Introduction

T he world that we live in now is full of things, of material possessions. We are bombarded with advertisements all of the time, ones telling us that we need to have this item or that item. It is a way for big companies to make a lot of money, and they promise us it will help make us happy, help us make friends, and help us have a better life.

In reality, none of this is true. Most of us spend more and more money on material possessions and find out that it leaves us feeling empty inside. It takes up a lot of our time as we work more to purchase more items, we clean up more to get those items out of our way, and we assign too much power and emotions to those items because they are all we are connected to. This can lead to a real problem that many people dont even know that they are dealing with.

When you decide that it is time to declutter, you will start making some drastic changes to your life. Minimalism is an idea that hasnt caught on yet too much of the modern world, but the idea that you can actually be happy, that you can slow down in life, and really enjoy things and feel less stress, is very comforting and positive to a lot of people. And the process of decluttering different parts of your life can really help to make this a reality.

This guidebook is going to talk a bit more about decluttering and all the benefits that come with it. We start out with an explanation of minimalism, and how it can be a great way to help you live your life to the fullest. Minimalism is different for everyone, and despite popular belief, it doesnt mean that you need to get rid of everything that you own. Minimalism can mean different things to each person, as long as you make intentional decisions about things you purchase and only go for the ones that actually make you happy.

After talking about minimalism, we will spend some time looking into decluttering. We will look at some of the benefits of doing this in your home, some of the reasons that people have yet to start with decluttering, and the importance of managing your time and setting up a routine to keep the decluttering process going.

This all leads up to some practical steps that you can take to clean up every room in your home. We will take a look at how to clean the kitchen, the bathrooms, the bedrooms, the living rooms, the office, your garage and basement, and even those messy closets. While you should take this process slowly to help prevent yourself from becoming overwhelmed, by the time you are done with this guidebook, you are going to see a vast improvement in the cleanliness of your home, in the amount of clutter that is present, and the amount of freed and stress that you feel in your life.

We will then end with some of the different decluttering methods that you can use, including some that have become very popular, and can help you get the most out of your decluttering session.

Many people avoid decluttering their lives because they are worried about how long it will take, they add too much value to the items they own, or they just dont want to handle it at all. With the help of this guidebook, you will be able to declutter your home and finally find the peace and stress relief that you have been looking for.

Chapter 1: What is Minimalism?

B efore we get started with the idea of decluttering, it is important to understand minimalism and how it can come into play. It is actually quite simple. It is the idea that you live with as little as possible. Instead of getting involved in a culture that is all about purchasing more things, and trying to keep up with your neighbors, and purchase more materials goods. While many people hear the word minimalism and assume it means they cant have a home, or a car, and never travel or do anything, and only one a handful of items, this is kind of to the extreme. Minimalism doesnt mean you have to live in a hole and have nothing. It just means that you learn what you really need to survive, without all the extra stuff that just takes up space.

Minimalism is a tool that is going to assist you in finding freedom that you could never imagine. It can provide you with some freedom from fear, worry, from being overwhelmed, and even from guilt and depression. Even better, it can help you gain some freedom from the trappings of the consumer culture, that most people have built their lives around.