Summary: On my blog/ministry I help moms (really just women in general) declutter in a non-overwhelming, sanity-taking-back way. After seeing a few posts in a Catholic Mama’s FB Group about needing to clear clutter. I thought, what better time than now to post my general *tips*, tricks, rules and guidelines to get your decluttering butt in gear. 1) Make sure you know what you're going to do with the stuff you discard. Where exactly are you donating to? Make sure trash and donation items go OUT of the house immediately after your purge. The longer they sit in bags or boxes in the house, the longer time you give it to creep back into your clean home. 2) Go into each room with 4 bins/buckets/boxes/bags - one for recycling, one for trash, and one for donations and one for stuff that doesn't belong in that room but needs to stay in your house just in its proper place. For the women who have a room full of stuff I suggest taking it ALL out to the driveway to sort - that way you’re only bringing back in your house the things that are essential! 3) Fight the urge to clean the room you are in during your declutter time. You are here to declutter, not deep clean. I repeat, YOU ARE HERE TO DECLUTTER NOT TO CLEAN. Once your whole house is decluttered, you'll have so much time to clean all the things because you won't be spending your precious time putting away all the things. 4) Only work on one room/space at a time. And don't leave that room until it's done. It is so easy to go from room to room putting clutter away that when the day is over, you've 1/2 done all the rooms and the whole house looks a mess. This is why that laundry basket helps! I suggest that any items that aren't being trashed, donated, or recycled and need to be put back in their proper homes go into a little bag or basket by the door of the room you are currently in. Once you're finished with decluttering that room, go put all the misplaced things back to their homes. Spend your entire set aside time decluttering that one room, not getting distracted by tons of other things needing to be put away. 5) Have FUN.. Put on some music and JAM girl. Everyone will know you're occupied and its great for the soul! Plus, getting rid of clutter is so freaking therapeutic I can't even explain it how awesome the feeling is. Do this on a weekend or day where you can do this alone, with minimal interruption. ⭐️⭐️ Now, once you're into the actual room you are going to declutter with your 4 containers ⭐️⭐️ Define what this room IS and IS NOT. I want to define some things that I don't consider part of different rooms for the sake of this post (which is also an upcoming Podcast Episode!).
