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Nine Quick Tips to Identify Clutter
A box a day keeps the clutter away!
‘How many things are there which I do not want.’~Socrates
This is a post from Gretchen Rubin of The Happiness Project:
http://www.happiness-project.com/
Lately, I’ve been on a clutter-clearing frenzy. For me, as for most people, outer order contributes to inner calm, and sweeping away a bunch of unloved, unused stuff has given me a huge happiness boost.
As I sifted through our possessions, I identified nine questions to ask myself when I was confronted with a questionable object. This list helped me decide what to keep and what to toss, recycle, or give away.
- Does this thing work? I was surprised by how hard it was to admit that something was broken and couldn’t be fixed—say, our dud toaster or my daughter’s frog clock. Why was I hanging on to these things?
- Would I replace it if it were broken or lost? If not, I must not really need it.
- Does it seem potentially useful—but never actually gets used? Something like an oversized water-bottle, a corkscrew with an exotic mechanism, or a tiny vase. Or duplicates. How many spare glass jars did I need to keep on hand?
- Was I “saving” it? Leaving bath gel in the tube, or hoarding my favorite stationery in a desk drawer, was as wasteful as never using these things. Spend out!
- Does it serve its purpose well? For example, we have a lot of “cute” kitchen objects that don’t really work.
For the next four tips head over to Zen Habits: http://zenhabits.net/identify-clutter/