Happy new year everyone and what better way to start the year by doing a declutter challenge! I've put together a 30 day challenge for us all to follow along and smash it. You can follow me along everyday on my Instagram to see the methods I use to help get this challenge done and find easy solutions to maintain the clutter.
Day one I'll be starting on the 1st of January but if you've enjoyed a night out for new years eve don't worry you can always catch up it's also about finding a routine and be able to stick to it and maintain in your everyday life. How I get started is I will have a box for donate, a bag for rubbish and a box for things I need to sort through. I Find keeping things into three separate piles really helps not adding the clutter into different parts of the house.
I have found over the last year that all the clutter in my house causes me so much stress and anxiety as I don't know where anything is and I have felt ashamed to let people in, I have started to make improvements but there is a long way to go, and having a husband doesn't help believe me! I've designed this challenge to help us all but to be fun and help support one another because we all are in this together.
My best tips I have Learnt are:
1) Get a List prepared if you can see in written form what needs to be done it gives you that bit of satisfaction when you tick it off
2) Get that Sorting system in place so as I mentioned before a Box for Dump, A bag for rubbish and a box for things to be sorted through. ( sometimes depending on the area I'm decluttering I may even add a box for Donated items to go in
3) If you are going through items have a think at when you last used it or wore and be firm with your decisions. ( for example if you haven't used or wore it for over a year, you need to ask yourself that question do you need it
4) Clean as you go! Once you've finished decluttering you don't want to go back and clean afterwards this is a great way to get some deep cleans done at the same time
5) Keeping all counters as decluttered as you can will help make your home more organised and tidy as it won't look as cluttered.
6) Finally when going through food items, medicines or cosmetics make sure to check the dates as it's very easy for things to fall to the back of that cupboard and be forgotten about
To print out a copy click on the link added and if you get involved head on over to my Instagram @the_hinchinglife_1996 and Tag me I would love to see your Progress and Before and afters!
We've got this, Happy new year!
