The 7 Surprising Benefits of Decluttering Your Home Clutter free spaces beget more clutter free spaces. It was encouraging to me to see that empty space and gave me hope and energy to keep decluttering. The rest of our counter spaces could be piled with dishes, but that two feet of countertop would be completely empty and wiped down. I decided to keep a portion of our kitchen counter clear and clean every day. When I started decluttering our house, I started maintaining one clutter free space. Pretty soon, decluttering will be a habit that your brain and body automatically do. What is a habit that you already do daily? Connect decluttering at least one item a day with that already established habit. I connected decluttering and straightening the kitchen countertops with that time while my coffee is brewing. The first thing I do when I wake up is go downstairs and make coffee. I go into great detail about this in my eBook How to Start When You Feel Stuck. Connect decluttering with an already established habit in your day. Not passing over that kitchen gadget that never gets used and putting it in the donate pile is another great step. Seeing that pen that ran out of ink and throwing it away is actually a great step to decluttering your home. Our clutter blindness has trained our eyes not to see that pile of papers or overstuffed closet. You probably have stuff that has been lying around for months or even years. Training our eyes to see clutter is the first step. Really small might mean get rid of one thing a day. What that will look will depend on the challenges or life stage you’re in right now.
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