Home In Chaos? 3 Professional Home Decluttering Tips

"Waking up to a clean & tidy bedroom, lounge or kitchen is one thing most of us women wish for and desire😁." 

The reality is that sometimes we get back late from work or school and all we just want to do is make a quick dinner and get to bed. Another angle is that sometimes, we have an emotional attachment to our things. Adulting means cleaning, arranging, and shining those counters all by yourself. Yes, sometimes it feels overwhelming and too much to do that some of us just leave things lying around with the hope of arranging the next day. For mothers, when you step into a living room filled with toys, books, and various scattered items, it feels chaotic, and your mind becomes restless. Here are some top 5 tips for gradually getting better at maintaining a tidy home.

Adulting means cleaning, arranging , shining those counters all by yourself.

1. Do it in baby steps: getting through the whole closet or wardrobe can be too much for a day. In fact, if you get bored of things so easily, you might end up putting it off forever. Set aside at least 15-20 minutes a day to do the arrangements in small chunks, one section at a time. After successful completion of that 15 minutes, celebrate your victory.

If you don’t use an item for 6 months, then you don’t need it.

2. Get rid of things: Yeah, this sounds a bit strong, but the truth is you wont always need all those stuff in the kitchen or in your closet. If you grow in an African home, you have probably inherited some stuff from mama or grandma and all those stuff are taking up unnecessary stuff. It is definitely going to be hard to let it go. If you don’t use an item for 6 months, then you don’t need it. If you only used it once or twice in the last year and you know you may never use it next year, then be a blessing to others.

Documents that you have to think if you need it or not, you definitely don’t need it.

Things like magazines, catalogues, promotions booklets, newspapers, bills and receipts older than one year, stuff from your previous jobs, let them go. Documents that you have to think if you need it or not, you definitely don’t need it. You don’t think twice about something of value.

3. Let the papers go: If you are a bookkeeper (sounds funny, but not referring to the professional bookkeepers), check out the important documents or books and put in a folder instead of lying around. If they are not important, toss it away. Paper clutters can be really annoying and irritating to the eyes and the mind. 

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