And I’m realizing I have lots and lots of things to pass on to my children. However, they’re all boys, not sentimental in the least, and they don’t care about any of it… absolutely none of it! None of my mother's keepsakes, none of their baby books, none of the scrapbooks, none of the pictures of people they never saw before, nor ever will meet because they’re all passed from this world.

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And that totally logical thinking was how I ended up in a place where I couldn’t function in my own home. I couldn’t even use my second largest room, and the rooms I could use were difficult to use because I had to work around all sorts of extra and unnecessary things, even though I didn’t realize they were extra and unnecessary.

Are you completely overwhelmed in your home? Have you tried again and again (and again) to understand why keeping it under control is so ridiculously hard for you? So you watch your friends and wonder how in the world they're NOT stressed out and confused like you are? I might have tried to do some math. Multiply the number of days in a month with scarf-appropriate weather by some other number that entered my unnecessarily analytical brain. I might have researched scarf trends and color palettes and tried to determine which scarves were on their way out of style. One-In-One-Out-Rule. "You can totally keeping that one!Just take one off the shelf that you don't like as much!"..."if you needed this, where would you look for it first?"..."If you needed this, would you remember you already had it?" pg.167

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Take a photo, set a timer for five minutes, and start working; then take another photo when the timer goes off. pg.57 But before we jump in, I want to go over some key terms. Through my own decluttering escapades I’ve come up with ways of explaining things to myself. Those of you who already know me and my made-up decluttering language will nod along. But if you are new to my style of decluttering, don’t get overwhelmed. We’re going to apply these concepts to each area of your home. If anything makes you say, Wha... ? I don’t get that... I promise you’ll get it as you read the book. We’ll go step by step through your home and your hang-ups. Practice Mindful Decluttering- Make it a lifestyle where you only keep items that resonate with your present taste and needs. Allow room for growth and change. Once I defined clutter this way, I finally understood why my friend and I can buy the same décor, and her house looks like a magazine but mine looks like a thrift store. I have a Clutter Threshold, and it’s unique to me. My Clutter Threshold is the point at which stuff becomes clutter in my home. When I’m living above my Clutter Threshold, there’s more stuff in my home than I can handle, and my house is consistently out of control. Living under my Clutter Threshold helps my home stay more naturally under control. I found mine (and you’ll find yours) through decluttering.

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If you are struggling with cleaning routines and daily tasks,I recommend starting here first. It will make the decluttering process much easier when you get to it.