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Remove unwanted icons, empty the recycle bin, put on a personalised background picture. Set a reminder for yourself to do this regularly (perhaps each day or once a week!). Action, recycle, throw or file as appropriate. Have you got a pile of paperwork sitting on a table in your entrance way, on your kitchen counter or desk? Take a few minutes to sort through it now. As new emails come in, make sure you deal with them there and then and don’t let them build up.

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Go through your emails, set up folders for different areas (school/personal etc), delete the ones you don’t want or need and archive the rest.

We’ll look at the kitchen worktop on another day so perhaps think about your desk, or a shelf with ornaments, or even the stairs! Keeping the surfaces clear makes the whole home feel and look clearer! DAY 10: Your emails Set a timer for 10 minutes and see how many table tops, shelves or worksurfaces you can clear. DAY 8: Your cook booksĭo you use them or are they there to just look pretty or for the occasional reference? Think how and when you use each cookbook and make sure that you only keep the ones you turn to regularly.

Donate or throw away books that you no longer want, that are in bad shape or you have multiple copies of. Give away any excess books (unless you really feel you need to buy more storage because you’re a bookworm and love books). Only keep enough books that will fit in this space. Work out what storage space you have available in your home for books. The bathroom is a great place to start decluttering if you’re new to it. Head into the bathroom and get rid of empty bottles, toiletries and bath products you won’t use. Are the table tops cluttered with stuff, drawers overflowing? Sort through them! DAY 6: The bathroom

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Is it full of stuff that doesn’t belong in the room but has ended up there because it’s where your family spend a lot of time? Do you need a nice looking basket or toy box which can stay in the room? The toys can be thrown in there at the end of the day without having to spend time collecting them all up and taking them to your child’s bedroom each evening. Pop them in the donation box you created in Day 1 or throw them away. Go through your kitchen and find five items that you no longer need. I’ve written a whole post on decluttering your wardrobeif you want some more information on this. Throw away what isn’t good enough to donate. Go through your clothes and take out any that you know are damaged, don’t fit or you don’t ever wear. A tidy bed gets your mind ready for the day ahead and is lovely to come back to at the end of the day. When you get up in the morning, make your bed. Try to put something in that box once a day for the next 30 days. Set a reminder on your phone to take that box to the charity shop, recycling centre or rubbish dump. Find something you don’t want to keep and put it in that box.

Grab a box, bag or some sort of container and put it by your front door, in the hall way or kitchen, or somewhere you’ll notice it often. Over the next 30 days, just take one day and one project at a time. You’ll have to keep an eye out for clutter coming into your home and have a plan for how you’re going to deal with it! So, once you’ve completed the challenge, don’t sit back and think you’re done forever.

Maintaining a clutter-free home – Clutter builds up in every household.

Keep going in waves until you’re happy there’s no excess clutter lurking. You’ll be able to spot some smaller items or things that you’d overlooked or couldn’t decide on the first time around. The second time around there’s generally less stuff. The first time around you usually get rid of the obvious clutter. Sometimes decluttering is best done in waves.

Lack of progress – If your decluttering doesn’t seem to be making much progress or you’ve got a lot of stuff, then do the challenge this month and do it AGAIN next month.

Do I love it? Do I need it? Do I want it?

Unsure whether to keep or not? – If you don’t know whether to keep an item, keep it simple and ask yourself 3 questions.

Decide on whether they’re good enough to donate and recycle or throw away the rest.

Getting rid of unwanted items – Don’t get caught up on what to do with your unwanted items.

It can take practice and the right frame of mind to declutter them. Some items, areas or rooms are more difficult to declutter than others.

If you get stuck – If you get stuck on a particular day, then skip it for now and come back to it another time.

Here are just a few things to make a note of before you get started…

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