Declutter and reorganizing

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The process of decluttering to me was not just taking things out of the home. It also meant that I was going to change the way I organize my stuff. For example, as I stated in the first blog post, my inspiration came from Marie Kondo’s images.

I began by tackling large old furniture pieces (blog 1 & 2), then I started working on my clothes. 

I no longer wanted “closed” storage, but everything in the open, as much as possible, so I didn’t have to open/close doors/drawers to see what’s inside, and I can pick things visually the night before, so I wouldn’t have to go through choices in the morning, which is the busiest time in the day.

I wanted to go for open storage, it was a new concept, and it was exciting to make changes and be in control of my things. 

At the same time, I started aiming to unify the colors and styles of everything. For example, I got rid of the mixed & matched hangers, and replaced them with white velvet hangers. It just felt like the right thing to do.

Be it decluttering or not, every task we do involves choice making. It’s tiring. But if the purpose is to improve the quality of life, then I was more than happy to make new decisions. Not only did this process help reduce unnecessary things, it also helped me become better at choices I started to make elsewhere. A lot of the decluttering skills can be utilized in different aspects of life.

I'm glad to have found the magic of decluttering.

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Before: This type of storage only utilized lower half of this space, so I wasn't utilizing the space to the fullest extent.

After: I switched to a taller organizer, which I now could hang our clothes, and make selection much easier. The space is utilized more efficiently.


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