Clean house, clean head.

Uncluttered home, uncluttered mind.

You have probably heard this saying before.

But have you ever pondered what decluttering the house can really do for your mind and your life.

Getting rid of old things is a powerful way to give your mind more clarity, focus, peace, and balance.

Old things that are no more useful become an unnecessary, energy-draining clutter. This clutter creates a negative environment and affects the mood in an unpleasant way.

I am in complete agreement with the fact that cleaning the house and throwing away stuff can be a daunting task, both physically and sometimes emotionally too, if you have sentimental memories attached to that stuff. Plus, may be you live in a place where you won’t be able to throw out all of these things at the same time.

Let’s do an exercise.

Instead of setting aside one full day or a week to declutter your house, dispose off one thing every day!

And one more thing, by throwing away I dont mean that you have to put that item in a trash can. You can sell it, donate it, give it away to your family and friends or recycle it. See, now you have more than one way of getting rid of the unused stuff in your home. The goal here is to get rid of these things in any way you can!

Make it your 30 – Day Challenge to declutter your home and your mind.

Now you must be thinking where to start and what to throw away?

Below I have posted a checklist that you can use as your starting point of decluttering and add in more items as you progress.

Declutter Your Bathroom:

1. Old toiletries
2. Old makeup
3. Dried-up nail polish
4. Old toothbrushes
5. Old air freshener

Declutter Your Living Room:

1. Magazines
2. Newspapers
3. CDs / DVDs
4. Furniture manuals
5. Take out menus you never look at

Declutter Your Bedroom And Closet:

1. Old pillows
2. Socks with holes
3. That one glove left from a pair of gloves
4.  Shoes that don’t fit or that you don’t wear
5. That dress you bought but know it was a mistake and you’ll never wear it again
6. Old, broken or unused hangers

Declutter Your Kitchen:

1. Cooking utensils you have two of
2. Empty bottles
3. Extra and unused coffee mugs
4. Random containers and jars
5. Old calendars

Your Personal Items: 

1. The other side of a pair of lost earrings
2. Broken hair elastics
3. Rusty jewellery / broken jewellery like necklaces and bracelets with broken clasps
4. Old sunglasses
5. Computer cords, Old cell phones. Cell phone accessories you don’t use anymore
6. Unused perfumes and cologne

Declutter Your Desk Drawer: 

1. Old print-outs
2. Expired vouchers / Coupons you will never use
3. Markers without lids and lids without markers
4. Business cards that you don’t need
5. Any Unused stationery

Declutter Your Computer:

1. Delete emails you don’t need
2. Move everything on desktop into folders
3. Empty the spam folder

Now go ahead and clean up your home and your mind to make space for new.

Always remember:

YOU ARE A MANIFESTING MAGNET WHO IS HERE ON A JOYFUL JOURNEY.

BE PRESENT. PAY ATTENTION.

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