De-Clutter With a Category Plan instead of Going Room by Room

Typically, when most people are on a de-clutter mission, they start in one room.

In the book, Kondo explains how we get distracted while cleaning up.

We find the"hard" category to deal with and get stuck.

Things that bring back memories,

such as photos, are not the place for beginners to start.

Start with a category without a big emotional attachment (she suggests clothes).

Go room by room and focus on getting rid of extra clothes.

Focus your clean-up on categories you’ll make easy decisions about.

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Photo byUnnar Ymir Bjornsson.