in the box

Stop to consider whether you need more boxes to get everything organized and categorized or fewer boxes because you are going to throw most of it away.

reload

One of the most powerful ways to declutter is to take everything out of a room and put back only thte things that are needed. This approach depends on having a half-empty room nearby.

clutter tower

Beyond a certain point, every cluttered room looks the same.

fading

It costs little to keep email, but that doesn’t mean you should keep millions of messages for years and years.

gadget weight

The obstacle that keeps you from throwing a thing away might be the need to admit that you were tricked into thinking the thing was important in the first place.

circles around

If clutter feels overwhelming, you can demonstrate that your energy is greater than that of the clutter by walking the length of the house or walking around the outside.

ownership

You don’t really own something if you can’t find it or can’t reach it.

clear up

Upgrade your music collection by silencing the songs that always seem to bother you.

recipe for clearing

If you do not want to go look for the forgotten food in your pantry today, then perhaps you might want to throw it away today.

cue cue

The more things you commit to doing, the more likely it is that you will not remember one of those things when the perfect moment to do it arises.

trunks

As a rule of thumb, you have more clothing than you need if you have more clothing than you can carry.

gains

Often, the efficient thing to do with an inefficient piece of equipment is to throw it away.

looking

When you are looking for one thing, you may find a hundred things.

specialist

Having fewer things means knowing each thing better and taking better care of it.

scenario

Imagine the day when you will be ready to use a possession you are keeping. Feel free to let the possession go if the circumstances in which you would use it are obscure or unlikely.

depreciating

Consumer eleectronics can decline in value quickly, so if you are planning to sell something you no longer use, don’t put it off for a few months.

unsold

Many things have an asking price online. This price is not an indication of commercial value. Remember that the listings you see are for the items that do not have a buyer. Many of the items will never sell at any price.

gone + forgotten

Most things that are thrown away are quickly forgotten.

defunct media

Before discarding a hard disk drive from your computer, take the time to thoroughly erase it or physically destroy it so that it won’t be possible for anyone to read any long-forgotten files.

on a Friday afternoon

Imagine the story youo would have to tell a friend to persuade them that a material possession had a practical use. The longer the story is, the more speculative the potential value is.