Decluttering isn’t always about whether something is useful. Sometimes the hardest decisions are tied to your heart, your memories and your sense of identity.

As you work through your belongings, ask yourself whether you’re keeping something because you genuinely want it, or because you feel guilty about letting it go. You can love someone without keeping the gift they gave you, and you can honour a memory without keeping every physical reminder of it.

Consider whether a photo, a story or a single representative item could preserve the memory while allowing you to let go of the quantity. You can also ask what you’re actually afraid will happen if you get rid of something, and whether that fear is a good enough reason to keep it.

Then look at what your possessions say about who you are. Are you keeping things because they represent who you used to be, or because of who you hope to become? Old hobbies, clothes that no longer fit, teaching resources from a previous career and things bought for an imagined future can all take up space in your home.

You can also ask whether you would choose to own something if you were seeing it for the first time today, whether anyone would actually want it after you die, and perhaps the most exciting question of all: what are you making room for by getting rid of this?

Sometimes decluttering isn’t about losing something. It’s about creating space for the life you want now.

Dive into our 3 week mini series about 33 Decluttering Questions

Week one is about your home

Week two is about your mindset

Week three is about your heart

Use the questions when you're decluttering as a tool for decision making!

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33 Questions: Priority and Usefulness

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When you’re decluttering, it’s easy to get stuck on the things you might need, the money you’ve already spent, or the regret attached to a purchase. But your decisions become much clearer when you start looking at the reality of your life today.

In week two of the 33 Decluttering Questions, you’ll explore two categories that can make letting go particularly difficult: the future, and money and regret.

You’ll consider whether you have a realistic plan to use something in the future, or whether you’re keeping it for a hypothetical version of your life. You’ll also ask whether an item could easily be borrowed, rented or replaced if you ever did need it.

Sometimes the thing keeping you stuck is what you’re waiting for: downsizing, the kids moving out, or even getting permission from someone who can no longer give it to you. You’ll also look at what you could gain by letting something go, whether that’s physical space, easier routines or the opportunity to use a room differently.

Then there’s the money. You’ll unpack the very common tendency to keep something simply because you spent a lot of money on it, or because letting it go means admitting you regret the purchase.

The money is already spent. What matters now is the decision you make based on the reality in front of you.

These questions can help you move away from fear, guilt and hypothetical futures, and towards more intentional decisions about what belongs in your home today.

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Over the next 3 weeks we're doing a mini series going through 33 questions you can ask yourself to help you decide what to keep and what to declutter.

Week one is about your home

Week two is about your mindset

Week three is about your heart

Use the questions when you're decluttering as a tool for decision making!

Download the 33 Questions

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

33 Questions: Priority and Usefulness

Neat vs Tidy

Reducing Volume

Watch on YouTube

https://youtu.be/dHqLAFvsbP4

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Join the Get Organized HQ Conference - tickets are FREE

Over the next 3 weeks we're doing a mini series going through 33 questions you can ask yourself to help you decide what to keep and what to declutter.

Week one is about your home

Week two is about your mindset

Week three is about your heart

Use the questions when you're decluttering as a tool for decision making!

Download the 33 Questions

You may also like to listen to these episodes:

Neat vs Tidy

Reducing Volume

Watch on YouTube

https://youtu.be/Slp37Og7J_0

Join my community

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• Follow me on Instagram
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