How to get rid of clutter quickly: 10 things to throw away today

Interior designers emphasize that minimalism and elegance are still in trend. There is a difference between cleanliness and tidiness. You can clean your home all the time, but usually, there are a lot of small details and things in the house that create a sense of disorder, only cluttering up the space.

Experts say that when cleaning, you should focus on one category of things at a time, such as cleaning supplies, shoes, or children's toys. Segmentation is actually a psychologically effective life hack. Scientifically speaking, cleaning a specific part of the room at a time will give you a dopamine rush that will help you stay motivated. House Digest has told you how to get rid of clutter quickly.

Tip 1

Let's face it: there are a lot of kitchen utensils that you don't use regularly. Maybe you went overboard with buying spatulas, or you impulsively bought a vegetable slicer that you used once and then put in the back of the cabinet. Grab a big box, start sorting through your dishes and appliances, and throw away anything you haven't used in the last six months.

Tip 2

Clean up the clutter in your bathroom and cabinets by gathering all your cleaning products together and throwing away any that have expired or have not been used in a while. Once you get rid of these extra products (and maybe feel guilty about the amount of plastic waste), you can easily change your lifestyle to avoid this kind of mess in the future. Consider using all-in-one cleaning products so you don't have to store so many individual bottles.

Tip 3

Deal with your huge storage space in the garage. Go through gardening tools, old bicycles, and outdoor gear like old balls, tents, fishing rods, etc. It may be worth donating children's bicycles, rollerblades, and scooters that no one has used for a long time to charity.

Tip 4

Every gardener knows the problem of needing a special tool for a particular job, and then it lies around for years - forgotten, dirty, and untouched. You can resell garden tools that are no longer in use. These can be lawnmowers, hoes, rakes, pliers, and many other tools that take up too much space in the shed or garage.

Tip 5

Reusable bags are a great eco-friendly alternative to plastic. However, they've become so popular that it's all too easy to collect far more bags than you'll ever need. The average shopper uses 2 to 3 shopping bags per trip to the grocery store. You have to multiply that by the number of people you are shopping for. Thus, a family of 5 will need 10 to 15 shopping bags.

Tip 6

There are many tricks available to organize your cable drawers but start by getting rid of the cables you no longer need. Luckily, many devices use similar charging options, such as USB-C and USB-A, so you can pick a few from each category to keep on hand and toss the rest.

Tip 7

Imagine this scenario: you have a closet full of holiday decorations like Christmas ornaments and spooky Halloween inflatables, and they collect dust eleven months of the year before their time comes. But even when these holidays come around, you don't use everything you have in storage. After the holidays, it's time to go through all the decor that hasn't been used in years and make room for new ones.

Tip 8

Although the built-in bookshelf adds comfort and coziness, the reading nook should probably be tidied up, and the best way to do this is to donate books that you have already read or will not read.

Tip 9

It's time to go through your medicine cabinet. Throw away any medications you no longer need, including expired cold medications, outdated ointments, and those supplements you thought you'd start taking daily but forgot about.

Tip 10

Even if you've implemented some ingenious shoe storage tricks in your closet, there's no way to permanently get around the problem of having too many shoes – this is especially true for families with children. A good rule of thumb is that if no one has used the shoes in the last year, or if you have a similar pair that you prefer, it's time to throw them away.

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