![]() ![]() Cutting down on clutter not only saves money on things you would otherwise buy, but it saves time - a decluttered house will make it easier to find things you’re looking for, and will be faster to clean and organize. A 2012 study of 3,000 adults found that we lose or misplace up to nine items every day - or 198,743 in an average lifetime, resulting in 3,680 hours or 153 days spent searching for things we misplaced. Still, there are real benefits to reducing the clutter. ![]() And according to the Wall Street Journal, Americans spend $1.2 trillion each year on nonessential goods - meaning things they don’t need. In fact, the LA Times found that the average American home contains around 300,000 items. Most of us have too many belongings - so many that some of them inevitably live in the back of a drawer or on a garage shelf where we hardly remember we have them, let alone use them on a regular basis.īut despite Kondo’s often rosy view of decluttering, it’s not an easy process for many people. Help them leave that deserted isle to which you have exiled them.” Free them from the prison to which you have relegated them. “Can you truthfully say that you treasure something buried so deeply in a closet or drawer that you have forgotten its existence? If things had feelings, they would certainly not be happy. Marie Kondo, one of the most prolific organizers of our time, might just have the best advice for how to get rid of things:
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