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Hey it's Abbi J from Ajlifehacks.com and today I am giving you my top
tips for decluttering your life. Now I know right now that there are lots of
fads out there like minimalism, these ancient Chinese art forms of
decluttering your life, and this video isn't that. This video is you woke up
looked around your room and realize it was in shambles and you want some calm,
decluttering to go on. Well these are my quick and dirty tips to help you get
your life kind of tidied up and back in order. So let's get going with this video.
My first tip for you when it comes to decluttering your life and getting
things a little bit more organized and tidy and to a place that makes you feel
really like proud of your space, you know you could invite people over is to
memorize this phrase, and it is this, "Do I 100% love it?" I have always asked myself
this question and it's thanks to my mom. I remember being a little girl in the
dressing room and I have on a shirt and she'd asked me, "Do you 100% love it?" Well
I want you to ask yourself that same question and this can be for when you're
going through your closet and getting rid of some clothes to when you're
getting rid of some of the books on your shelf. Ask yourself as you look at this
item, do i 100% love it? I know some people also phrase this
question as, you know, "does this bring me joy?" and that's also another great way to
like rephrase that. But think about that as you're going
through and trying to think of some things that you can take out of your
life and when it comes to this tip I even noticed that when I start out
decluttering like my room, or my closet, I do that pretty regularly, I
struggle at first anything. And I think, no I love this item. I know I haven't worn it for
a year but I'm going to I swear. Well as I get going I like to have a maybe pile
because by the time I declutter and I realized I have so many amazing clothes
that I'm not wearing because I have all these other clothes that maybe
aren't my favorite, kind of in the way, and I'm missing them. Then I can feel
better about letting go some of those maybes. Now the second tip I have for
you is to get rid of trash. Yes that is actually a tip because there are so many
times and bless my friends and family, I love them, but you get in their car or
you go to that room and you realize that there's literally like gum wrappers or
empty pop cans and that's the like first thing that needs to go when you're
decluttering your life and the tip that I have for trash is to never leave your
space empty-handed. So I totally get my car
I'll put gum wrappers in there. I'll put tissues but I make sure that when I get
out of that car I grab them and I throw them away. I'm either on my way to work or
my way into a wherever I'm heading a building of some sort so this is a great
way to make sure that your space stays free of trash. My third tip for you when
it comes to decluttering your life is to identify your thing.
Now it's kind of a generalized statement but what I mean by this is I'm sure that
you know that there's something either in your room or a hobby of yours
that's pretty dominant if people came into the room. An example of this, I love
hippos. They are my favorite animal. I think they are beautiful and wonderful
and I love me some hippos. But when I was like 19 years old I remember walking
into my room and thinking to myself huh I have more hippos than like a
five-year-old would ever dream of owning and so it was really hard for me but I
was able to identify something that I, I would buy no matter what. I'd be at
a garage sale and there'd be a hippo and I'd buy it whether or not I loved it or
not, because it was my thing. And your thing might be books. You buy every book
you see whether or not you really intend to read it or cardigans. I have a ton of
cardigans and I really don't wear them as much as I should. So identify your
thing and then have the strength to pick out just your favorite and stick to that.
When you're going through you know, one identify
my goodness I love collecting airplanes or I love collecting books or anime art
or you know what I have this really silly fetish for ladybugs or clay
miniatures. Identify that and then pick out your favorites and of
course keep those favorites but the ones that maybe aren't your favorite let
somebody else experience that joy. Now my last tip for you when it comes to
decluttering your life is to make sure that every space you're in, now this
might be your car or your kitchen or your bedroom kind of depending on where
you are in your life. If you own your own place or not it needs to have an essence
of calm to you. Now that might seem a little bit strange and I don't mean to
be like beads in my doorway type of girl right now, but depending on your age, your
personality, and how much space you own like right now I own a house so every
room technically is kind of my space. Whereas when I was living with my
parents it was my bedroom and my car those were the things that I could
control. You need to make sure that those spaces that you control fill calm to you.
Now I'll admit right now calm to me is very neat and orderly, everything has its
place, and there's not too much clutter. To my little sister calm is that she has
lots of things in abundance like lots of clothes and lots of things that she
loves like blankets and pillows that to her makes her feel really calm. That
her space is in her control and it's her space. So you know what you
don't have to be a minimalist, you don't have to all of a sudden be a
perfectionist when it comes to cleaning your room but let that principle of I
walk in and this feels calm to me. This feels like my space and it just makes me
feel happy let that be your overarching goal for when you're decluttering your
life. So there you have it those are my top 4 tips for you for decluttering your
life and this is something that you probably want to make an ongoing process
I can't tell you it's a little bit embarrassing how often I go through my
clothes and realize oh you know what I just bought that because it was
on sale, not because i loved it. So always constantly be going through things and
making sure that your space brings you calmness and joy and peace so there you
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