Reducing Clutter as a Habit

Where can you reduce clutter in your life?

Today’s writing prompt is about clutter. I see reducing clutter as a habit to be appreciated. Clutter never really ends so it’s good to develop a habit of dealing with it as it comes along.

I’ve participated in a few decluttering programs from various people to help me sort through the physical things I can declutter in my place. Moving from New York back to Iowa helped in that, as I had to downsize for the move and into a smaller place. As with moving, getting rid of a storage unit I had kept for way too long forced me to deal with clutter. Some things I threw away, others I donated or gave away and other things I took to a consignment store.

I once got rid of thousands of emails I had in a gmail account. I even wrote about it on a blog post. Emails can clutter your life in the same way that physical clutter can.

There are some things that are best to deal with daily, like the mail or emails. If you don’t deal with them daily, the paper and the items in your inbox pile up.

The tricky things when reducing clutter have been photographs and sentimental things for me. It’s always a work in progress!

Since clutter never really ends, I believe the best way to reduce it is to develop a habit of it. The feeling you get from reducing clutter is freeing. As George Carlin has said, it clears a space to get more stuff!