In this day and age, becoming a minimalist is a new trend, but it isn’t for everyone. If you have a messy room where things are starting to pile up, you don’t have to get rid of everything, but you do need to organize!
Most people have more belongings than they think, with the average American household holding over 300,000 items.
Take back your messy room with a day full of decluttering and organization. Keep reading to learn the steps to take.
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Set a Decluttering Goal
It might sound silly, but setting a decluttering goal before you tackle a messy room can keep you on track during the cleaning process.
Maybe you want to get rid of old items or you bought new organizers you want to put to use. With new organizers, your goal may be to give every item in your room a home.
Envisioning the end result is a great way to get clarity on what exactly you need to do. It’s also a great way to define where you need to start, which is often the most difficult part of the process.
Start With the Hardest Task
A cluttered room might have multiple difficult tasks ahead, but start with the hardest one. Starting in a space that has the most impact after decluttering can motivate you to keep going.
Getting the most stressful part out of the way first is an ideal way to set yourself up for success.
If the most stressful area of the room is too difficult to tackle first, don’t get discouraged. Start around it and work your way up to the hardest part to get it handled as soon as possible.
Starting with an easier task isn’t the end all be all, it’s better than not starting at all.
Remove Everything From the Room
When things start to pile up in a messy bedroom, it can be difficult to see everything you have. You’ll spend more time finding a place for your things if you keep finding new items you forgot existed.
Removing everything from the room will make things messier before they get cleaner, but this is a great way to see everything you need to organize.
With open floor space, you’ll be able to clearly see where your belongings can go.
If the room is too large to remove everything, start with that stressful area first. Repeat this step area by area until you finish the organization process.
Sort Your Items
One of the best organizing tips is to sort your belongings. Once you have everything in view, you can decide whether or not you are keeping or tossing the item. Donation bins can be helpful tools during this step.
You’ll likely find many items you haven’t seen in a long time. You’ve lived without them for this long, are they really worth keeping? Ask yourself this question when deciding whether to keep or get rid of your things.
If some of the items you want to toss are unusable for donation, set them in a different pile to be thrown out. Keep a trash bag handy for this instance.
Clean, Clean, Clean!
With everything out of the room, your bedroom should be pretty much bare. Before you start finding homes for your items, give your space a much-needed clean.
Cleaning scuffed walls, floors, and shelves helps you and your items get a fresh start. Wipe down your surfaces, dust, sweep, and vacuum before putting your belongings back into the room.
Decide Where Everything Goes
For some people, deciding where everything you’re keeping goes can be difficult. For others, this is something you’ve been thinking about for a long time and are finally getting around to.
The easiest way to begin is by finding spaces for the items you use the most. Put these belongings in easy-to-reach spaces and stick non-essentials in harder-to-reach places.
If some of your items are heavy and you don’t feel like continuously moving them around as you decide, use sticky notes!
Write the names of your items on sticky notes and place them where your items would go. This way, you can get a sense of if everything fits without too much rearranging.
From there, you can restock the space you’ve been preparing all day. Grab your items and place them in their new homes. Then sit back and gawk at your amazing work!
Donate Your Items
Not many people realize that donating your items quickly is an essential part of the decluttering process.
You don’t want the pile you created of non-needed items to sit there for days and weeks. This is how things find their way back into your space.
The truth is that the decluttering process is not complete until you deal with your donation pile. These days, it’s easy to donate your items at drop-off locations where you don’t need to stick around.
If you can’t go the same day to donate your items, go the following day.
Keep Your Space Clean
After spending all of your time decluttering your messy room, you likely don’t want to have to do it again. Make sure you keep your space clean to avoid things from piling up and having to redo these steps all over again.
Keeping your room organized is an ongoing process that requires little steps. The most important one is keeping items in the little homes you designated for them.
Tell anyone who shares the room with you about this new organization strategy to ensure everything is put away correctly. Over time, this will become a habit you don’t have to think about.
If things start to pile up at the end of the day or week, set aside some time to put things back in their place. You’ll thank yourself later.
Take Back a Messy Room Today
A messy room is a stressful headache that you might continue putting off. Take back your bedroom today by using these decluttering and organization tips.
It takes time to work through all of these steps, but it’s an important process that can keep you on track for the future. Never let your things pile up again with these amazing strategies.
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