Every item in your possession represents stored energy: the energy that it took for you to earn the money to buy it, AND the energy it took to design, manufacture and transport it to your door. And when it sits in a drawer unused, or gets in the way of you doing things efficiently, that energy is getting stuck.
For example, a drawer that’s unorganized and filled with unneeded stuff will guarantee that when you actually need the scissors that are somewhere in there, that you will waste time and energy trying to find them when they’re needed. |
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 o Decide on a “safe zone”- This is the last room you will touch, and the room that will stay orderly while you go through the rest of your home- you do this so that you have a place to retreat to (and preferably, it’s a room you can close the door on)!
o Establish a staging area- somewhere not in high traffic pattern, and not in your “safe zone”- not in the foyer, the kitchen, the bedroom- big enough for later sorting
o The “4 Boxes” method- Find 4 large boxes or laundry hampers, and start.
• Box 1 is I don’t need this anymore, but someone else may
• Box 2 is This belongs in another room |
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Now that you’ve sorted, let’s responsibly pass on that stuff. The most efficient use of energy is to keep an object in it’s “done” state- not pick it apart or recycle it. You can do this for charity, for fun, or profit.
o Direct Gifting to others who may be in need of the object. Who’s having children? Who’s setting up there 1st apartment? Setting up an office? Taking up a hobby you can outfit?
o Freecycling. This is a national movement where in lieu of selling stuff, people swap it- you post something on your local freecycling group, and people who need it claim it. When you need something, you post what you need. Check out Freecycling.org.
o Resale or Garage sale: Whether eBay or a good old fashioned yard sale, you may be able to recoup some cash from all that stuff.
o Targeted gifting to organizations: We like to think about directly offering gently used stuff to those most likely to make direct use of it- |
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