Declutter Your Life.
Wasting too much precious time and stamina on things that don't matter?
Declutter everything that doesn't serve you, to create more space for everything that does. This column will be updated weekly with new practical tips.
Hey busy lady....
Have a lot going on? Decluttering will help!
Hi I'm Nelly
I help women upgrade all areas of their lives.
I used to believe that upgrading means MORE, but I now know that upgrading can also mean LESS.
When you declutter everything that is holding you back (stuff, toxic people, bad habits...) you will create more space and time to dedicate to everything that moves you forward (your relationships, your health, your self-care, your career, your passion projects).
I write a popular weekly newsletter titled {Upgrade with Nelly} where I share my lifestyle experiments to improve my life... One of my popular experiments was to Declutter 1.000 objects (which I did, in a month)....this column is a platform to describe in more detail how I did it, and most importantly, how you can do it too!
And we will go beyond decluttering STUFF....but will also declutter toxic people, bad habits, digital clutter, small addictions, and more.)
Declutter Your Life
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Week 2 insight
Not everything needs to be decluttered
Those objects that bring you tremendous joy, regardless of how often you use them, not practical they are, or if others consider them to be declutterable can stay. If you are actively decluttering all other areas of your home and your life, and thus "to be trusted" not to hold on to extras out of fear, then this will work for you.
I have decluttered 1,000 objects in January of 2020. And this August I am making a committment to declutter 500 more. I am decluttering clothes, shoes, my kids toys, old projects and creations, and kitchen gadgets. However, one thing i WILL NOT declutter is my books! Marie Kondo, as do some other experts, say that physical books should be decluttred. That having a set number of books (I believe she said it was 20 or 40 is plenty) and that the rest can be on a Kindle, taken from the library, or purchased again if really needed. This makes lots of logical sense. However, my book collection is my source of pleasure and wealth. The first thing I unpack when moving into a new house (and we have moved 4x in the past 10 years) is my book collection. Before I even set up my kitchen, or my kids toys, or the living room, I build my bookstand and organize my books.
Because I have successfully decluttered other "stuff", and plenty of it, I feel like I am to be "trusted" to keep my book collection out of love for it vs. out of fear of letting go off stuff.
I would love to know if any of this resonates with you. Please leave a comment. And check back next week for new insights.
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