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Organizing Myths Busted - Decluttering Equals Organizing For more information please visit: http://helpmedeclutter.com.au/ As a team of Professional Organizers HELP ME DECLUTTER come across people regularly who equate organizing with decluttering. "All you need to be organized is having a good clear out once in a while." "Once I get rid of all the stuff I don't need, I will be organized, right?" Wrong. In most cases decluttering is necessary on the road to organization but it is only a first step. Decluttering means getting rid of items you no longer need and want. It is the process of going through your belongings, sorting and deciding what is trash, what can be donated or sold, what can be recycled and finally what is kept. What then remains are all the items you need, want and love. And these items now need to be organized. You need to come up with a system that makes sense to you and fits into your lifestyle. This system is a way of storing your belongings, displaying some of them and making sure they are easily retrievable. And this process is organizing. The final step is maintenance. Only with regular maintenance is it possible to stay organized. This often includes regular decluttering sessions, such as going through your wardrobe every season weeding out what you haven't worn or checking through your children's belongings to see what they have outgrown. But maintenance also means keeping up with the system you installed to corral your items and tweaking it if need be. So it is quite easy to see that decluttering is a tool on the path to becoming organized but it does not lead to organization on its own. It is like saying once you've built the walls of a house you're done. You still need a roof, plumbing, electricity, flooring, décor and furniture before you can actually move in.

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Organizing Myths Busted - Decluttering Equals Organizing

For more information please visit: http://helpmedeclutter.com.au/

As a team of Professional Organizers HELP ME DECLUTTER come across people

regularly who equate organizing with decluttering. "All you need to be

organized is having a good clear out once in a while." "Once I get rid of all the

stuff I don't need, I will be organized, right?" Wrong.

In most cases decluttering is necessary on the road to organization but it is

only a first step. Decluttering means getting rid of items you no longer need

and want. It is the process of going through your belongings, sorting and

deciding what is trash, what can be donated or sold, what can be recycled and

finally what is kept.

What then remains are all the items you need, want and love. And these items

now need to be organized. You need to come up with a system that makes

sense to you and fits into your lifestyle. This system is a way of storing your

belongings, displaying some of them and making sure they are easily

retrievable. And this process is organizing.

The final step is maintenance. Only with regular maintenance is it possible to

stay organized. This often includes regular decluttering sessions, such as going

through your wardrobe every season weeding out what you haven't worn or

checking through your children's belongings to see what they have outgrown.

But maintenance also means keeping up with the system you installed to corral

your items and tweaking it if need be.

So it is quite easy to see that decluttering is a tool on the path to becoming

organized but it does not lead to organization on its own. It is like saying once

you've built the walls of a house you're done. You still need a roof, plumbing,

electricity, flooring, décor and furniture before you can actually move in.

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Depending on how much stuff you actually have, decluttering can be a very

large part of organizing, however, and take up most of the time. It can also be

quite exhausting since you are constantly making decisions on what needs to

go and what needs to stay. It can be quite emotional and stressful especially if

you are taking this step after a divorce or after the death of a loved one. You

might want to consider doing this together with a good friend or close relative

rather than on your own. Or you could hire Professional Organizers like BG

Property Styling who are not emotionally attached to any of the items and will

be able to give you objective advice on whether or not to part with certain

belongings.

Organizing Myths Busted - Decluttering Equals Organizing

For more information please visit: http://helpmedeclutter.com.au/