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The hardest thing about decluttering is making decisions. Decision after decision after decision. My five step decluttering process makes decision making easier/possible. Today, I’m talking about applying the decluttering strategies to decision making about more than just clutter.
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Love this podcast episode!!! My energy is a container. My calendar is a container. I can’t overfill my calendar because then there’s not room for what I need and I need to put my favorites in first (agreeing to things I WANT to do versus agreeing due to people pleasing)
I actually apply the two decluttering questions to decisions. It’s pretty simple – if I looked for this (task, event, item, plan, goal…) where would I look?
It’s stunning how clear and quick the answers are! Not now. Not in my life. Not here. In the winter time. In the evening. After this event. At the store, not in my home. Very often you intuitively know the priorities or answers to where and when should I do this, should I do this at all?
And if you go “aww” and “ouhhh” then ask “would it ever occur to me?” would you be wanting to this, if you haven’t seen it on Pinterest? Would you consider buying this if your neighbors haven’t just bought it? Have you ever missed this in your life? Would you go there for holiday if your colleague wasn’t talking about it all the time? Doing things that weren’t actually your goal or dream or idea is often disappointing. It’s easy to get rid of them when you ask yourself if this was even something you would have came up with yourself?
Otherwise I often use the “always look” and just separate it from the task. I go shopping for ideas first and actually going to buy another time. I do research first, then the work. I try things out before I commit.
I use the visibility rule as kind of identity check. We declutter at the places that we always have to look at and other people look at, so I can as well prioritize things that define me and make me who I am.
I take care of my own stuff before I try to tell other people what they should be doing. I focus on the daily stuff. When I help others I do it their way. And I newer pull everything out at once.