Dana K. White
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I'm gonna take those things to their already established homes immediately. I can take as many as my hands will hold. But I can't take any more than that. Like I'm not going to put them in a box. I'm not going to set them aside and do it later.
I'm gonna take those things to their already established homes immediately. I can take as many as my hands will hold. But I can't take any more than that. Like I'm not going to put them in a box. I'm not going to set them aside and do it later.
I'm gonna take those things to their already established homes immediately. I can take as many as my hands will hold. But I can't take any more than that. Like I'm not going to put them in a box. I'm not going to set them aside and do it later.
I'm going to go everything that comes into my hands that I pick up that I identified as easy, having an established home, no decision to make, no emotions to be felt. I am just going to go ahead and I'm going to take it there now. Okay. So again, I am making the space better. I can step away at any time because I'm making progress and only progress, right? Got it. Then the third step is donations.
I'm going to go everything that comes into my hands that I pick up that I identified as easy, having an established home, no decision to make, no emotions to be felt. I am just going to go ahead and I'm going to take it there now. Okay. So again, I am making the space better. I can step away at any time because I'm making progress and only progress, right? Got it. Then the third step is donations.
I'm going to go everything that comes into my hands that I pick up that I identified as easy, having an established home, no decision to make, no emotions to be felt. I am just going to go ahead and I'm going to take it there now. Okay. So again, I am making the space better. I can step away at any time because I'm making progress and only progress, right? Got it. Then the third step is donations.
Okay. When you are someone who hasn't felt successful at decluttering before, it feels like all decluttering decisions are going to be difficult. So we want to narrow down the ones that you really have to make decisions about. Okay. And go ahead and just stick stuff in the donate box. The key with the donate box, like the black trash bag, is that the box itself needs to be donatable.
Okay. When you are someone who hasn't felt successful at decluttering before, it feels like all decluttering decisions are going to be difficult. So we want to narrow down the ones that you really have to make decisions about. Okay. And go ahead and just stick stuff in the donate box. The key with the donate box, like the black trash bag, is that the box itself needs to be donatable.
Okay. When you are someone who hasn't felt successful at decluttering before, it feels like all decluttering decisions are going to be difficult. So we want to narrow down the ones that you really have to make decisions about. Okay. And go ahead and just stick stuff in the donate box. The key with the donate box, like the black trash bag, is that the box itself needs to be donatable.
So don't stencil the word donate on the outside of a cute wooden box. Like that's not what we're doing. Right. Because that's organization. Right. And two, it just sets myself up to have to go back through that box again.
So don't stencil the word donate on the outside of a cute wooden box. Like that's not what we're doing. Right. Because that's organization. Right. And two, it just sets myself up to have to go back through that box again.
So don't stencil the word donate on the outside of a cute wooden box. Like that's not what we're doing. Right. Because that's organization. Right. And two, it just sets myself up to have to go back through that box again.
Write the word donate so that you remember that was a donate box. But don't decorate it. Don't make it something you're going to want to reuse. Got it.
Write the word donate so that you remember that was a donate box. But don't decorate it. Don't make it something you're going to want to reuse. Got it.
Write the word donate so that you remember that was a donate box. But don't decorate it. Don't make it something you're going to want to reuse. Got it.
I always have a donate box or two or three in a spot in our garage that is ready to be taken wherever it needs to go. The decision making, though, is where the real power is.
I always have a donate box or two or three in a spot in our garage that is ready to be taken wherever it needs to go. The decision making, though, is where the real power is.
I always have a donate box or two or three in a spot in our garage that is ready to be taken wherever it needs to go. The decision making, though, is where the real power is.
Okay, so at this point, we have removed trash, easy stuff and obvious donations, right? So we are down to things that at first glance, you're like, either yes, they go here or I have no idea on this item what to do, okay? So this is where my two decluttering questions come in.
Okay, so at this point, we have removed trash, easy stuff and obvious donations, right? So we are down to things that at first glance, you're like, either yes, they go here or I have no idea on this item what to do, okay? So this is where my two decluttering questions come in.