My goal: No more clutter! What is yours?
My goal when you read the information that is posted on this website, it is that you begin your declutter operation keeping in mind and focus on “No more clutter”, it is my goal and should be yours too.
Really the problem is in our own thinking. If you see that this task is tedious and can take lot of time, don’t feel overwhelmed, you can accomplish the goal with little steps at a time. If you are the kind of person that leaves that task for another day because it looks like a lot, that other day comes and keep thinking in another day better, then you are showing me that the problem is in your mind.
Decluttering spaces from your home is good for several reasons. I will mention some benefits here:
You can freely walk again without doing maneuvers to not step on top of things. This reason alone is good enough because the older you get, any fall on the floor or on your clutter can be more serious and you could be very hurt.
The air flow in your house will be better and for that reason you will breathe better and will be less concentrations of dust, it will be better for your allergies if you have them, maybe you are getting rid of the cause of them!
The cleaning is much easier when a space is decluttered and it is faster, so you will ended up doing your cleaning tasks a breeze. You will save precious time.
You will find things faster because you remember you took it away and store it in the appropriate place, this is if you declutter and organize at the same time. This approach makes lot of sense and also save time.
You will enjoy your home better and you will be happier if you live without clutter around you. Believe me, there is nothing better than come home to relax and feel pleasure to be in after a long day at work.
You will have proud on showing your home to your friends and won’t feel embarrassed anymore if you have an unexpected visit.
You will be leaving things from the past in the past, it should be like that, but sometimes we are so attached to the past that we don’t live the moment and worst we don’t even plan for the future.
In the process of decluttering you can feel good with yourself if you give to people who is in need, it is a rewarding experience for the spirit. In this process also you can make some money and use it for other things you might need or even for entertaining yourself.
If you have a home office or just in your office at work, if you don’t have clutter you will be more proactive and less stressful. And it is important that when you get home to relax, you enjoy your stay in it and be happy as a result of it.
Now that you know the benefits of decluttering, what are you waiting for? Plan your declutter day first and also your organization skills and get to accomplish the “No More Clutter Goal”.
Monetize Your Clutter: A Simple Idea For Business!
You have lot of clutter or maybe a little bit of clutter in your home, have you thought about selling it? You will make some money out of it, I guarantee you. I did it for myself and it works. After reading this article you may want to start your own decluttering services, it is a simple idea for business !
When I had lot of clutter in my home due to the death of a family member and lot of her things landed at my home, I began to sell them on eBay and the big things I sold them on Craiglist or Kijiji.com, now eBay Classifieds.
I made some money and helped me to pay some of the education of my children. You can do the same. Once you begin to experiment with it and see how you sell it, you will like it and continue doing it, maybe you would do it to the next level.
What I mean for the next level? You can do a business of it, doing a Decluttering Service yourself. You go and declutter rooms for other people, once you sorted all the clutter, offer a small price for the things as a whole not item by item. Let the people you are working for, know that you want the clutter for a small price, tell them that the items are used some of them are not worthy, etc. Sometimes the people just give it to you for free, remember, they want to get rid of it, some others don’t but here is where your tactics of dealing with them should be used.
After you have the clutter and keep it sorted, remember it was sorted already, just separate the good items and sell them on eBay and recycle or give to charity the rest. If you give them to charity, ask for a receipt, it will help you to deduct it from the taxes. Here in the United States, you can get the packages for free from USPS (United States Postal Service), in their online store, you can ask for packages of 10 or 25 lot for flat rate boxes and shoe boxes and they don’t cost you a penny. I have been using those and most of small items fit on them. I sold clothes, cosmetics, toys, yarn, etc. All of them with great success, you will recover your money.
The items that are small, I can ship it worldwide if it is not more than 4 lbs to send it by First Class International (which is cheaper) but be careful, before shipping overseas, see if it is legal to ship that item to that country, you can see which items are prohibited also in USPS pages.
Shipping worldwide is good because you are selling globally, your items are exposed to the eBay market around the globe and if the people who bid from those countries don’t win the item, they help to raise the bidding price, so that means more money for you. I have to mention that I put all in auction style and my lists are all at the starting bid of $0.99. I often sell the clutter for much more than that. And now, eBay is not charging upfront the listing fee for items listed that start from $0.99. So, what are you waiting for?, boxes does not cost you, the buyer pays for the shipping and now eBay is not charging the listing fee for listings of $0.99, so nothing upfront to begin to sell your clutter.
I have to admit that before you sell on eBay, learn the tactics from the pros and I would recommend you check this eBay Course.
I learned from them and I am making money on eBay right now.
For the furniture or big items that you cannot ship, I use craiglist.org or eBay Classifieds formerly known as Kijiji.com. I sold from both sites very well and none of them cost you. Lately, eBay classifieds are doing changes, so maybe you will have to pay for some services but most of them are free, I haven’t been paying anything yet.
The bad thing from craiglist.org is that there are some people that will try to scam you, sending you e-mails with propositions, so you have to be careful and follow craiglist guidelines about it, but it is still a very good source to post your big items, so you can sell them locally.
So now, you have this idea for business, in this moment of bad economical situation, is good to have some additional income or if you plan for decluttering services, then you have it, a good business to start. So in conclusion, to sell your clutter just need a small amount if you buy the clutter but if it is your clutter, won’t cost you anything to get started.
Have fun in selling your clutter, I have been having fun just watching how people bids on those items!
Cheers!
