{"id":490,"date":"2020-10-07T06:06:55","date_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/?p=490"},"modified":"2020-10-07T06:06:55","modified_gmt":"2020-10-07T06:06:55","slug":"beyond-joy-questions-to-ask-when-youre-decluttering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/onthemovenow.com\/blog\/beyond-joy-questions-to-ask-when-youre-decluttering\/","title":{"rendered":"Beyond Joy: Questions to Ask When You’re Decluttering"},"content":{"rendered":"
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<\/b>Organizing expert Marie Kondo suggests that you ask yourself just one question when decluttering your home: \u201cDoes it bring me joy?\u201d<\/p>\n

The idea that everything you own should bring you joy is lovely, but hard to put into practice. Chances are, you\u2019re not going to feel \u201cjoyful\u201d about a variety of things in your home that you will want to keep.<\/p>\n

To help you decide whether something is really worth holding on to, we suggest you go beyond joy and ask yourself the five sorting questions below. Each one requires just a simple YES\/NO answer. If you take one thing at a time and you\u2019re honest with yourself, you\u2019ll find it\u2019s easy to decide whether something stays or goes.<\/p>\n

The 5 Does-It-Stay-or-Does-It Go?<\/em> Questions<\/strong><\/u><\/p>\n

1. Do I love it?<\/strong>
\nYES<\/strong>:\u00a0 Keep it!
\nNO<\/strong>:\u00a0 Go on to Question 2.<\/p>\n

2. Do I use it?<\/strong>
\nYES<\/strong>:\u00a0 Keep it! If you don’t love it, but you use it, it’s worth keeping.
\nNO<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0You don’t love it and <\/em>you don’t use it?\u00a0 Why hold onto it? If
\nyou’re still holding on, continue to Question 3.<\/p>\n

3. Do I need it?<\/strong>
\nYES<\/strong>:\u00a0 You don\u2019t love or use it, but you need it?!?\u00a0 Evidently, you don\u2019t
\nneed it very\u00a0often. If you can rent or borrow one, let it go. If you still
\nwant\u00a0to keep it, ask yourself Question 4 before you decide.
\nNO<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0You don\u2019t love, use or need it. Let it go.<\/p>\n

4. Do I have a place for it?<\/strong>
\nYES<\/strong>:\u00a0 You feel you need it, even though you don’t use it often, and you
\nhave somewhere to store it? Go to Question 5.
\nNO<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0You use it infrequently, and you don’t have space for it? TIme to
\npass it on.<\/p>\n

5. Do I have another one like it?<\/strong>
\nYES<\/strong>:\u00a0 You have more of one of something you hardly use? Chances are,
\nit’s in your kitchen drawers. Keep one, and let the others go.
\nNO<\/strong>:\u00a0 \u00a0If it’s something you hard use, but you know you’ll need it
\nsometime, and you have space for it, and it’s the only one you have
\nthen keep it. Otherwise, pass it on.<\/p>\n

Print out these questions and keep them with you while you\u2019re decluttering. Be sure you have a clear reason to keep something before deciding to hold onto it.<\/p>\n

Like any new skill, making decisions gets easier the more you do it. So
\nkeep practicing!\u00a0And if you’re wondering what to you do with everything you\u2019re giving up — we\u2019ll talk about that in our next newsletter!<\/p>\n

Making “keep or toss” decisions about your stuff can be challenging.\u00a0If you feel you could use some hands-on help, call On The Move.\u00a0If the question is \u201cCan you help?\u201d the answer is always “Yes!”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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