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If you can't decide where to start, take your time and spend a couple of days really analysing how clutter affects you. Look at:Repetition: do you do something that drives you mad every day (like trying to tidy your underwear drawer after trying to find the bra that matches your knickers)?
Cash: how much do you waste on late-payment fees because you forget bills, or buying new bottles of shampoo when you have stacks of half-full ones? What could you make by selling what you don't use?
Career: would a tidier desk make you work more efficiently?
Emotion: it's believed that hanging onto 'negative' possessions from the past (like clothes that don't fit, or rejection letters from jobs) drags us down mentally and stops us moving forward. Are you guilty of this?
If you can't decide where to start, take your time and spend a couple of days really analysing how clutter affects you. Look at:
Go through every effect clutter has on your life and look for the areas in which changes will make your life dramatically easier - these are the ones to work on first. Next week, we'll explain how to start tackling them.
Need some inspiration? Check out these live discussions on Get Organised:
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